4 Artillery Brigade (pronounced as ''Four Artillery Brigade'') and colloquially known as "Gunners", is the

artillery Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during siege ...

arm of the Namibian Army based at Otjiwarongo. It functions as the Army's artillery Formation and hosts all the Artillery regiments of the Army.

History

The brigade was formed in 1999. It is the controlling entity of all artillery units in the Army. Shortly after its formation the Brigade received G2 towed artillery from

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. The prefix "4" is taken from 4 May 1978, the date on which the SADF attacked a

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refugee camp in

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Equipment

The Brigade uses the following equipment: * BL 5.5 * Ordnance QF 25 pounder *

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* BM-21 Grad * Grad-P *

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* 9P138 Grad-1

Units

*12 Artillery Regiment -Attached to 12 Motorised Infantry Brigade *44 Artillery Regiment *46 Artillery Regiment *21 Artillery Regimenthttp://www.mod.gov.na/pdfs/oct-dec%202013.pdf -Attached to 21 Motorised Infantry Brigade *26 Artillery Regiment -Attached to

26 Motorised Infantry Brigade 26 Motorised Infantry Brigade (pronounced as ''Two Six Motorised Infantry Brigade'') is a brigade of the Namibian Army based at Grootfontein. The prefix "26" is taken from 26 August 1966, the day on which SWAPO guerrillas first encountered the ...

*School of Artillery -Based at

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the school trains students to specialize them as gunners through the Artillery Ordnance Operators Course.https://www.lelamobile.com/content/63956/Namibia-commissions-school-of-artillery/

Gallery

Artillery battery firing G-2 Guns and MRLS

Leadership

References

{{reflist Military of Namibia Artillery brigades Military units and formations established in 1999 1999 establishments in Namibia