7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Active27 June 1961 – present
All of the individual batteries were formed in the period 1800-1805 and have existed continuously since their formation.
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleClose Support Artillery
Size5 Batteries
357 personnel[1]
Part of16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team
Garrison/HQMerville Barracks, Colchester
Nickname(s)Airborne Gunners
Drop Zone Flash
EquipmentL118 Light Gun
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col Farrell RHA

7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the field artillery role with 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, and is equipped with the L118 Light Gun.

The regiment was constituted in 1961 out of existing batteries that have served continuously since the Napoleonic Wars.

  1. ^ "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

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