Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
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| Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery | |
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 Cap badge of the Royal New Zealand Artillery |
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| Active | 1 September 1947- |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Field Artillery/Low Level Air Defence |
| Size | One regiment |
| Garrison/HQ | Linton |
| Motto | Ubique (Everywhere) (Latin) |
| March | Quick - The Right of the Line Slow - The Duchess of Kent |
| Commanders | |
| Captain General | HM The Queen |
| Insignia | |
| Tac-Sign |  |
The Royal New Zealand Artillery forms the artillery section of the New Zealand Army. In its current form it was founded in 1947 with the amalgamation of the regular and volunteer units of artillery in New Zealand. Today, the RNZA consists of a single regiment:
- 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
- Regimental Headquarters
- HQ Battery
- G Troop, 43 (Air Defence) Battery - Mistral VLLAD Missile
- Training Troop
- Workshops
- 161 Battery (Close Support) - L119 Light Gun
- Headquarters Troop
- Able Troop
- Baker Troop
- Command Post Troop
- 163 Battery (Close Support) - L119 Light Gun
- Headquarters Troop
- Easy Troop
- Fox Troop
- Command Post Troop
In addition, there are a number of Territorial Force artillery units; these were formerly units of the RNZA, but were moved into the structure of the TF battalion groups on the restructuring of the army in the late 1990s:
- 11/4 Battery (Close Support), 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Battalion Group
- 22 Battery (Air Defence), 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group
- 32 Battery (Observation Post), 2nd Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Battalion Group
[edit] Other Facts
- A composite unit of the RNZA became the first specific New Zealand unit to mount the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace in 1964 (previously, the contingents sent to the Coronation had mounted the guard).
- 161 Battery was awarded both the United States Meritorious Unit Commendation and the South Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation for its service in the Vietnam War as part of the 1st Battalion Group, Royal Australian Regiment (see Non-U.S. winners of U.S. gallantry awards).
