104th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)

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104th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) is a regiment of the British Territorial Army formed on 1 April 1967. It is an air defence regiment, equipped with the Starstreak Close Air Defence missile system.

The regiment is designated as a support unit for NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

[edit] Sub units

• 217 (City of Newport) Headquarters Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
• REME Light Aid Detachment (LAD)

Each missile battery consists of a Battery HQ (BHQ), Command Post (CP) and two missile troops, each equipped with six High Volocity Missile (HVM) Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) systems:

• 211 (South Wales) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
• 214 (Worcestershire) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers)

[edit] External links

• British Army site. Accessed 24 November 2005
• Regiments.org. Accessed 24 November 2005