14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment

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14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment
The drill platoon of 14A
Active
Country	Belgium
Branch	Land Component
Type	Artillery
Role	Air defence
Garrison/HQ	Nieuwpoort
Equipment	Mistral missile
Battle honours	Reigersvliet Eessen

The 14th Air Defence Artillery Regiment (Dutch: 14 Regiment Luchtdoelartillerie) is an air defence artillery regiment in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. It is the successor of the 14th Regiment of Artillery.

[edit] Organisation

The 14th Air Defence Regiment comprises two Mistral batteries, the 43rd Battery and the 35th Battery, which each consist of three platoons. In turn, each platoon consists of six Mistral groups, which means that there are 36 Mistral groups in the regiment.