Artilleribataljonen
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Artilleribataljonen (Artillery Battalion) numbering some 550 soldiers and officers and 18 M 109 A3GN self-propelled howitzers. The Battalion consists of five batteries:
- Battery Nils (Batteri Nils), BttN, supporting 2. Bataljon
- Battery Olga (Batteri Olga), BttO, supporting Panserbataljonen
- Battery Piraja (Batteri Piraja), BttP, supporting Telemarkbataljonen
- HQ Battery (Stabsbatteriet), Stbtt
- STA Battery (Lokaliseringsbatteriet), LokBtt
Batteries N, O and P are the gun batteries. Each has 6 M109s available, the number in use differs from contigent to contigent according to the needs of the army and the amount of soldiers volunteering for gun duty. Nils and Olga are situated at Setermoen Camp, while Piraja is situated at Rena. The two 'old timer' batteries, Nils and Olga, each have a gun troop (manning the howitzers), an OP troop (Observation Post troop, moving with the unit being supported and acquiring targets) and a command troop (collects and processes data, issues firing data). The fresh battery Piraja only has a gun troop and a command troop, but is being set up with an OP troop. In addition, Nils and Olga has contributions to the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Meymaneh, Afghanistan.
HQ bty consists of support and supply personnel. They provide the cannon batteries with the resources they need to fight (ammunition, distance, elevation and weather data and security). In addition, they garrison Setermoen camp and serves as guards and medics during exercises.
The STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) Battery comprises the Artillery observers (Artillerijegere), who moves in forward positions, finding targets for the cannons. On larger exercises, though, the STA Battery is given away to the ISTAR unit.
The battalion also has a WLS-troop (radar), that is used in counter-battery fire. When enemy artillery fires, the WLS radar detects the projectile and uses its trajectory to calculate where it was fired from. This data is then sent to the ILS and the cannon battery staffs, which in turn use this to coordinate the cannons in an effort to take out the enemy battery.
