The 62nd Reserve Artillery Regiment is a combat support unit of 2nd Eastern Reserve Brigade of the Irish Reserve Defence Forces. The Regiment maintains field gun batteries in the Defence Forces Training Center in the Curragh, Co. Kildare and at McKee Barracks in Dublin City, and draws its members from all walks of life in Kildare, Offaly and North Dublin areas.The members are volunteer reservists with no specific criteria essential to enlist apart from a basic medical examination.
62nd Regiment was formed by the amalgamation of 6th and 7th Field Artillery Regiments following the re-organisation of the Reserve Defence Forces in 2005/06.
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62nd Regiment comprises a Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters battery and 3 Field Gun Batteries.
The Army Reserve comprises three brigades, organised along the standard infantry brigade model, plus the Reserve Defence Forces Training Authority. The brigades mirror the organisation of the Permanent Defence Force and each unit within the Reserve Brigades has an affiliated Permanent Defence Force unit with which it has a direct working and support relationship.
Brigade Units, such as 62nd Reserve Artillery Regiment, are affiliated with similar units in the relevant Brigade of the Permanent Defence Force.
105mm Light Gun, 120mm RUAG Heavy Mortar. The 25-pounder was formerly used, with the last shoot within the regiment occurring on Wednesday, July 22 2009.
2nd Eastern Reserve Brigade is affiliated with the 2nd Eastern Brigade of the Permanent Defence Force. In this capacity it may be called upon to provide support to the 2nd Eastern Brigade in the security and administrative roles in the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Louth, Monaghan, Meath and Wicklow.