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Saturday 18 May 2013

The Canadian Army 1939-89: Artillery Regiments

Specifically, in the Canadian army, there are two artillery regiments, The Royal Canadian Horse Trumpeter, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1933Artillery
Trumpeter, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 1933. The RCHA’s uniform was similar to Britain’s Royal Horse Artillery. Watercolour by R.J. Marrion. (Canadian War Museum)  (www.cmhg.gc.ca)  and The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, otherwise known as the Royal Canadian Artillery.
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After the first world war, the RCA,
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The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, otherwise known as the Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA), consists of 2 regiments of Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (the regular army gunners) 155mm Guns M777 Howitzer

 with 4 Air Defence Regiment using the ADATS and the 5e Regt d’artillerie legere du Canada, the regular French speaking artillery regiment.

The Reserve/Militia consists of 16 Field Regiments with 3 Independent Field Batteries. 105mm guns

1st Field (Halifax-Dartmouth) Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery

2nd Field Regt, RCA Montreal

3rd Field Regt, RCA Saint John

5th Field Regt, RCA Victoria

6th Field Regt, RCA Levis

7th Toronto Regiment RCA

10th Field Regt, RCA Regina

11th Field Regt, RCA Guelph

15th Field Regt, RCA Vancouver

20th Field Regt, RCA Edmonton

26th Field Regt, RCA Manitoba

30th Field Regt, RCA Ottawa

42nd Field Regt, (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish) RCA

49th Field Regt, RCA Sault St. Marie

56th Field Regt, RCA Brantford

62nd Field Regt, RCA Shawinigan

Independent Field Batteries

20th Independent Field, Leithbridge

84th Independent Field, Yarmouth

116th Independent Field, Kenora


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