16th Regiment Royal Artillery

The regiment was established in 1947 when 2nd Coast Regiment Royal Artillery was retitled 16 Coast Regiment Royal Artillery. As 16 Light Air Defence Regiment it was deployed to Borneo in 1965. The regiment was posted in Napier Barracks in Dortmund in 1992 and renamed 16th Regiment RA in 1993 whilst based there. In July 2014, the regiment moved to Baker Barracks, Thorney Island. The regiment was part of the 2012 London Olympics Air Security Force, deploying Rapier FSC Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems as part of Exercise Olympic Guardian. ==Role==

Previously it also provided the now out of service Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) and Automated Sense & Warn (AS&W) Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) capabilities on Operation TELIC (Iraq) and Operation HERRICK (Afghanistan) respectively. In January 2021, the regiment began training with the new Sky Sabre air defence missile system, which in January 2022 fully replaced the previously used Rapier FSC Air Defence System. == Batteries ==

The unit has the following batteries: • 11 (Sphinx) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery • 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery • 20 Battery Royal Artillery - Headquarters Battery • 30 Battery (Rogers's Company) Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery • 32 (Minden) Battery Royal Artillery - Sky Sabre Battery • 49 (Inkerman) Battery Royal Artillery - Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) ==References==