Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery

The Royal New Zealand Artillery forms the artillery section of the New Zealand Army. In its current form it was founded in 1947 with the amalgamation of the regular and volunteer units of artillery in New Zealand. Today, the RNZA consists of a single regiment:

• 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
  • Regimental Headquarters
  • HQ Battery
  • 161 Battery (Close Support) - 105 mm Light Gun
  • 163 Battery (Close Support) - 105 mm Light Gun
  • 43 Battery (Air Defence) - Mistral VLLAD Missile

In addition, there are a number of Territorial Force artillery units; these were formerly units of the RNZA, but were moved into the structure of the TF battalion groups on the restructuring of the army in the late 1990s:

• 11/4 Battery (Close Support), 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Battalion Group
• 22 Battery (Air Defence), 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group
• 32 Battery (Observation Post), 2nd Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Battalion Group

Other Facts

• A composite unit of the RNZA became the first specific New Zealand unit to mount the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace in 1964 (previously, the contingents sent to the Coronation had mounted the guard).
• 161 Battery was awarded both the United States Meritorious Unit Commendation and the South Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation for its service in the Vietnam War as part of the 1st Battalion Group, Royal Australian Regiment.

FROM - WIKIPEDIA