• Source: 5th Artillery Regiment (Portugal)

    • The 5th Artillery Regiment (Portuguese: Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5, RA5) is a regiment of the Portuguese Army, which provides the Field Artillery Group for the Intervention Brigade. The RA5 is based at Vendas Novas.


    History


    1763 - The establishment of the Artillery Regiment of Porto, which is extinct in 1829 as 4th Artillery Regiment of Porto.
    1835 - By decree of Queen Maria II, the date from which came to be used as a military unit. In 1878 Mountain Artillery Brigade is created, with the same installed at Serra do Pilar in 1889, remaining there until disbanded in 1897. Installed in the Serra do Pilar Detach Batteries of the RA6, and in 1897 RA4 in 1899, both from Penafiel, and 5th Artillery Regiment of Viana do Castelo in 1902.
    1911 - Based in the Serra do Pilar RA6 (Mounted), which is considered the unit of origin of the current RA5.
    1921 - The designation becomes 6th Artillery Regiment.
    1926 - It gets the name 6th Artillery Regiment for the following year, 1927, be called 5th Light Artillery Regiment(RAL5).
    1939 - Due to the reorganization of the army is created 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (RAP2).
    1975 - It took the name of Artillery Regiment of Serra do Pilar (RASP).
    1993 - It takes the current designation RA5. Inherits the heritage of the 4th Artillery Regiment of Porto extinct in 1829, the 2nd Mountain Artillery Group and 5th Light Artillery Regiment.


    Equipment




    = Infantry equipment

    =
    Glock 17 Gen 5
    FN SCAR L STD
    FN Minimi Mk3
    Browning M2
    FN40GL Grenade launcher
    L16A2 mortar
    Carl Gustav M3


    = Artillery

    =
    M114 155 mm howitzer
    AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar


    = Tactical vehicles

    =
    HMMWV M1097 4x4
    Mitsubishi L200 4x4
    Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ73 4x4
    Land Rover Defender 4x4
    Iveco 40.10 WM 4x4


    = Transport vehicles

    =
    MAN 10.224
    Mercedes-Benz 1017
    Unimog 1750L
    Iveco 90.17 WM


    = Unmanned aerial vehicles

    =
    MyFlyDream Nimbus Tricopter 1800


    Awards and decorations


    Gold Medal of Military Valour

    1st Mountain Artillery Brigade - Portuguese Mozambique 1895
    1st Class Cross of War Medals

    2nd Battery/5th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP - France 1918
    3rd Battery/6th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP - France 1918
    4th Battery/5th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP - France 1918
    1688th Artillery Company/CTI Guinea - Portuguese Guinea 1964/74


    References




    Sources


    http://www.exercito.pt/sites/RA5/Paginas/default.aspx

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