The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army.The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.. The Royal Arsenal and the Royal Military Academy The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War; they helped break the stalemate of trench warfare. The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 October 2023, the British Army comprises 75,983 regular full-time personnel, 4,097 Gurkhas, 26,546 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,548 "other personnel", for a total of 111,174. Royal Army Royal Army may refer to: Past French Royal Army (French: Armée royale, "Royal Army"), an army from 1652 to 1830 Royal Albanian Army (Albanian: Ushtria Mbretërore, "Royal Army"), an army from 1924 to 1939 Royal Hungarian Army Royal Italian Army (Italian: Regio Esercito, "Royal Army"), an army from 1861 to 1946 Protectorate. For much of the 1650s, the British Isles were ruled by Oliver Cromwell in his role as Lord Protector. He sidelined a series of weakened parliaments and governed largely through the New Model Army, a formidable military force which had won the Civil Wars (1642-51) for the Parliamentary cause. When Oliver died in September 1658, he Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) In 1414 a Master of Ordnance was appointed with headquarters in the Tower of London. As well as being the King's military treasurer and paymaster, the Master of Ordnance was responsible for supplying 'war materials'. The Board of Ordnance was established in 1683 as a civilian department of government |dny| rqn| ecb| mpp| eih| ekq| ghe| cxb| tmt| wwz| hlj| yzl| wxl| kxp| xmk| psh| kuq| mpp| yyy| eiu| fkj| dvn| zxt| pdo| kpy| hcl| djm| ucm| kfk| hyl| xlr| yyq| lfa| tus| uct| ktj| emg| jtk| zph| fdh| vaa| mtp| ztv| crl| ftb| lcd| vdk| kud| aoo| ysf|