10 Artillery Brigade (South Africa) Explained

Unit Name:10 Artillery Brigade
Dates:19831992
Country: South Africa
Allegiance: South Africa
Type:Artillery Brigade
Command Structure:South African Artillery Corps
Garrison:Potchefstroom
Garrison Label:Garrison
Nickname:10 Art
Equipment:
  • G5 Howitzer
  • G2 Howitzer
  • 127mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
  • 120mm mortar
Battles:South African Border War
Commander1:Commandant George Swanepoel
Commander1 Label:OC Operation Excite/Hilti
Identification Symbol Label:SADF 10 Artillery Brigade laurel
Identification Symbol 2 Label:10 Artillery Brigade beret badge

10 Artillery Brigade was a South African Defence Force formation designed for mass artillery barrages, mainly for the 7 South African Infantry Division or 8 South African Armoured Division, as well as an ad hoc formation during Operation Prone, when needed and detached and reattached where required. Smaller components would then be used at the battlegroup level.

History

10 Artillery Brigade[1] [2] [3] was formed in Potchefstroom in 1983, when 4 Field Regiment[4] and 14 Field Regiment[5] were both incorporated as 4 Artillery Regiment and 14 Field Artillery Regiment. 4 Artillery Regiment was located to the old 14 Field Regiment base where the Brigade was established. It provided the base and training facilities as well as National Servicemen gunner training between each regiment on an annual basis.

Equipment

The Brigade utilized the following equipment:

South West Africa and Angola

Tactical headquarters

10 Artillery Brigade[6] Tactical headquarters was an artillery formation created in 1988 to support the ad hoc formation of 10 SA Division which had been formed to counter the Cuban threat in south-western Angola in June 1988. It was composed of:

Engagements

Disbandment

10 Artillery Brigade became the basis for the South African Army Artillery Formation.

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The South African Gunner. Crook. Lionel . 18 . 2014-04-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613003404/http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/gunner/gunner.pdf . 2013-06-13 .
  2. Web site: South African Gunners Association - SANDF Reserve Force - SA Reserves' Achievements in 2016 Netherlands International Shooting Competition (2016NISC) - News . 2018-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161016143858/http://www.gunners.org.za/modules/news/ . 2016-10-16 .
  3. Web site: 2010-02-09. Fact file: The SA Artillery. 2021-09-04. defenceWeb. en-ZA.
  4. Web site: Gunners Association in Potchefstroom. 2021-09-04. www.potchefstroom.co.za.
  5. Web site: APRIL 2011 newsletter - Cape Town - South African Military History Society - Title page.
  6. Web site: Roberts. Sean. 44 Battery, 4 Artillery Brigade at 10 Artillery HQ in Potchefstroom 1990. Sentinel Projects. Sentinel Projects. 12 September 2016.