5th Artillery Regiment (Portugal) explained

Unit Name:5th Artillery Regiment
Native Name:Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5
Dates:1763/1911–present
Country:Portugal
Branch:Army
Type:Field artillery
Command Structure:Intervention Brigade
Garrison:Vendas Novas
Motto:Brave and always Loyal (Bravos e sempre Leais)
Battles:Peninsular War
Liberal Wars
World War I
Portuguese Colonial War
Decorations: Gold Medal of Military Valour
Website:Official Website
Commander1:António J. Pardal dos Santos
Commander1 Label:Present Commander
Commander2:João Baptista Lopes Veloso
Commander2 Label:First Commander (1834)
Identification Symbol:RA5
Identification Symbol Label:Abbreviation

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.[1]

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

Artillery

Tactical vehicles

Transport vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Awards and decorations

Gold Medal of Military Valour

1st Class Cross of War Medals

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regimento de Artilharia nº5. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621133617/http://www.exercito.pt/pt/quem-somos/organizacao/ceme/cft/brigint/ra5 . 2017-06-21 .
  2. Web site: Regimento de Artilharia 5 - Meios . 2021-03-27 . www.facebook.com.