King's Artillery Regiment Explained

Unit Name:	King's Artillery Regiment
Native Name:	Kongens Artilleriregiment
Dates:	1982 – 2005
Country:	Denmark
Branch:	Royal Danish Army
Garrison:	Sjælsmark kaserne
Nickname:	KAR
Motto:	Frisk og Frejdigt Fremad (Fresh and Boldly Forward)
Colors Label:	Regimental belt
Disbanded:	2005

The King's Artillery Regiment (Danish: Kongens Artilleriregiment, KAR) was an artillery regiment of the Royal Danish Army.

History

The Kongens Artilleriregiment was formed on 1 August 1982 by merging Kronens Artilleriregiment from Sjælsmark barracks and Sjællandske Artilleriregiment from Holbæk barracks. On 1 November 2005 Kongens Artilleriregiment was merged with Dronningens Artilleriregiment to create the new artillery regiment, Danske Artilleriregiment. The regiment was located on Sjælsmark barracks.

Units

• 1st Armoured Artillery Battalion (1982-2004) part of 1st Zealand Brigade
• 2nd Artillery Battalion (1982-2004) part of ELK/Corps Artillery
• 4th Light Artillery Battalion (1982-1996) part of 4th Zealand Battle Group,(from 1990)1st Zealand Battle Group
• 5th Armoured Artillery Battalion (1982-2004) part of 2nd Zealand Brigade (from 1994 part of Danish International Brigade)
• 13th Anti Air Artillery Battalion (1982-2000) part of LANDZEALAND/Corps Artillery
• 14th Light Artillery Battalion (1982-1985) part of LANDZEALAND/Corps Artillery
  • 16th Light Artillery Battalion (1982-1990) part of 1st Zealand Battle Group. Transferred to North Jutland Artillery Regiment 17th Heavy Artillery Battery (1985-1996) - 17th MLRS Battery (1997-2004) part of LANDZEALAND/Corps Artillery
• 21st Light Artillery Battalion (1982-2000) part of 3rd Zealand Battle Group
• 22nd Light Artillery Battalion (1982-2000) part of 2nd Zealand Battle Group
• 32nd Heavy Artillery Battalion (1982-1985) - 32nd Artillery Battalion (1986-2000) part of LANDZEALAND/Corps Artillery, (2000-2004) part of HOK
• Staff and Target Acquisition Battery/LANDZEALAND (1982-2004) part of LANDZEALAND/Corps Artillery