| Unit Name: | Regiment Potchefstroom Universiteit |
| Dates: | 1946 to present |
| Allegiance: | |
| Branch: | |
| Type: | Reserve Artillery |
| Command Structure: | South African Army Artillery Formation Army Conventional Reserve |
| Garrison: | Potchefstroom |
| Anniversaries: | 1 August 1946[1] |
| Commander1: | Cmdt C. Hattingh |
| Commander1 Label: | Officer Commanding during Operation Packer |
| Identification Symbol: | Bursting grenade with seven flames |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Collar Badge |
| Identification Symbol 2: | Oxford Blue |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Beret Colour |
| Identification Symbol 3 Label: | Artillery Battery Emblems |
| Identification Symbol 4 Label: | Artillery Beret Bar circa 1992 |
Regiment Potchefstroom Universiteit [2] (Afrikaans for Potchefstroom University Regiment) is an artillery regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. It is part of the South African Army Artillery Formation.
The original regiment was formed in 1946, when the South African Army was reorganised for peacetime. It was initially called 1 Observation Battery, and in 1950 it was renamed 1 Observation Regiment.
On being affiliated with the Potchefstroom University in 1960, it was given the name Regiment Potchefstroomse Universiteit.
In terms of organisation the regiment was structured with:
During the bush war the regiment served with:
and with
25 Field Regiment was amalgamated with Potchefstroom University (RPU) during September 1991.
South Africa