10 Artillery Brigade

10 Artillery Brigade was a South African Defence Force formation designed for mass artillery barrages, mainly for the 7th South African Infantry Division or 8th 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.

10 Artillery Brigade
10 Artillery Brigade
Active1983–1992
Country South Africa
Allegiance South Africa
Branch South African Army
TypeArtillery Brigade
Part ofSouth African Artillery Corps
GarrisonPotchefstroom
Nickname(s)10 Art
Equipment
  • G5 Howitzer
  • G2 Howitzer
  • 127mm Multiple Rocket Launcher
  • 120mm mortar
EngagementsSouth African Border War
Commanders
OC Operation Excite/HiltiCommandant George Swanepoel
Insignia
SADF 10 Artillery Brigade laurel
10 Artillery Brigade beret badge

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:

  • G5 155mm long range howitzer
  • G6 155mm long range howitzer
  • G2 140mm medium range howitzer
  • Bateleur 127mm multiple rocket launcher
  • M5 120mm heavy mortars
SADF 10 Artillery Brigade structure in Potchefstroom

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:

  • a tactical headquarters,
  • 14 Field Artillery Regiment comprising:
  • 17 Field Regiment comprising:
    • 17 Field Regiment HQ,
    • a 155mm G5 Battery from 61 Mechanised Battalion Group,
    • a 140mm G2 Battery from 17 Field Regiment,
    • another 140mm G2 Battery from Transvaal Horse Artillery,
    • a 127mm MRL battery from 4 Artillery Regiment,
    • a meteorological section from 2 Locating Regiment,
    • a light workshop troop and
    • a signals troop
  • 181 battery from 18 Light Regiment
SADF 10 Artillery Brigade Tactical Structure Angola

Engagements

Disbandment

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

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See also
  •  South Africa portal

Notes
    • Velthuizen, Andreas (2009). "The significance of the battle for Cuito Cuanavale: Long term foresight of the current strategic landscape". Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies. 37 (2). doi:10.5787/37-2-71. ISSN 2224-0020.

    References
    1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2014-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2018-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    3. http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6561:fact-file-the-sa-artillery-&catid=79:fact-files&Itemid=159
    4. http://www.potchefstroom.co.za/gunnersassociation/history.html
    5. http://samilitaryhistory.org/11/c11aprne.html
    6. Roberts, Sean. "44 Battery, 4 Artillery Brigade at 10 Artillery HQ in Potchefstroom 1990". Sentinel Projects. Sentinel Projects. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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