Notes on the British Army 1968 - AA Artillery Orbats
Orbats for the Heavy Air Defence Regiment and Light Air Defence Regiments in 1968.
The HAD Regiment was 36 Heavy Air Defence Regiment equipped with Thunderbird 2 (in service with the RAF Regiment as Bloodhound). 36 Hy AD were the 1 BR Corps "top cover" and as such, were non deployable from Germany. In 1973/4 REME declared the Thunderbirds as unserviceable until a major overhaul had been completed on them. The MOD used this window to deploy the regiment to Northern Ireland on an Op Banner tour, a shock for many, who had never expected it!
The Rapier AA missile system replaced the guns in LAA regiments and the RAF Regiment.
This document was still in use when I joined the army in 1971. It was out of date then, since it had not been amended to reflect the sweeping changes in the infantry and elsewhere after the amalgamations of 1969.
Notes on the British Army 1968 - AA Artillery Orbats
Orbats for the Heavy Air Defence Regiment and Light Air Defence Regiments in 1968.
The HAD Regiment was 36 Heavy Air Defence Regiment equipped with Thunderbird 2 (in service with the RAF Regiment as Bloodhound). 36 Hy AD were the 1 BR Corps "top cover" and as such, were non deployable from Germany. In 1973/4 REME declared the Thunderbirds as unserviceable until a major overhaul had been completed on them. The MOD used this window to deploy the regiment to Northern Ireland on an Op Banner tour, a shock for many, who had never expected it!
The Rapier AA missile system replaced the guns in LAA regiments and the RAF Regiment.
This document was still in use when I joined the army in 1971. It was out of date then, since it had not been amended to reflect the sweeping changes in the infantry and elsewhere after the amalgamations of 1969.