King's Artillery Regiment

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

King's Artillery Regiment
Kongens Artilleriregiment
Active1982 – 2005
Disbanded2005
CountryDenmarkDenmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
Garrison/HQSjælsmark kaserne
Nickname(s)KAR
Motto(s)Frisk og Frejdigt Fremad (Fresh and Boldly Forward)
Regimental belt

History

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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

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  •   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