- Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
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16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery Active 1 September 1947 – Present Country 
New ZealandBranch Army Type Artillery Role Field Artillery/Low Level Air Defence Size One regiment Part of Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery Garrison/HQ Linton Motto Ubique (Everywhere) (Latin) March Quick - The Right of the Line
Slow - The Duchess of KentEngagements Korean War
Vietnam WarCommanders Captain General HM The Queen Insignia Tac-Sign 
The Royal New Zealand Artillery forms the artillery section of the New Zealand Army. In its current form it was founded in 1947 with the amalgamation of the regular and volunteer units of artillery in New Zealand.
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Modern structure
Today, the RNZA consists of a single regiment:
- 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
- Regimental Headquarters
- HQ Battery
- G Troop, 43 (Air Defence) Battery - Mistral VLLAD Missile
- Training Troop
- Workshops
- 161 Battery (Close Support) - L119 Light Gun
- Headquarters Troop
- Able Troop
- Baker Troop
- Command Post Troop
- 163 Battery (Close Support) - L119 Light Gun
- Headquarters Troop
- Easy Troop
- Fox Troop
- Command Post Troop
- 39 Mortar Battery
- 81 Troop
- 82 Troop
- JOST Troop
Territorial units
In addition, there are a number of Territorial Force artillery units; these were formerly units of the RNZA, but were moved into the structure of the TF battalion groups on the restructuring of the army in the late 1990s:
- 11/4 Battery (Close Support), 3rd Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Battalion Group
- 22(D) Battery (Air Defence), 7th Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) and Hawke's Bay Battalion Group
- 32 Battery (Observation Post), 2nd Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Battalion Group
The Battle Honors of the above three Territorial Force artillery units are for South Africa, World War I and World War II.
Distinctions
A composite unit of the RNZA became the first specific New Zealand unit to mount the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace in 1964 (previously, the contingents sent to the Coronation had mounted the guard).
161 Battery was awarded both the United States Meritorious Unit Commendation and the South Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation for its service in the Vietnam War as part of the 1st Battalion Group, Royal Australian Regiment (see Non-U.S. recipients of U.S. gallantry awards).
Uniform
The RNZA were distinguished by a blue and red puggaree around the traditional "Lemon Squeezer" hat of the New Zealand Army, until this headdress fell into abeyance in the late 1950s. It has subsequently been reintroduced for ceremonial use but the RNZA now wear the same red puggaree as most other corps and regiments. Artillery officers wore a dark blue jacket and trousers with red lapels and trouser stripes for mess dress but this is now being phased out in favour of a universal scarlet mess jacket for all branches of the Army. The traditional blue and red artillery colours still survive in the full dress of the band of the RNZA.
Affiliations
United Kingdom - Royal Artillery
Canada - Royal Canadian Artillery
Australia - Royal Australian Artillery
Gallery
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New Zealand gunners firing a 25 pounder in Korea.
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New Zealand gunners in Vietnam operating an M101A1 Howitzer.
Categories:- Artillery regiments of New Zealand
- Military units and formations established in 1947
- Organisations based in New Zealand with royal patronage
- 16 Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
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