Danish Artillery Regiment

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Danish Artillery Regiment
Danske Artilleriregiment
Coat of arms for Danish Artillery Regiment.svg
Coat of arms
Active1 November 2005 – 28 February 2014
1 January 2019 – present
CountryFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Branch Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army
TypeArtillery
Part of Army Staff
Garrison/HQVarde Kaserne, Varde (-2014)
Oksbøl Kaserne (2019-)
NicknameDAR
MottosOfficium Et Supra (Duty and a bit more)
Mascot Saint Barbara
AnniversariesFeast Day December 4
Engagements
Website Official website
Insignia
Regimental belt New Danish Artillery Regiment Stable belt.png
Colours DAR Colours.svg

The Danish Artillery Regiment (DAR, Danish : Danske Artilleriregiment) is an artillery unit of the Royal Danish Army, which was founded on 1 November 2005 when the two artillery regiments in Denmark, King's Artillery Regiment and Queen's Artillery Regiment were merged. The unit was disbanded in 2014 and revived in 2019.

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History

DAR was created administratively 1 August 2005 by merging the King's Artillery Regiment and the Queen's Artillery Regiment, with the official day creation as 1 November 2005. [1] Danish Artillery Regiment (DAR) is Denmark's only remaining artillery regiment. The regiment was garrisoned in Varde and an artillery unit stationed in Oksbøl camp. From 2019, the revived regiment is stationed at Oksbøl Kaserne.

The regiment traces its history back to 1684 when The Royal Artillery Corps was established in Copenhagen. In 1803 the Artillery Corps divided into three brigades; referred to as "Danish Artillery Brigade", "Holstein Artillery Brigade" and "Norwegian Artillery Brigade". The latter was dissolved in 1814 with the loss of Norway. In 1842 the brigades changed to 1st Artillery Regiment (Danish) and 2nd Artillery Regiment (Holstein), respectively, but was overall called "The Royal Artillery Brigade". In connection with the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and Prussia, the second Artillery Regiment (Holstein) was dissolved, in March 1848, when the regiment joined the rebels.

Following Hærloven of 1867, the Second Artillery Regiment was restored by taking 7th-9th Battery and 12. Reinforcement Battery and 2. Train Department from 1st Artillery Regiment.

In 1895 Fortress Artillery Regiment was established, which was responsible for Copenhagen fortress artillery. This regiment was disbanded in 1920 when the Danish government admitted that there was no need for a permanent fortification around the capital. In 1909 Coastal Artillery Regiment was created.

In 1932, the responsibility for coastal artillery moved from the Army to the Navy, and thus abolished Coastal artillery as an artillery unit.

In 1951, the artillery was organized as follows:

In 2014, as part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017, DAR was disbanded and reformed into Army Combat and Fire Support Center and 1st Danish Artillery Battalion (1DAA), with the later set to carry on the traditions and history of DAR. [2]

In 2019, the regiment was revived along with Schleswig Regiment of Foot. [3]

Structure

Today the Danish Artillery Regiment has four battalions: [4]

Amalgamation of Danish artillery regiments

In 1970 the Crown Artillery Regiment and the Zealand Air Defence Regiment merged, continuing as the Crown Artillery Regiment. In 1974 Nørrejyske Artillery Regiment and Jyske Air Defence Regiment merged, continuing as the Nørrejyske Artillery Regiment.

In 1982 the Crown Artillery Regiment and the Zealand Artillery Regiment was merged and reformed into the King's Artillery Regiment. In 2000 Nørrejyske Artillery Regiment and Sønderjyske Artillery Regiment was merged and reformed into the Queen Artillery Regiment. Finally, the two remaining artillery regiments amalgamated d. August 1, 2005 to the Danish Artillery Regiment, and thus all artillery was again in one unit.

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Coat of arms for King's Artillery Regiment.svg Crown's Artillery Regiment Coat of arms for King's Artillery Regiment.svg Crown's Artillery Regiment Coat of arms for King's Artillery Regiment.svg King's Artillery Regiment Coat of arms for Danish Artillery Regiment.svg Danish Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms for Zealand Air Defence Regiment.svg Zealand Air Defence Regiment
Coat of arms for Zealand Artillery Regiment.svg Zealand Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms for North Jutland Artillery Regiment.svg North Jutland Artillery Regiment Coat of arms for North Jutland Artillery Regiment.svg North Jutland Artillery Regiment Coat of arms for Queen's Artillery Regiment.svg Queen's Artillery Regiment
Coat of arms for Jutlandic Air Defence Regiment.svg Jutlandic Air Defence Regiment
Coat of arms for Southern Jutland Artillery Regiment.svg Southern Jutland Artillery Regiment

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References

  1. ↑ "Nye navne til hærens regimenter". Politiken. 12 August 2004.
  2. ↑ "Nye myndigheder, nye baretmærker og farver". forsvaret.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  3. ↑ "Oprustning af Forsvaret fejret: Dronningen gav fanen tilbage til danske soldater". dr.dk (in Danish). 8 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Vores opgave". danskeartilleriregiment.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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