Regiment Universiteit Oranje-Vrystaat

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Regiment Universiteit Oranje-Vrystaat
SADF era OFS University Regiment emblem.png
Emblem of the Regiment Universiteit Oranje-Vrystaat
Active1960 – c. 1974
CountryFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Allegiance
Branch
TypeArtillery
SizeRegiment
Part of South African Army Artillery Corps
Army Conventional Reserve
Garrison/HQ Pretoria
Insignia
Collar BadgeBursting grenade with seven flames
Beret ColourOxford Blue
Artillery Battery Emblems SANDF Artillery Battery emblems.jpg
Artillery Beret Bar circa 1992 SANDF Artillery Beret Bar.jpg

The Regiment Universiteit Oranje-Vrystaat (University of the Orange Free State Regiment) was an artillery regiment of the South African Artillery. As a reserve unit, it had a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. It was part of the South African Army Artillery Corps.

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History

In the 1950s in South Africa, military units were attached to each large university. The University of the Orange Free State acquired an artillery capability. The concept was for long term students to complete their obligatory military training in these units. Training would also be organised so as not to unduly interfere with university work.

This unit could be considered an offshoot of the Regiment Potchefstroom Universiteit as that unit's Survey Battery was transferred to the University of the Orange Free State in the early 1950s. [1]

A survey battery would set up the gun line for cannons through determining the horizontal and vertical locations of each piece so that plotting could occur on a firing chart and accurate data correlated. [2] [3]

Students completing their academic courses were transferred mainly to the Vrystaatse Artillerie Regiment, an active citizen force regiment which had a close association with the university.

This unit was finally amalgamated with 6 Field Regiment around 1974. [4] [5]

Insignia

SADF era OFS University Regiment insignia SADF era OFS University Regiment insignia.png
SADF era OFS University Regiment insignia

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References

  1. Crook, Lionel. Regiment Potchefstroom University (PDF). p. 28.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. Dictionary of Missile and Artillery Terms, 1982, Major Gener5al AP Bogetskiy, Colonel Kusnetsov, Lieutenant Colonel AP Shapovalov; Chief Editor Lieutenant General of Artillery G Ye Perelel'skiy. Foreign Technology Division Translation FTD-ID(RS)T-1988-80
  3. The Development of Artillery Tactics and Equipment, Brigadier AL Pemberton, 1950
  4. "Welcome to the South African Unit Profiles". War in Angola. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  5. Otto, W (1983). "Ubique - The Gunners of South Africa". Scientia Militaria. 13 (3): 62–76. doi: 10.5787/13-3-552 .