105th Regiment Royal Artillery


105th Regiment, Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and has sub-units throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is currently equipped with the L118 Light Gun.

History

The regiment was first formed as the 105 Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery on 1 April 1986 with its Regimental Headquarters at Artillery House, near Redford Barracks in Edinburgh. Its units were 207 Air Defence Battery at Glasgow, 212 Air Defence Battery at Arbroath and 218 Air Defence Battery at Livingston. It was equipped with a succession of missile systems, Blowpipe, Javelin and finally the Starstreak missile until 2005. In 1987 219 Air Defence Battery was formed at Dundee and joined the regiment.
After the Options for Change defence review in 1993, 206 Battery transferred to the regiment from 102nd Air Defence Regiment. At that time 219 Battery disbanded and the regiment was renamed 105 Regiment Royal Artillery. 218 Battery was disbanded in 2005 when the Regiment re roled to field artillery. 105 Regiment was then equipped with the L118 105mm Light Gun. From 1 March 2015, the regiment has been paired with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.
Under Army 2020, a new battery, 278 Battery Royal Artillery based in Livingston joined this regiment. The battery continued the traditions of the old 278th Regiment.

Batteries

The batteries are as follows: