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What do Cloudpunchers in the Royal Artillery do?

By this is mean what do anti-aircraft untis do in the British Amy when on duty in places such as Iraq or Afganistan.

I ask this because our current enemies don’t have any aircraft, but I assume these units are still deployed?

the same as any other unit in the British army,in the conflict in northern Ireland back in the 70s artillery units carried out the same patrol work as infantry unit did,in the current deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq artillery units will be used as a local defence force guarding bases or convoy escorts as this frees up teeth arm units(infantry,paras,marines etc etc) to carry out normal patrol tasking.

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6 Responses to “What do Cloudpunchers in the Royal Artillery do?”

  1. Possibly general duties? (cleaning, cooking, gate duty, convoy escorts) Maybe helping with field guns? maintaining, cleaning, stacking and sorting ammo, ect?
    References :
    Russian Army Officer- Is what we do with people in a trade that is not in demand in theatre. either general duties, or put them to help with the next closest thing. (i.e. Naval mechanics’s can help with maintain of land vehicles)

  2. Hmm…I’m sure they’re deployed, but to be honest I have no idea. They may be used as infantry guys to go on patrols or pull guard duty. I know the artillery guys in Iraq do there job, but also get used as infantry to go out on patrols.
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  3. A Gunner is just that a soldier who is at home with any piece of artillery not just ack ack
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  4. the mighty quinn on November 22nd, 2009 at 5:22 am

    the same as any other unit in the British army,in the conflict in northern Ireland back in the 70s artillery units carried out the same patrol work as infantry unit did,in the current deployment in Afghanistan or Iraq artillery units will be used as a local defence force guarding bases or convoy escorts as this frees up teeth arm units(infantry,paras,marines etc etc) to carry out normal patrol tasking.
    References :
    ex-brit military

  5. they are re-roled as infantry
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  6. Unless they are deployed as a Fire Support Team, calling in arty and air assets to targets, they would (like in Northern Ireland) carry out patrols as did the infantry.

    The first and last British soldiers to die operationally in Northern Ireland were both members of the Royal Artillery.
    References :
    Son in Royal Artillery.

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