5th Artillery Regiment (Portugal)

5th Artillery Regiment

Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5
Active| 1763/1911–present
Country| Portugal
Branch| Army
Type| Field artillery
Part of| Intervention Brigade
Garrison/HQ| Vendas Novas
Motto(s)| Brave and always Loyal (Bravos e sempre Leais)
Engagements| Peninsular War
Liberal Wars
World War I
Portuguese Colonial War
Decorations|  Gold Medal of Military Valour
Website| Official Website
Commanders
Present Commander| António J. Pardal dos Santos
First Commander (1834)| João Baptista Lopes Veloso
Insignia
Abbreviation| RA5

Military unit

The 5th Artillery Regiment (Portuguese: Regimento de Artilharia N.º 5, RA5) is a regiment of the Portuguese Army, which provides the Field Artillery Group for the Intervention Brigade. The RA5 is based at Vendas Novas.[1]

## History

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1763 \- The establishment of the Artillery Regiment of Porto, which is extinct in 1829 as 4th Artillery Regiment of Porto.
1835 \- By decree of Queen Maria II, the date from which came to be used as a military unit. In 1878 Mountain Artillery Brigade is created, with the same installed at Serra do Pilar in 1889, remaining there until disbanded in 1897. Installed in the Serra do Pilar Detach Batteries of the RA6, and in 1897 RA4 in 1899, both from Penafiel, and 5th Artillery Regiment of Viana do Castelo in 1902.
1911 \- Based in the Serra do Pilar RA6 (Mounted), which is considered the unit of origin of the current RA5.
1921 \- The designation becomes 6th Artillery Regiment.
1926 \- It gets the name 6th Artillery Regiment for the following year, 1927, be called 5th Light Artillery Regiment(RAL5).
1939 \- Due to the reorganization of the army is created 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (RAP2).
1975 \- It took the name of Artillery Regiment of Serra do Pilar (RASP).
1993 \- It takes the current designation RA5. Inherits the heritage of the 4th Artillery Regiment of Porto extinct in 1829, the 2nd Mountain Artillery Group and 5th Light Artillery Regiment.

## Equipment

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### Infantry equipment

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* Glock 17 Gen 5
* FN SCAR L STD
* FN Minimi Mk3
* Browning M2
* FN40GL Grenade launcher
* L16A2 mortar
* Carl Gustav M3

### Artillery

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* M114 155 mm howitzer[2]
* AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar

### Tactical vehicles

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* HMMWV M1097 4x4[2]
* Mitsubishi L200 4x4[2]
* Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ73 4x4
* Land Rover Defender 4x4[2]
* Iveco 40.10 WM 4x4

### Transport vehicles

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* MAN 10.224[2]
* Mercedes-Benz 1017[2]
* Unimog 1750L[2]
* Iveco 90.17 WM[2]

### Unmanned aerial vehicles

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* MyFlyDream Nimbus Tricopter 1800

## Awards and decorations

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Gold Medal of Military Valour

* 1st Mountain Artillery Brigade - Portuguese Mozambique 1895

1st Class Cross of War Medals

* 2nd Battery/5th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP \-  France 1918
* 3rd Battery/6th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP \-  France 1918
* 4th Battery/5th Group of Artillery Battery/CEP \-  France 1918
* 1688th Artillery Company/CTI Guinea - Portuguese Guinea 1964/74

## References

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1. ^ "Regimento de Artilharia nº5". Archived from the original on 2017-06-21.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Regimento de Artilharia 5 - Meios". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-03-27.

## Sources

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* http://www.exercito.pt/sites/RA5/Paginas/default.aspx