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207 (City of Glasgow) Battery, is a Army Reserve sub-unit, part of 105th Regiment Royal Artillery. The battery is spread between BHQ and C Troop in Partick, Glasgow & D Troop based in Colinton, Edinburgh. Formerly an air defence unit, 207 (''City of Glasgow'') Battery has been re-roled to field guns, using the L118 light gun The Regiment trains regularly at the Otterburn Training Area, one of the few areas in the UK where large calibre weapons can be fired The Regiment has trained in the Falkland Islands, as part of ''Exercise Sea Trout'', and has a successful exercise in Romania. The Battery has also deployed Gibraltar as well as Cyprus and USA. the Battery deployed to Denmark in 2013 and will go to Kenya in 2014. The Battery carries the honour of firing regular royal salutes at Edinburgh Castle. Army Reservists gunners have been mobilised to serve alongside regular Royal Artillery regiments in Iraq and Afghanistan, they have also supplied personnel for UN operations in Cyprus. 207 (''City of Glasgow'') Battery has a long lineage dating back to the Great war, with the breech from the last firing gun at Gallipoli is housed in the officers mess. File:FOO_party.jpg File:Mikey_breach.jpg File:District_Gunner.jpg File:Falklands.jpg File:Battery_salute.jpg File:Battery_firing.jpg 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「207 (City of Glasgow) Battery Royal Artillery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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