39 Regiment Royal Artillery

39th Regiment Royal Artillery
Active	1947 to 20 Feb 2015
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Artillery
Garrison/HQ	Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland
Nickname(s)	The Welsh Gunners
Equipment	M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

39 Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "three nine", The Regiment is one of the Depth fire units of 1st Artillery Brigade, part of the British Army. It was formed in 1947, and placed into suspended animation on 20 February 2015. The Regiment is based at Albemarle Barracks in Northumberland.

As of 2011, the regiment was equipped with the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). They will be the first unit to deploy the new Fire Shadow loitering munition; training has already begun and they were planned to take it to Afghanistan in 2012. The regiment recently deployed Batteries on Op Herrick and have fired the first GMLRS rounds in theatre.

Under Army 2020, the regiment is being disbanded and its GMRLS launchers transferred to the other regiments and the Territorial Army. The regimental flag was lowered on 20 February 2015.

The history of the regiment is as follows:

39 Regiment changed its recruiting area to cover Wales, and is now known as "The Welsh Gunners". Before this they were known as the Northumberland Gunners, and prior to 1995 the Birmingham Gunners.

The regiment's batteries are as follows:

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