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An artillery unit equivalent to an infantry company. The original meaning (16th century) was the platform
or fortified structure on which or withing the artillery was mounted; later it included the guns there mounted; and still
later, as mobile artillery became commonplace, it came to mean the guns alone. Subunits are called troops.While artillery
batteries are historically the basic tactical unit which can operate independently, infantry companies and cavalry squadrons
are rarely separated for long periods from their parent unit (the battalion or regiment). An administrative collection of
artillery batteries was called a battalion in the 18th century, a brigade until 1938, and since then a regiment. Tactical
artillery regiments all belong to the corps (family) known as The Royal Regiment of Artillery (and Commonwealth equivalents).
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COMMANDER Major or Captain,
Usually a Major
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