Colour Patch – 7th Field Battery (3rd Field Regiment)

Description

Description: Colour Patch – 7th Field Battery, 3rd Field Regiment.

Condition: Mint

Comments: Colour Patch – 7th Field Battery, 3rd Field Regiment.

Reference: ATY0027

The 7th Field Battery, 3rd Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (7 Fd Bty, 3 Regt, RAA) consists of an artillery battery which is part of the Australian Army’s 13th Brigade, currently located at Karrakatta in Western Australia.

It is tasked with engaging targets of immediate concern to units of the 13th Brigade and the provision of timely, intimate offensive fire support to such units. 

Until recently the battery was a six-gun battery utilising the United States designed M2A2 Howitzer firing 105mm ammunition, however, following the reorganisation of the Australian Army Reserve’s artillery units, the battery now uses the 81mm mortar as its primary weapon platform. The unit maintains a number of M2A2s for ceremonial duties such as 21-gun salutes.