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.

History

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.