https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/client-testiomonials/https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img_3828.jpegIMG_3828https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sks-cotc-parade-2.jpegSky Sabre to be installed 16 Regiment Royal ArtilleryÕs new Colours16 Regiment Royal Artillery march past the new colours for the regiment. 16 Regiment Royal Artillery will receive their new regimental colours at a ceremony to be held at their base, Baker Barracks on Thorney Island. Regimental colours are ordinarily flags; once used to identify regiments amidst the smoke and chaos of the battlefield. They were in effect a rallying point for the troops of that regiment and as such, the colours instilled a deep sense of pride, loyalty and an esprit-de-corps among the troops. Once the colours were struck (taken or withdrawn) it symbolised defeat for that regiment and so the colours would be fiercely defended at all costs. However, in the case of the Royal Artillery their guns were their most cherished asset, similarly never to fall into the hands of the enemy just like the colours of the infantry regiments and so the guns assumed the mantle of the regimental colours. Fast forward to 2022 and 16 Regiment Royal Artillery, being an anti-aircraft unit, has missiles instead of cannons. The regiment is currently being equipped with a major upgrade in its capability, the Sky Sabre air defence system, which will become, for ceremonial purposes, its new colours. The regiment will be on parade to bid farewell to Rapier, the missile system that has been in service for nearly 50 years. In front of the assembled troops and the senior inspecting officer, Lieutenant General Sir Chris Tickell KBE, Rapier will be driven off the parade square. Then, to a fanfare specially composed for the occasion called ÔSky SabreÕ the new system will announce itself by two of the radar components raising their hydraulic arms in unison over the parade. Photographer: Sergeant Robert Weideman ©MoD Crown Copyright 2021https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sujan-at-charlton-100k-.jpgsujan-at-charlton-100k-https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sks-cotc-parade-1.jpegSky Sabre to be installed 16 Regiment Royal ArtilleryÕs new Colours16 Regiment Royal Artillery march past the new colours for the regiment. 16 Regiment Royal Artillery will receive their new regimental colours at a ceremony to be held at their base, Baker Barracks on Thorney Island. Regimental colours are ordinarily flags; once used to identify regiments amidst the smoke and chaos of the battlefield. They were in effect a rallying point for the troops of that regiment and as such, the colours instilled a deep sense of pride, loyalty and an esprit-de-corps among the troops. Once the colours were struck (taken or withdrawn) it symbolised defeat for that regiment and so the colours would be fiercely defended at all costs. However, in the case of the Royal Artillery their guns were their most cherished asset, similarly never to fall into the hands of the enemy just like the colours of the infantry regiments and so the guns assumed the mantle of the regimental colours. Fast forward to 2022 and 16 Regiment Royal Artillery, being an anti-aircraft unit, has missiles instead of cannons. The regiment is currently being equipped with a major upgrade in its capability, the Sky Sabre air defence system, which will become, for ceremonial purposes, its new colours. The regiment will be on parade to bid farewell to Rapier, the missile system that has been in service for nearly 50 years. In front of the assembled troops and the senior inspecting officer, Lieutenant General Sir Chris Tickell KBE, Rapier will be driven off the parade square. Then, to a fanfare specially composed for the occasion called ÔSky SabreÕ the new system will announce itself by two of the radar components raising their hydraulic arms in unison over the parade. Photographer: Sergeant Robert Weideman ©MoD Crown Copyright 2021https://billinghamcommunications.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sks-cotc-parade.jpegSky Sabre to be installed 16 Regiment Royal ArtilleryÕs new Colours16 Regiment Royal Artillery march past the new colours for the regiment. 16 Regiment Royal Artillery will receive their new regimental colours at a ceremony to be held at their base, Baker Barracks on Thorney Island. Regimental colours are ordinarily flags; once used to identify regiments amidst the smoke and chaos of the battlefield. They were in effect a rallying point for the troops of that regiment and as such, the colours instilled a deep sense of pride, loyalty and an esprit-de-corps among the troops. Once the colours were struck (taken or withdrawn) it symbolised defeat for that regiment and so the colours would be fiercely defended at all costs. However, in the case of the Royal Artillery their guns were their most cherished asset, similarly never to fall into the hands of the enemy just like the colours of the infantry regiments and so the guns assumed the mantle of the regimental colours. Fast forward to 2022 and 16 Regiment Royal Artillery, being an anti-aircraft unit, has missiles instead of cannons. The regiment is currently being equipped with a major upgrade in its capability, the Sky Sabre air defence system, which will become, for ceremonial purposes, its new colours. The regiment will be on parade to bid farewell to Rapier, the missile system that has been in service for nearly 50 years. In front of the assembled troops and the senior inspecting officer, Lieutenant General Sir Chris Tickell KBE, Rapier will be driven off the parade square. Then, to a fanfare specially composed for the occasion called ÔSky SabreÕ the new system will announce itself by two of the radar components raising their hydraulic arms in unison over the parade. 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