Singapore Artillery

Artillery
Logo of the Artillery Formation
Active22 February 1888 – present
Country Singapore
Branch Singapore Army
TypeArtillery
RoleIndirect fire
Target acquisition
Size4 battalions[citation needed]
Part ofSingapore Armed Forces
Garrison/HQKhatib Camp
Kranji Camp II
Motto(s)In Oriente Primus
("First in the East")
Colours  Dark Blue
WebsiteOfficial website
Commanders
Chief Artillery OfficerCOL Ong Chiou Perng[1]

The Artillery is a formation of the Singapore Army, comprising four active battalions—the 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th Battalions—and an undisclosed number of reservist battalions.[citation needed] The primary role of the Artillery formation is to deliver timely, accurate and effective fire in support of the manoeuvre force to accomplish missions. As an indirect fire support system, the gunners rely on the forward observer and target acquisition elements to provide the target's location, which is then passed to the command post to direct the gunners to fire.

The unofficial motto of the Artillery formation is "Once a Gunner, Always a Gunner!"[2]

  1. ^ "Army Organisation Structure". Ministry of Defence (Singapore). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "'PM Lee, my army buddy': What it was like doing NS with the man who became Prime Minister". Channelnewsasia.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.