Para-Commando Field Artillery Battery

Artillery Group
Active	July 1, 1973
Country	Belgium
Branch	Land Component
Type	Artillery
Role	Field artillery
Part of	1st Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Brasschaat

The 2nd Field Artillery Regiment/Field Artillery Battery ParaCommando (Dutch: 2 Regiment Veldartillerie/Batterij Veldartillerie ParaCommando) or 2A was an artillery battalion in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The regiment was the field artillery battalion of the 1st Brigade until 2010. In later years, the M109A2 howitzer was replaced by the 120mm mortar MO-120. 2A existed out of 4 batteries:

Mortar By
WFS By
DLOC By
H&S By

Belgian Paracommando Units

1st Parachute Battalion 2nd Commando Battalion 3rd Parachute Battalion 4th Commando Battalion 5th Paracommando Battalion 6th Commando Battalion ATk Company Recce Squadron Field Artillery Battery

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