50th Missile Regiment Royal Artillery
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50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery (sometimes nicknamed '50 Miserable'[1]) was an artillery regiment of the British Army. From the late 1950s it was stationed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany, at Northumberland Barracks, Menden, equipped with 8-inch towed howitzers, the Honest John, and, from 1976, the MGM-52 Lance surface to surface missile.
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50th Regiment Royal Artillery | |
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Active | 1 April 1947 – 31 March 1993 |
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Type | Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Northumberland Barracks, Menden (1959-c.1993) |
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