{"id":257101,"date":"2025-07-11T20:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/257101\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:42:09","slug":"britains-king-charles-fires-artillery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/257101\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain\u2019s King Charles fires artillery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        King Charles III has fired a 105mm L118 Light Gun during a visit to the Royal Regiment of Artillery at Larkhill in Wiltshire, marking his first official engagement with the Regiment since becoming its Captain General.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Royal Family\u2019s official social media post, the visit saw His Majesty meet with soldiers and families from the 21 regiments that make up the Royal Regiment. The King was briefed on the unit\u2019s training, equipment and operational responsibilities before being invited to fire the light gun himself, a rare public moment of royal participation in live-fire military activity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The King has visited the Royal Regiment of Artillery in Larkhill, meeting military personnel and their families from the 21 regiments that form the Royal Regiment.<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty also heard about the Regiment\u2019s training and equipment \u2013 before being invited to fire a L118 Light Gun\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E1g2qbFBBe\">pic.twitter.com\/E1g2qbFBBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1931040602231034224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To commemorate the occasion, King Charles was presented with a specially engraved 105mm cartridge case. The cartridge had previously been fired during the Coronation salutes in honour of Their Majesties.<\/p>\n<p>According to a British Army update, the King also toured a series of equipment stands showcasing the Royal Artillery\u2019s \u2018Find and Strike\u2019 capabilities, which include target acquisition, sensor integration and precision fires. He also met senior commanders to learn more about the Regiment\u2019s evolving role in the British Army\u2019s Integrated Force.<\/p>\n<p>The L118 Light Gun is a 105mm towed artillery piece used by airborne and commando artillery units. It can be moved by medium-weight vehicles or transported underslung beneath a Chinook helicopter. Recent upgrades include an automatic pointing system based on inertial navigation, allowing for rapid deployment and engagement within 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The weapon\u2019s versatility, mobility and reliability have made it a cornerstone of British field artillery since the 1970s. It remains a key capability for light role formations, including rapid reaction forces.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles\u2019s role as Captain General continues a long tradition of royal affiliation with the Royal Artillery. The visit to Larkhill, the Regiment\u2019s home since the early 20th century, underscores the monarch\u2019s ceremonial and symbolic connection to the armed forces in his capacity as Head of the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III has fired a 105mm L118 Light Gun during a visit to the Royal Regiment of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-257101","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114836546790913807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}