Recent History
35 Battery were the first Battery from 39 Regiment RA " The Welsh Gunners " to deploy to Iraq on Op Telic 7 where they re-rolled to STA ( surveillance and target acquisition ) to cover 5 Regiment RA commitment in 2005. From there the Battery has gone from strength to strength having returned from Op Telic 7 in October 2005 they then went on to get another first within their Regiment by becoming to first Battery to deploy to Afghanistan on Op Herrick 6 in 2007. As well as being the first Battery within their Regiment to deploy to Afghanistan they were also the first battery in the history of the Royal Artillery to fire the GMLRS (Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System). Having had a successful tour of Afghanistan on Op Herrick 7 the battery then had some down time and after a year began preparation to deploy again to Afghanistan on Op Herrick 10. This same rotation is still currently in use and the battery is now on its 3rd deployment of Afghanistan on Op Herrick 14, making it the first battery within 39 Regiment RA to deploy on 3 different tours to Afghanistan.
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