Politics and the Military in Jordan by P.J. Vatikiotis

Author:P.J. Vatikiotis [Vatikiotis, P.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780714610610
Goodreads: 16457386
Publisher: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
Published: 1967-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

4. ARTILLERY

The formal organisation of Artillery did not begin seriously until 1951. At that time it comprised one Regiment of Field Artillery (two batteries of four 25 lb. guns each and an anti-tank battery). The personnel were predominantly beduin. The officers, however, were all hadarī. In 1951 there was an expansion to three regiments of three, instead of two, batteries each—an organisational pattern similar to the British. A new Anti-Tank and Light AA regiment was formed. All new recruits came from the Amman Training Centre; officers from the Cadet School. In the Light AA regiment all personnel were townsmen, many of them West Bankers and a few Circassians.

Artillery training was conducted within the army’s units. Gunnery instructors were all British. Officers among the latter were seconded from the British Army to serve as instructor gunners. By 1953 there were about fifteen of these, including the brigade major. In addition to these, there were a number of British warrant officers also serving as instructors. In 1952, however, an Artillery School within the arm was founded. There was apparently no set level of formal education required for admission into the School, so long as recruits, or trainees, were literate and had some knowledge of the most elementary mathematics.

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