ELITE ARTILLERY UNITS

Elite artillery spotters infiltrate behind enemy lines to call in fire from Royal Navy warships and Royal Artillery field guns like these M777 155mm Howitzers, photographed in action in Afghanistan.

DoD photo by:
SPECIALIST KEITH D. HENNING

These are elite cadres within the Royal Artillery who are tasked with high-risk missions, often behind enemy lines, from where they call in artillery fire and gather intelligence.

Whilst not receiving Special Forces pay, the men of these observation teams carry out many similar tasks to UKSF such as covert insertion into enemy territory, concealment and intelligence gathering.