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Just as the Cold War ended the Guns found themselves without much of a job, just like the armoured corps. Units were cycled through Cyprus as infantry battalions, and then smaller and smaller elements deployed to exciting places like Bosnia. When the Airborne Regiment was disbanded by a determinedly unsympathetic government (spit), there was no place for the air transportable guns. Then the M109s were parked. The regulars tooks back the 105s. Conventional thinking was stood on its head as other specialist functions across the forces were reassigned. The pioneers in the infantry battalions were shut down and their role given to the already busy combat engineers. One of the regular recce squadrons was intentionally undermanned to provide manning numbers for intelligence units. The "mortar dogs" in the battalions were reassigned to the companies, and their role assigned to the artillery. The arrival of Afghanistan gave the guns a reprieve when someone decided they really needed to reach out and touch badguys at long range. A handful of new US-made M777 155s were acquired and put to very good use. But for close-in work, it was 81mm mortars fired by artillery-men in gun pits. Maybe not a traditional role, but still welcome.
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