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Mountain Artillery

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== Background ==
'''==== Mountain Artillery ====Mountain Artillery''' was developed to allow field guns to accompany forces operating in mountainous regions. The guns were dismantled into three loads (piece, carriage and wheels) and carried on mules. The first mountain train in India was formed in 1840 for service in the [[1st Afghan War]] and disbanded in 1843. Mountain Batteries formed part of the [[Punjab Frontier Force]] forces raised to defend the territory gained in the [[2nd Sikh War]] in due course known as the [[North West Frontier Province]]. The Hazara Mountain Train was the first to be formed in 1850 from a nucleus raised by Capt J Abbott, Bengal Artillery, during the Hazara rebellion of 1848.  ==== Punjab Irregular Force ====When the Punjab Irregular Force was formed in 1851 it had four batteries of artillery mainly recruited from the [[defeated Sikh artillerymen. They were known as Punjab Light Field Batteries: :*No 1 Horse Light Field Battery:*No 2 Horse Light Field Battery:*No 3 Horse Light Field Battery:*No 4 Garrison Company The force later gained two further batteries: :*Hazara Mountain Train Battery]]:*Peshawar Mountain Train Battery  ==== Punjab Frontier Force ====

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