I've got a few questions regarding the 7 Para RHA Light Gun regiment.

I am looking at many different choices for an Army career, do I need Royal Artillery runtimes and fitness levels or do I need to get my runtimes down to 9 or so minutes like Parachute Regiment standard?

Basically, all I am asking is - do I need Para runtimes or RA runtimes to join 7 Para RHA? I was also wondering if P Company came straight after finishing basic + trade/artillery training.

Thanks a lot.

You don't need para times in Recruit Selection, just the regular ones or "RA times" as you like to call them

The fitness levels won't really increase till you get to get to Phase 2 training at Larkhill. Word of warning though, if you scrap in every run and don't put on a good show, when asked for preferred Regt and you say 7 RHA, you may get refused to even start and put in another regiment


Please remember, you are wishing to join the Royal Regiment of Artillery, NOT 7 RHA, don't be suprised if you change your mind during training, I've seen it loads of times

Originally Posted by wellyhead

You don't need para times in Recruit Selection, just the regular ones or "RA times" as you like to call them

The fitness levels won't really increase till you get to get to Phase 2 training at Larkhill. Word of warning though, if you scrap in every run and don't put on a good show, when asked for preferred Regt and you say 7 RHA, you may get refused to even start and put in another regiment


Please remember, you are wishing to join the Royal Regiment of Artillery, NOT 7 RHA, don't be suprised if you change your mind during training, I've seen it loads of times

Cheers mate - great help. It's good to know I don't have to absolutely kill myself to achieve runtimes now as I've already got a 1.5 mile time of about 10:30.

Thankyou for clearing that up, though.

By the way, does 7 Para RHA do a lot of work with horses and the like?

Originally Posted by joshrichardson

By the way, does 7 Para RHA do a lot of work with horses and the like?

loads as they are supurb at static line jumps

Of course they do - 15.4h half-Arabs are well known for always jumping No 1.

I find myself confused with the sarcastic wit of the arrse community once more!

No but really - I suffer from mild hayfever/allergy around horses, nothing serious at all and I'm fine with it, but I'm worried that it'll cause a delay in the application/job somewhere..

LOL, I have a funny feeling your 'mild hayfever / allergy' with horses will be perfectly fine : ) Do some research on your chosen regiment

Im also considering joining 7 para RHA i don't know of any work with horses at all my dad is ex 7 para and has filled me in with the fitness requirements you don't really want to be aiming for RA run times because when it comes to P company you will need to be PARA fit so aim for 9:30 minimum.