1st Danish Artillery Battalion

1st Danish Artillery Battalion
1st Danish Artillery Battalion
1. Danske Artilleriafdeling
Active	28 February 2014 (1684)
Country	Kingdom of Denmark
Branch	Royal Danish Army
Size	500
Part of	Army Combat and Fire Support Center
Garrison/HQ	Oksbøl
Nickname(s)	1DAA
Motto(s)	Ingen tvivl, ingen tøven (No doubt, no hesitation)
Regimental belt
Mascot(s)	Saint Barbara
Engagements	Battle of Nybøl (28 May 1848); Battle of Fredericia (6 July 1849); Battle of Isted (25 July 1850); Battle of Mysunde (12 September 1850); Battle of Mysunde 2 February 1864; Battle of Dybbøl (18 April 1864)
Commanders
Current; commander	Lieutenant Colonel Poul-Erik Andersen
Ceremonial chief	HM The Queen of Denmark
Colonel of; the Regiment	Ole Bering

The 1st Danish Artillery Battalion (Danish: 1. Danske Artilleriafdeling, 1DAA) is a part of Army Combat and Fire Support Center and was created after under the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017, after the Danish Artillery Regiment was disbanded. It is the only remaining military unit in the Danish Army that is involved with artillery, and is therefore the bearer of the traditions of the former regiment and can trace its roots back to 1684.^[2]

The battalion is divided into a number of batteries with around 500 personnel in total.^[3]

1 DAA provides fielding and training of the army's ability to plan, deploy, manage and operate fire-support such as howitzer and heavy mortars at different tactical levels.^[4]

1 January 2019, 1 DAA was merge back into the reactivated Danish Artillery Regiment as 1st Artillery Battalion (1AA).