The Regimental Family Bookshelf
The Regimental Family Bookshelf features books that are of interest to Gunners and all those interested in The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery.
With A Few Guns: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in Afghanistan – Volume 2 – 2007-2009 Paperback – Dec 4 2025
by Brian Reid (Author), Wolf Riedel (Author), Mark Zuehlke (Author)
Part of: The History of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (8 books)
Thank God, the guns!
A continuation of the comprehensive history of the operations conducted by Canadian artillery units in Afghanistan, from 2007 to 2009. Based on hundreds of interviews and primary source documents, there is no other book that provides as accurate a picture of the invaluable contribution made by the artillery.
Volume 3, written mostly by Mark Zuehlke supported by Wolf Riedel and Maj Brendan Hogan, will cover the rest of the war up to and including Op ATTENTION and the withdrawal of Gunners from Afghanistan.
Avec quelques canons – volume 1 is expected to be released in paperback and digital format soon.
With a Few Guns: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in Afghanistan Volume I – 2002-2006
Authored by Col (Retd) Wolf Riedel and Mark Zuehlke, building on the work of LCol (Retd) Brian Reid.
Thank God, the Guns!
With a Few Guns is the story of Canadian Gunners deployed to Afghanistan. It is not an official historical account; it is the story as told by the soldiers who answered Canada’s call to help people in a far away land. It is gritty, it is honest, and it will make you proud. It is the soldiers’ story, but it belongs to Canada.
With a Few Guns – Volume 1, which details operations in Afghanistan from 2002 until 2006, culminating with Operation MEDUSA. It is a wonderful story of how the Gunners emerged from the Decade of Darkness to being a respected, necessary, indeed critical, and war-winning arm of the all arms and joint forces team. It is also the stories of the men and women of the RCA that built and earned such an outstanding reputation in spite of many obstacles. Beautiful stories that had to be recorded for perpetuity.
Volume 2, covering the deployment from 2007 until 2008, is expected to be released in Fall 2025.
Volume 3, written mostly by Mark Zuehlke supported by Wolf Riedel and Maj Brendan Hogan, will cover the rest of the war up to and including Op ATTENTION and the withdrawal of Gunners from Afghanistan.
Avec quelques canons – volume 1 is expected to be released in paperback and digital format soon.
The Gunners of Canada: The History of the Royal Canadian Regiment of Artillery, Volume 1 (G.W.L Nicholson, Author) – republished 30 July 2024.
“The first volume in a set of books outlining the history of Canada’s artillery, this is the second edition of the first volume, published originally in 1967. With originals now rare and difficult to obtain, this second edition is intended to make this vital Canadian history available to a wider audience again.”
The Gunners of Canada: The History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, Volume II, 1919-1967 (– Paperback Republished December 17 2024.
This superb book is a proud successor to Volume I of the History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery.
Colonel Nicholson is one of Canada’s leading military historians, and his remarkable facility for interweaving scholarly fact with dramatic human incident makes Volume Il of the Gunners of Canada a vital and important contribution to Canadian history.
The second edition of his book has been made available through the efforts of the Royal Canadian Artillery Association.
New! 50e anniversaire du 5e Regiment d’artillerie legere du Canada (5e RALC)
French edition by 5e RALC (Author) Paperback – Published October 3 2024
This document commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 5e Régiment d’artillerie légère du Canada (5e RALC), detailing the unit’s distinguished history and contributions to Canadian and international operations. From its founding in 1968 to its involvement in UN missions, humanitarian assistance and combat, the regiment has been at the forefront of many key events, such as the peacekeeping mission in Cyprus and operations in Afghanistan.
This richly illustrated and detailed account pays tribute to the men and women who have served, and continue to serve, with 5e RALC, making it an invaluable piece of Canadian military history.
This is a reprinted edition, created by the Royal Canadian Artillery Association.
*Available in French only
New! The Price of Command: A Biography of General Guy Simonds (Dominick Graham Author)
Paperback – Published October 3 2024
Lieutenant General Guy Granville Simonds was one of the Second World War’s most dynamic strategists and commanded enormous respect from British generals such as Bernard Montgomery and Alan Brooke. Now, in The Price of Command, Dominick Graham tells the whole story for the first time, tracing Simonds’s family origins and detailing his postwar career as Canada’s top military man.
The focus, though, as it should be, is on Simond’s campaigns World War II. Graham takes us from the rocky shores of Sicily to the fierce fighting in the Dutch polders, examining the military and political infighting that seem to dog every hard won mile of Simonds’ successful march into the German Rhineland. In the end, The Price of Command is not just a chronicle of one man’s war, it is a story of a nation whose character who was forged in combat.
This is a reprinted edition, created by the Royal Canadian Artillery Association.
The Instructor in Gunnery and Assistant Instructor in Gunnery Forage Caps of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery Paperback – Jan. 25 2024 by LCol John B. Dick (Author)
This book traces the history of the distinctive dress worn by Instructors in Gunnery and Assistant Instructors in
Gunnery of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery since the formation of ‘A’ and ‘B’ Battery in 1871.
Throughout military history, individuals with key operational and training responsibilities have worn special insignia or uniforms to identify themselves among groups of soldiers, especially when all are dressed alike. This is as important today as in the past and is the reason Instructors in Gunnery and Assistant Instructors in Gunnery are authorized their distinctive forage caps.
