The regiment provided divisional troops but was typically organized to allocate locating batteries to brigades.

This unit can trace its origins back to its creation at the University of Witwatersrand.

The unit struggled initially but by June 1951 a command nucleus could conduct its first training camp in Potchefstroom.

With the reorganization of the SA Army in August 1974, the unit, now a regiment was placed under the divisional command of 7 South African Infantry Division, but was also allocated to 8th Armoured Division (South Africa) later.

The regiment specialized in the technical search of enemy battery fire by means of delicate and sophisticated measuring equipment, such as radar and meteorology.