The West Riding Artillery have for most of the century or so of their existence consited of a couple of regiments of volunteers. If anyone should attack Yorkshire, they have to look out for these guys. One of these regiments, the 101st, is based in Leeds, one of the eight 'core cities', or largest cities in England apart from London. They have people in Iraq right now, since 2004. They've got five of their people in Basrah.
Until recently they had been training in the use of anti-aircraft guns, but now their main focus is on finding batteries of enemy mortars or artillery, primarily using the COBRA system, which is a big box of radar equipment mounted on a rack that gets trucked around.
You can check on the British Army's website all the equipment that they have, and even how much they pay and terms of service. http://www.army.mod.uk/ Or visit the West Riding 101st regiment site (http://www.army.mod.uk/269bty/), if you want to live in Leeds, and visit the Royal Armory museum there.
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