132 Battery (The Bengal Rocket Troop) Royal Artillery are an MLRS Battery, that is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "one three two" or is known as "The Bengals", The battery is one of the sub-units of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the British Army. It was formed in 1816. Its based in Albermarle Barracks in Northumberland
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