50 missile regiment royal artillery (sometimes nicknamed '50 miserable') was a artillery regiment of the british army. from the late 1950s it was stationed with the british army of the rhine in germany, at northumberland barracks, menden, equipped with 8-inch towed howitzers, the honest john, and, from 1976, the mgm-52 lance surface to surface missile. it generally comprised three to four artillery batteries and a headquarter battery.