Unit Name: | 1er-2e Régiment de chasseurs |
Dates: | 1998 - |
Country: | France |
Branch: | French Army |
Type: | Armoured Cavalry |
Role: | Armoured |
Command Structure: | 7th Armoured Brigade |
Garrison: | Quartier Maginot, Thierville-sur-Meuse |
Motto: | Tous ensemble. En avant! (together, forward) |
Equipment: | Leclerc MBT |
Current Commander: | Colonel Renaud de l'Estoile |
The 1st-2nd Chasseurs Regiment was an armoured cavalry (tank) unit of the French Army. It was the armoured component of the 7th Armoured Brigade. Garrisoned at Quartier Maginot, Thierville-sur-Meuse near Verdun, France.
The Chief of Staff of the French Army decided on 1 September 1990 to create a new experimental armoured regiment of 80 tanks with two squadron groups (Groupes d’Escadrons, GE). Each group would consist of three combat squadrons and one command and logistics squadron.
The 1er-2e RCh was formed in 1998 by merging the 1st Chasseur Regiment and 2nd Chasseur Regiment as two squadron groups. The regiment was disbanded with the deactivation of the 2nd Chasseur Regiment. The 1st Chasseur Regiment continues in existence.
The regiment carried out operations in Lebanon, Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Ivory Coast, Senegal and New Caledonia.
The regiment was composed of around 1200 personnel organization into 13 squadrons.