Unit Name: | 2nd Cuirassier Regiment |
Native Name: | 2e régiment de cuirassiers |
Dates: | 16 May 1635 - 1991 |
Country: | (1635-1792) (1792-1804) (1804-1815) (1815-1848) France (1848-1991) |
Branch: | Heavy Cavalry |
Battles: | Thirty Years' War War of the Spanish Succession French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars World War I World War II |
The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment. It was descended from the régiment Cardinal-Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 - this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army, until its disbandment in 1991.