13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment

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13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes
Active 1676-1815, 1856-1940,
1944-1946, 1948,
1952-
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Special forces
Role Reconnaissance
Size One regiment
Part of Army Special Forces Brigade
Garrison/HQ Dieuze
Motto Au-delà du possible (Beyond the possible)
Commanders
Current
commander		 Colonel Pierre Liot de Nortbecourt

The 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (French: 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes) (13e RDP) is an Airborne Special forces Regiment of the French Army. It is one of two regiments in the Army Special Forces Brigade, which is under the control of the COS (Special Operations Command). The regiment's primary duties are airborne Reconnaissance operations.

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[edit] History

[edit] Origins

Marquis de Barbezières raised a dragoon regiment in Languedoc on 4 October 1676. In 1724 the name was changed to dragons de Condé.

[edit] Kosovo

The 13e RDP was, along with other French units, heavily involved in the Kosovo War and used tactics and technology to force Serbian Armor to attempt to engage Kosovo Liberation Army and other allied forces in the open, which enabled them to be destroyed by Allied bombing, particularly by the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force.

[edit] Mission

The 13e RDP performs reconnaissance in hostile terrain, and acts as special forces. The 13e RDP uses high-tech instruments to scan and observe enemy movements.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Battle Honours

[edit] Decorations

[edit] External links


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