3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment

3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment

Active	November 1949
Country	France
Allegiance	French Foreign Legion
Type	Airborne infantry
Role	Training
Disbanded	December 1, 1955
Abbreviation	3 REP

The 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 3e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 3e REP) was an airborne regiment in the French Foreign Legion from 1949 to December 1, 1954.

1 History
2 Garrisons
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References

History

The 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion was formed from the 7th Parachute Instruction Company of the 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment in Mascara, Algeria. The 3rd BEP was established to train legionnaires as airborne infantry for deployment to the 1st and 2nd BEPs operating in French Indochina.^[1] The regiment also participated in law enforcement activities in Tunisia in 1952.

On May 4, 1954 the regiment arrived in French Indochina at Haiphong. On June 1, 1954 the 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion was renamed as the 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion, which had been destroyed at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. Returned to Algeria in November 1955.^[2]

In March 1955, the 2nd BEP made an airborne drop onto the Hodna Plain.^[3] When garrisoned at Batna in September 1955 it was re designated as the 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment. However, with the re-establishment of 2e REP in December 1955 the Regiment was disbanded on December 1, its elements being folded into 1er REP and 2e REP.^[4]

Garrisons

Setif
Batna

Notes

^ Windrow, Martin (1986). French Foreign Legion Paratroopers. pp. 17.
^ Windrow, Martin (1986). French Foreign Legion Paratroopers. pp. 17.
^ Porch, Douglas (1991). pp. 572–573.
^ Windrow, Martin (1986). French Foreign Legion Paratroopers. pp. 17.

References

Windrow, Martin (1986). French Foreign Legion Paratroopers. Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85045-629-0.

French Foreign Legion

History of the French Foreign Legion— Képi Blanc (publication)

Current Foreign Legion Units

Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment — Foreign Legion Command — Foreign Legion Recruiting Group

Infantry	2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment — 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment — 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment — 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade — Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte

Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment

Engineering	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment — 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment

Training	4th Foreign Regiment — Jungle Training Center — Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct Foreign Legion Units

Administrative and Training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments

Airborne	1st Foreign Parachute Regiment — 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment — 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company

Infantry	5th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment — 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers — 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers — 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers

Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment — 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division

Miscellaneous	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion — Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East

3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment

Contents

History

Garrisons

See also

Notes

References