1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment

1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers
Active 5 June 1999 – 29 July 2009
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Armoured Cavalry
Role Armoured
Size 1350 personnel
Part of 3rd Mechanised Brigade
Garrison/HQ Carpiagne (Carnoux-en-Provence)
Equipment Leclerc

The 1st–11th Cuirassier Regiment (French: 1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1er-11e RC) was an armoured (tank) regiment of the French Army. It was the armoured component of the 3rd Mechanised Brigade from 1 July 1999.[1]

History

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-11e RC was formed on 5 June 1999 by merging the 1st Cuirassier Regiment and the 11th Cuirassier Regiment.[1] It was disbanded 29 July 2009.[1]

Organization

Men of the 1st–11th Cuirassier Regiment on the 2007 Bastille Day parade at the Champs-Élysées

The regiment was composed of around 1350 personnel organized into 13 Squadrons.[1]

Commanding officers

List of Commanding Officers (French: Chefs de corps) since 1999.[1]

1st–11th Cuirassier Regiment

1st Cuirassier Squadrons Group

11th Cuirassier Squadrons Group

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Le 1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers". Amicale des Anciens et Amis du 1er Régiment de Cuirassiers. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

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