1st Parachute Hussar Regiment
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| 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes | |
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 Regimental badge of the 1er RHP |
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| Active | 1720–1815 1816–1928 1928–1940 1945– |
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | Airborne Cavalry |
| Part of | 11th Parachute Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Tarbes |
| Nickname | Bercheny |
| Patron | St Michel, St Georges |
| Colors | Red and blue |
| Equipment | see Equipment |
| Decorations | see Decorations |
| Battle honours | see Battle Honours |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel De Montgros |
| Insignia | |
| Badge of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment worn on Maroon Berets. This badge is also worn by French Foreign Legion Paratroopers on Green Berets. |  |
| Abbreviation | 1 RHP |
The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French army. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.
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[edit] Composition
The 1st RHP consists of:
- Command and Logistics Squadron (ECL)
- 1st Squadron, Air-transportable armored (1er Escadron)
- 2nd Squadron, Air-transportable armored (2e Escadron)
- 13 VBL
- 12 ERC 90 Sagaie
- 3rd Squadron, Reconnaissance and Anti-Tank (ERIAC) (only unit fully parachutable, both men and equipment) (3e Escadron)
- VBL
- VBL reconnaissance, 7.62 mm AA-52 machine gun
- VBL anti-tank, MILAN anti-tank missile
- VBL support, 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun
- VBL command
- VBL
- 4th Squadron, Air-transportable armored (4e Escadron)
- 13 VBL
- 12 ERC 90 Sagaie
- 5th Squadron, operational reserve (5e Escadron)
- 11th Squadron, training and education (disbanded on 14 January 2011)
- GCP Platoon
- Two teams of ten commandos.
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Escadron de commandement et de logistique (ECL).
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1er Escadron.
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2e Escadron.
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3e Escadron (ERIAC).
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4e Escadron.
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5e Escadron (reserve).
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11e Escadron (disbanded on 14 January 2011).
[edit] Equipment
[edit] Vehicles
- AMX 10 RC (3)
- ERC 90 Sagaie (36)
- Véhicule Blindé Léger (68)
- Peugeot P4 (84)
- Cagiva motorcycles
- Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé
[edit] Weapons
- MILAN anti-tank guided missile (24)
[edit] Honours
[edit] Battle Honours
- Valmy 1792
- Jemmapes 1792
- Castiglione 1796
- Eylau 1807
- Sebastopol 1855
- La Mortagne 1914
- La Serre 1918
- AFN 1952-1962
[edit] Decorations
- Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with one vermeil star.
- Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with one palm.
[edit] Lineage
- 1720: Bercheny
- 1791: 1er Régiment de Hussards
- 1814: Hussards du Roi
- 1815: 1er Régiment de Hussards
- 1815: Dissolved
- 1816: Hussards du Jura
- 1824: Hussards de Chartres
- 1848: 1er Régiment de Hussards
- 1928: Dissolved
- 1928: 1er Régiment de Hussards
- 1940: Dissolved
- 1945: 1er Régiment de Hussards
- 1946: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes
[edit] Campaigns
- 1733 War of the Polish Succession
- 1741-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
- 1756-1763 Seven Years' War
- 1792-1802 French Revolutionary Wars
- 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars
- 1831 Ten Days' Campaign
- 1854 Crimean War
- 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War
- 1871-1882 Algeria
- 1914-1918 World War I
- 1940 World War II
- 1946 Algeria
- 1948 First Indochina War
- 1956 Morocco
- 1956-1961 Algeria
- 1978 Lebanon, UNIFIL
- 1979 Chad, Opération Tacaud
- 1983 Lebanon
- 1984 Chad, Operation Manta
- 1990 Gulf War
- 1993 Yugoslavia, UNPROFOR
- 1994 Rwanda, Opération Turquoise
- 1995 Chad
- 1995 Yugoslavia, UNPROFOR
- 1996 Yugoslavia, IFOR
- 1999 Macedonia
- 1999 Albania
- 1999 French Guiana
- 1999 Chad, Operation Epervier
- 1999 Kosovo
- 2000 Côte d'Ivoire
- 2001 Kosovo, KFOR
- 2001 Côte d'Ivoire
- 2002 Chad, Operation Epervier
- 2002 Kosovo, KFOR
- 2002 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
- 2003 DR Congo, Operation Artemis
- 2003 Central African Republic
- 2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFOR
- 2003 Kosovo, KFOR
- 2003 Afghanistan
- 2004 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
- 2004 Haiti
- 2004 Senegal
- 2004 Kosovo
- 2005 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
- 2006 Afghanistan
- 2006 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
- 2006 Kosovo
- 2007 Afghanistan
- 2007 Kosovo
- 2007 Chad, Operation Epervier
- 2008 Afghanistan
- 2008-2009 Chad, EUFOR Tchad/RCA
- 2010 Kosovo
- 2010 Afghanistan
