The
1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment is an armoured (tank) regiment of the
French ArmyThe French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest. As of 2008, the army employs 133,947 regular soldiers and 24 000+ civilians...
. It has been the armoured unit of the
3rd Mechanised BrigadeThe 3rd Mechanised Brigade is a mechanised unit of the French Army.- Composition :*1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers armoured Regiment in Carpiagne with 80 Leclerc...
since the 1 July 1999.
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The
1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment is an armoured (tank) regiment of the
French ArmyThe French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest. As of 2008, the army employs 133,947 regular soldiers and 24 000+ civilians...
. It has been the armoured unit of the
3rd Mechanised BrigadeThe 3rd Mechanised Brigade is a mechanised unit of the French Army.- Composition :*1er-11e Régiment de Cuirassiers armoured Regiment in Carpiagne with 80 Leclerc...
since the 1 July 1999.
The regiment was formed on the 5 June, 1999 with the fusion of the 1st Cuirassier Regiment and the 11th Cuirassier Regiment.
Composition
The regiment consist of the Regimental Staff and 12 Squadrons.
- One base and instructions squadron
- One regimental maintenance squadron
- One reconnaissance squadron
- One reserve squadron
- 1st Cuirassier Armoured Squadrons Group
- One command and logistics squadron
- 1st Squadron
- 2nd Squadron
- 3rd Squadron
- 11th Cuirassier Armoured Squadrons Group
- One command and logistics squadron
- 1st Squadron
- 2nd Squadron
- 3rd Squadron
1st-11th Cuirassier Regiment
- Colonel
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Dumont Saint Priest, July 1999
- Colonel de Courreges d’Ustou, July 2001
- Colonel Hautecloque Raysz, July 2003
- Colonel Pillet, July 2005
1st Cuirassier Squadrons Group
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Guillemet, July 1999
- Lieutenant Colonel Darnaudat, July 2001
- Lieutenant Colonel Beaussant, July 2003
- Lieutenant Colonel Fremin du Sartel, July 2005
11th Cuirassier Squadrons Group
- Lieutenant Colonel Galy-Dejean, July 1999
- Lieutenant Colonel Tavernier, July 2001
- Lieutenant Colonel Isabellon, July 2003
- Lieutenant Colonel Philipeau, July 2005