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2nd Lancers Regiment

The 2nd Lancers Regiment (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
: Regimento de Lanceiros Nº 2, RL2) its a unit of the Portuguese Army

Portuguese Army

The Portuguese Army is the ground branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in co-operation with other branches of the Portuguese military, is charged with the defence of Portugal....
responsible for the instruction, organization and maintenance of the Polícia do Exército (Army Police) operational units.

2nd Lancers Regiment origins dates back to the creation of the Queen's Lancers Regiment, in 1833, by the constitutional Army during the Liberal Wars

History of Portugal (1777–1834)

The history of Portugal from the beginning of Maria I of Portugal reign in 1777 to the end of the Liberal Wars in 1834 spans a complex historic period in which several important political and military events led to the end of the Political absolutism regime and to the installment of a constitutional monarchy in the country....
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The 2nd Lancers Regiment (Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese Army

History

The 2nd Lancers Regiment origins dates back to the creation of the Queen's Lancers Regiment, in 1833, by the constitutional Army during the Liberal Wars

History of Portugal (1777–1834)

Lancer

A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance. Lances were used in mounted warfare by the Assyrians as early as 700BC and subsequently by Greek, Macedonian, Persian, Gallic and Roman horsemen" The weapon was widely used in Asia and Europe during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by armoured cavalry before being adopted by light...
s during the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
. Since its creation the regiment became an elite unit, responsible for the escort of the royal family, being most of its force composed of aristocratic officers.

Two lancer regiments are created by the 1834 Army organization, the 2nd of which will have the following designations during its history:

1834 - 2nd Cavalry Lancers Regiment;
1844 - 2nd Cavalry Lancers Regiment of the Queen;
1884 - 2nd Cavalry Regiment;
1888 - 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Prince D. Carlos;
1890 - 2nd Cavalry Lancers Regiment d'El-Rei;
1911 - 2nd Cavalry Regiment;
1948 - 2nd Lancers Regiment;
1975 - Military Police Regiment;
1976 - Lisbon Lancers Regiment;
1993 - 2nd Lancers Regiment.

Until World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, the regiment continued to make use of the lance as combat weapon, after the war its use was restricted only as a ceremonial weapon. At the beginning of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
the unit is modernized and is equipped with armoured cars and light tanks. In 1953, with the creation of the Military Police, the regiment assumes the function of organizing, training and maintaining the forces of this speciality. In 1976, the speciality is renamed to Army Police.