First World War 12th Cuirassier Regiment (France)

1 first world war

1.1 interwar period
1.2 world war 2
1.3 recent

first world war

garnison de départ : rambouillet. turned 12e régiment de cuirassiers à pied

interwar period

became 12e régiment de cuirassiers again in 1919. disbanded in 1928.

world war 2

january 1940 : régiment de découverte (discovery regiment) in 3e division légère mécanique (3rd mechanised light division), equipped panhard p178 armoured cars , gnome et rhône motorcycles
summer 1940 : regiment preserved within framework of armée d armistice, garrison force @ orange
1942 : armée d armistice dissolved
1943 : regiment reconstituted régiment de chars (tank regiment) in north africa, splitting of 12e régiment de chasseurs d afrique (12th regiment of chasseurs of africa), , added 2e division blindée (2nd armoured division).

recent

after having been garrison force @ müllheim in germany long time in post-1945 period, amalgamated, in 1994, 6th cuirassier regiment form 6th-12th cuirassier regiment, based @ olivet in loiret.

in 2009, 2 units delinked , 6th cuirassiers deactivated; 12th cuirassiers re-established individual unit.