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13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
Summary
The 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment) or 13e RDP is a special reconnaissance regiment of the French Army. It is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, the latter itself being under the Special Operations Command. The regiment is based in Martignas-sur-Jalle.
Constituted in the form of a regiment of dragoons (mounted cavalry) during the Ancien Regime by the Marquis de Barbezières in Languedoc in 1676, this cavalry regiment, one of the oldest, adopted the appellation of 13e Régiment de dragons (13th Dragoon Regiment) during the reorganization of the French cavalry units in 1791. The regiment was transformed into an armoured corps in 1936, then an airborne-capable reconnaissance unit in 1952.
Like many regiments in European militaries of the 17th and 18th centuries the regiment often changed name to reflect its current commander or patron.
1676, 4 October: formation of the regiment in Languedoc by the Marquis de Barbezières, as Dragoon de Barbezières.
1714: designated as Dragoon de Goesbriand.
1724, 12 December: designated as Dragoon de Condé.
1744: designated as Dragoon de Bartillat
1774: designated as Dragoon Comte-de-Provence, then, in the same year designated as Dragoon de Monsieur.
1791: designated as 13e Dragoon Regiment.
1815: dissolution of the regiment after the Napoleonic wars.
1855: Reformation of a Dragoon regiment designated as the Dragoon Regiment of the Empress in reference to The Empress Eugénie de Montijo.
1870: re-designated as the 13e Dragoon Regiment.
1936: Mechanized as an armoured regiment, receiving Somua and Hotchkiss tanks.
1940: again disbanded, after losing 90% of its strength.
1944: New formation
1946: Regiment disbanded post-WW2
1952: reorganization and re-trained as the 13e Parachute Dragoon Regiment.
After World War II the regiment was designated as a parachute unit in 1952 and witnessed yet another transformation. The regiment first integrated the 25th Parachute Division constituted in June 1956, following which the regiment was then transferred on July 1, 1957 to the 10th Parachute Division during the Algerian War.
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