2nd Cuirassier Regiment (France)
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2nd Cuirassier Regiment | |
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2e régiment de cuirassiers | |
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Active | 16 May 1635 - 1991 |
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Branch | Heavy Cavalry |
Engagements | Thirty Years' War War of the Spanish Succession French Revolutionary Wars |
The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment. It was descended from the régiment Cardinal-Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 - this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army, until its disbandment in 1991.
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