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92nd Infantry Regiment (France)
The 92nd Infantry Regiment is a unit of the French Army. Tracing its descent from a unit of Flight of the Wild Geese, Irish troops in French service established in 1661, it received its regimental number in 1790. Since 1881 the unit has been garrisoned at Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The regiment fought at the battles of Battle of Verdun, Verdun and Battle of the Somme, the Somme in the First World War and in the Battle of France in 1940. The unit was revived in 1944 as a unit of the Maquis (World War II), Maquis. In recent years it has served on Opération Chammal in Iraq and on Operation Barkhane in Chad and Mali. The 92nd Regiment currently serves in the mechanised infantry role and is equipped with the Véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie. History The 92nd Infantry Regiment traces its descent from a unit of Flight of the Wild Geese, Irish troops in French service in 1661. The regiment received its numerical designation in 1790 and has been garrisoned at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Army
The French Army, officially known as the Land Army (french: Armée de Terre, ), is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces. It is responsible to the Government of France, along with the other components of the Armed Forces. The current Chief of Staff of the French Army (CEMAT) is General , a direct subordinate of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA). General Schill is also responsible to the Ministry of the Armed Forces for organization, preparation, use of forces, as well as planning and programming, equipment and Army future acquisitions. For active service, Army units are placed under the authority of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CEMA), who is responsible to the President of France for planning for, and use of forces. All French soldiers are considered professionals, following the suspension of French military conscription, voted in parliament in 1997 and made effective in 2001. , the French Army employed 118,600 personnel (including the Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Destroyer Siroco (1925)
''Siroco'' was a (''torpilleur d'escadre'') built for the French Navy during the 1920s. Design and description The ''Bourrasque'' class had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of . The ships displaced at ( standard) load and at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce , which would propel the ship at . The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at .Jordan & Moulin, p. 41 The main armament of the ''Bourrasque''-class ships consisted of four Canon de Modèle 1919 guns in shielded single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of a single Canon de Modèle 1924 gun. The ships carried two triple mounts of torpedo tubes amidships. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern that housed a total of sixteen depth charges. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
