The 1st Marine Artillery Regiment (french: 1^er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 1^er RAMa) is one of the oldest marine artillery units in the

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within the

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History

With two infantry marine regiments it formed the 2nd Brigade of the

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since 1993, it is the artillery regiment of the 2nd Armoured Division. 1956 −1962: A detachment of the regiment participated in operations in

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. 1977: The regiment left

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for the new garrison at Montlhéry. 1993: On 2 August the regiment took its new headquarters in Laon Couvron, a former

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. 1993 - 1996: The 1^er RAMa sends detachments in

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, in charge of enforcing the

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. 2009: The regiment received the first cannon CAESAR June 10 This gun replaces the AMX AUF1 in service since 1990. On 1 August it left the 2nd Armoured Brigade, after 42 years and joined the 1st Mechanised Brigade.

Etendard (Standard/Colours) of the regiment

1er régiment d'artillerie de marine - drapeau

The banner is decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (two palms), the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (three palms) and the Cross of Liberation. He is entitled to use the forage in the colors of ribbon the Croix de Guerre 1914 1918 since August 13, 1918, with olive-colored ribbon for the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945. Then from 18 June 1996 to feed the ribbon colors of the Croix de la Liberation.

Honours

Flag With CAESAR

Battle Honours

* Lutzen 1813 *Mexique 1838-1863 * Sebastopol 1855 * Bazeilles 1870 * Sontay-Langson 1883-1884 * Dahomey 1892 *Madagascar 1895 *Champagne 1915-1918 * La Somme 1916 * Bir-Hakeim 1942 * El-Alamein 1942 *Takrouna 1943 * Carigliano 1944 * Colmar 1945 * AFN 1952-1962

Decorations

* Cross of the Légion d'honneur * Cross of the Liberation *

Croix de guerre 1914-1918 Croix (French for "cross") may refer to: Belgium * Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut France * Croix, Nord, in the Nord department * Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort d ...

with 2 palms * Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with 3 palms

Sources and bibliography

* Erwan Bergot, ''La coloniale du

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