2nd Cuirassier Regiment (France)

2nd Cuirassier Regiment2e régiment de cuirassiersUnit insigniaActive16 May 1635 - 1991Country Kingdom of France (1635-1792) First French Republic (1792-1804) First French Empire (1804-1815) Bourbon Restoration (1815-1848) France (1848-1991)BranchHeavy CavalryEngagementsThirty Years' WarWar of the Spanish Succession French Revolutionary WarsNapoleonic WarsWorld War IWorld War II Battle of France Cold WarMilitary unit 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. References ^ "French Cuirassier Regiments Part I". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 2025-01-10. External links 2emecuirassiers.com French Cuirassier Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1792 to 1815 at http://www.napoleon-series.org/