1st Parachute Hussar Regiment

1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes
	Regimental badge of the 1er RHP
Active	1720–1815; 1816–1928; 1928–1940; 1945–
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne Cavalry
Part of	11th Parachute Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Tarbes
Nickname(s)	Bercheny
Patron	St Michel, St Georges
Colors	Red and blue
Equipment	see Equipment
Decorations	see Decorations
Battle honours	see Battle Honours
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel De Montgros
Insignia
Badge of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment worn on Maroon Berets. This badge is also worn by French Foreign Legion Paratroopers on Green Berets.	File:Insigne de béret Parachutiste métro et légion.jpg
Abbreviation	1 RHP

The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (French) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French army. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a part of the 11th Parachute Brigade.

Composition[]

The 1st RHP consists of:

Command and Logistics Squadron (ECL)
1st Squadron, Air-transportable armored (1er Escadron)
- 6 VBL
- 3 AMX 10 RC
- 6 VAB C20
2nd Squadron, Air-transportable armored (2e Escadron)
- 13 VBL
- 12 ERC 90 Sagaie
3rd Squadron, Reconnaissance and Anti-Tank (ERIAC) (only unit fully parachutable, both men and equipment) (3e Escadron)
- VBL
  - VBL reconnaissance, 7.62 mm AA-52 machine gun
  - VBL anti-tank, MILAN anti-tank missile
  - VBL support, 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine gun
  - VBL command
4th Squadron, Air-transportable armored (4e Escadron)
- 13 VBL
- 12 ERC 90 Sagaie
5th Squadron, operational reserve (5e Escadron)
11th Squadron, training and education (disbanded on 14 January 2011)
GCP Platoon
- Two teams of ten commandos.

Equipment[]

Vehicles[]

Weapons[]

MILAN anti-tank guided missile (24)

Honours[]

Battle honours[]

Valmy 1792
Jemmapes 1792
Castiglione 1796
Eylau 1807
Sebastopol 1855
La Mortagne 1914
La Serre 1918
AFN 1952-1962

Decorations[]

Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with one vermeil star.
Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with one palm.

Lineage[]

1720: Bercheny
1791: 1er Régiment de Hussards
1814: Hussards du Roi
1815: 1er Régiment de Hussards
1815: Dissolved
1816: Hussards du Jura
1824: Hussards de Chartres
1848: 1er Régiment de Hussards
1928: Dissolved
1928: 1er Régiment de Hussards
1940: Dissolved
1945: 1er Régiment de Hussards
1946: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes

Campaigns[]

1733 War of the Polish Succession
1741-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
1756-1763 Seven Years' War
1792-1802 French Revolutionary Wars
1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars
1831 Ten Days' Campaign
1854 Crimean War
1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War
1871-1882 Algeria
1914-1918 World War I
1940 World War II
1946 Algeria
1948 First Indochina War
1956 Morocco
1956-1961 Algeria
1978 Lebanon, UNIFIL
1979 Chad, Opération Tacaud
1983 Lebanon
1984 Chad, Operation Manta
1990 Gulf War
1993 Yugoslavia, UNPROFOR
1994 Rwanda, Opération Turquoise
1995 Chad
1995 Yugoslavia, UNPROFOR
1996 Yugoslavia, IFOR
1999 Macedonia
1999 Albania
1999 French Guiana
1999 Chad, Operation Epervier
1999 Kosovo
2000 Côte d'Ivoire
2001 Kosovo, KFOR
2001 Côte d'Ivoire
2002 Chad, Operation Epervier
2002 Kosovo, KFOR
2002 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
2003 DR Congo, Operation Artemis
2003 Central African Republic
2003 Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFOR
2003 Kosovo, KFOR
2003 Afghanistan
2004 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
2004 Haiti
2004 Senegal
2004 Kosovo
2005 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
2006 Afghanistan
2006 Côte d'Ivoire, Operation Unicorn
2006 Kosovo
2007 Afghanistan
2007 Kosovo
2007 Chad, Operation Epervier
2008 Afghanistan
2008-2009 Chad, EUFOR Tchad/RCA
2010 Kosovo
2010 Afghanistan

External links[]

French official website of the Bercheny's - 1st Airborne Hussars Regiment

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