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3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes
	Regiment Insignia
Active	September 1, 1955 – December 1, 1955
Disbanded	December 1, 1955
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne forces
Part of	3e B.E.P I Formation, 1949; 3e B.E.P II Formation, 1951; 3e B.E.P III Formation, 1954; 3e B.E.P IV Formation, 1954; 3e R.E.P, 1955; 2e R.E.P from 3e R.E.P and 2e B.E.P Merger;
Garrison/HQ	Batna; Philippeville
Insignia
Abbreviation	3e REP

The 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 3^e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 3^e R.E.P) was a parachute regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army and previous 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion, (3^e BEP) from September 1, 1955, to December 1, 1955.^[1]^[2]

Based at Batna, the regiment becomes operational but then is dissolved on December 1, 1955; the legionnaires constituting the regiment are merged with the 2^e BEP to form a new unit, the 2^e REP.^[1]

Insignias

The insignia of the Foreign Legion Paratroopers of France represents a closed "winged armed dextrochere", meaning a "right winged arm" armed with a sword pointing upwards. The Insignia makes reference to the Patron of Paratroopers. In fact, the Insignia represents "the right Arm of Saint Michael", the Archangel which according to Liturgy^{[dubious – discuss]} is the "Armed Arm of God". This Insignia is the symbol of righteous combat and fidelity to superior missions.

3^e B.E.P then 3^e R.E.P Insignia

Regimental Commanders

3^e Regiment Etranger de Parachutistes 3^e REP Tenure ( September 1, 1955- December 1, 1955 )^[3]

September 1, 1955 - December 1, 1955 : captain Pierre Darmuzai

Notable Officers and Legionnaires

References

^ ^a ^b [1] Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, History of the 2e REP, the 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3e Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes
^ Windrow, Martin (1985). French Foreign Legion Paratroops. pp. 17.
^ [2] Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine Official Website of the 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, Historique du 2e REP, 3e Bataillon Etranger de Parachutistes, les Chefs de Corps