3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment

3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes
Regiment Insignia
ActiveSeptember 1, 1955 – December 1, 1955
DisbandedDecember 1, 1955
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeAirborne forces
Part of
Garrison/HQBatna
Philippeville
Insignia
Abbreviation3e REP

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

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

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