17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (French: 17e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste, 17e RGP) is heir to the traditions of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment (French: 17e Régiment Colonial du Génie, 17eRGC) which illustrated itself during World War II. It is the only airborne engineer unit of the French Army forming the engineering component of the 11th Parachute Brigade and secures all the specific airborne engineering missions relative to para assaulting at the level of deep reconnaissance as well as operations relative to para demining and handling explosives. The regiment has been present non-stop since 1975 on all theatres of operations (Lebanon, Tchad, New Caledonia, French Guiana, Pakistan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Somalia, Rwanda, Gabon, Mozambique, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Kosovo
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
The 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (French: 17e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste, 17e RGP) is heir to the traditions of the 17th Colonial Engineer Regiment (French: 17e Régiment Colonial du Génie, 17eRGC) which illustrated itself during World War II. It is the only airborne engineer unit of the French Army forming the engineering component of the 11th Parachute Brigade and secures all the specific airborne engineering missions relative to para assaulting at the level of deep reconnaissance as well as operations relative to para demining and handling explosives. The regiment has been present non-stop since 1975 on all theatres of operations (Lebanon, Tchad, New Caledonia, French Guiana, Pakistan, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Cambodia, Somalia, Rwanda, Gabon, Mozambique, ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Kosovo
has abstract
Le 17e régiment du génie parac ...... corps d'armée (la 1 et la 3).
@fr
The 17th Parachute Engineer Re ...... 1st and 3rd combat companies).
@en
第17工兵落下傘連隊(だいじゅうななこうへいらっかさんれんた ...... 陸軍の空挺連隊である。 兵種は工兵、伝統的区分も工兵である。
@ja
active years end year
active years start year
colour name
Red and Black
@en
country
identification symbol
mascot
Royal Eagle « Bac-Kan »
thenBald eagle«Malizia»
role
Para Demining
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
20,462,266
Wikipage revision ID
744,810,337
Caption
Regimental insigne
identification symbol 4 label
identification symbol label
Insignia of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
subject
hypernym
comment
Le 17e régiment du génie parac ...... ie, Guyane, Pakistan, Kurdista
@fr
The 17th Parachute Engineer Re ...... ex-Yugoslavia, Albania, Kosovo
@en
第17工兵落下傘連隊(だいじゅうななこうへいらっかさんれんた ...... 陸軍の空挺連隊である。 兵種は工兵、伝統的区分も工兵である。
@ja
label
17e régiment du génie parachutiste
@fr
17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
@en
第17工兵落下傘連隊
@ja
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
17e Régiment du Génie Parachutiste
@en
17th Parachute Engineer Regiment
@en
nick
English: « TheSwissDagger » of theParachute Brigade/ « Demining Specialists of Hope »
@en
French: « Le couteau suisse » de la brigade parachutiste / « Les démineurs de l'espoir »
@en