501e Régiment de chars de combat
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The 501e Régiment de chars de combat 501e RCC in French, (501e R.C.C, or 501st Combat Tank Regiment) is an armoured tank unit of the French Army created on 13 May 1918, and which took part in World War I, World War II the Russian Civil War, the First Indochina War, the Algerian war, Lebanese Civil War and the War on Terror.
501st Combat Tank Regiment | |
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501e Régiment de chars de combat | |
Active | 1918 – present |
Country | France |
Branch | French Army |
Part of | 2nd Armoured Brigade 3rd Division |
Engagements | World War I Russian Civil War World War II |
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque |
The regiment participated to the campaigns of Free France, then the liberation of Europe at the corps of the 2nd Armoured Division 2e DB of général Philippe François Marie Leclerc de Hauteclocque.
Merged with the 503e Régiment de chars de combat 503e RCC to form the 501e-503e Régiment de chars de combat 501e-503e RCC, the regiment was redesignated as 501e RCC on 23 June 2009.