3rd Marine Artillery Regiment

The 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (3e RAMa) is the heir to the 3rd Marine artillery regiment created in Rochefort by consular decree of Napoleon Bonaparte on 13 May 1803 and the 3rd Colonial Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Marine Artillery regiment.

The 3e RAMa has been present either a unit or as sub-units on almost all the battlefields where French forces have been engaged.

History

 * Self-propelled artillery group of the divisional artillery of 2nd Armoured (Vernon since 10/01/1945)
 * I/3e Marine Artillery Regiment, the artillery regiment of the 10th Armoured Division at Verdun on 1 July 1984.
 * Artillery Regiment of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade on 1 July 1999.
 * The regiment participated in two tours in Bosnia with UNPROFOR.

Current Satus
Since 1 July 1994 the Regiment has provided the manoeuver regiment of the school of artillery based at Canjuers, the largest military training camp in Western Europe. The soldiers man 155mm towed guns, 120mm mortars and that the CAESAR self-propelled howitzer. As a Regiment of the prestigious 6th Light Armoured Brigade, its mission is cannon or mortar fire support, intelligence gathering and coordination of air and naval fire support. Engaged in experiments with battlefield digitization, it is equipped with the ATLAS system and is constantly deployed in amphibious exercises and operations. Its location, near the Mediterranean coast and near the largest port in the France, allows it to participate in numerous amphibious exercises

Regimental Standard




He was awarded the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 with 2 fins (two citations to the order of the army) and the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with 2 fins (two citations to the order of the army). He is entitled to use the forage in the colors of ribbon cross 1914-1918 war received January 31, 1919, with olive on the attribution to the Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, then with olive on the allocation to the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with received September 18, 1946. And since June 18, 1996, that the colors of the Cross of the Order of the Liberation. It is also decorated with the blue tie of the Presidential Unit Citation American decoration.

Battle Honours

 * Hanau 1813
 * Mogador 1844
 * Dahomey 1892
 * Tien-Tsin 1900
 * Maroc 1908-1913
 * Champagne 1915
 * Somme 1916
 * Fezzan 1942
 * Sud Tunisien 1943
 * Paris 1944
 * Strasbourg 1944

Decorations

 * Cross of the Liberation.
 * Presidential Unit Citation.
 * Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with 2 palms.
 * Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with 2 palms.

Sources and bibliography

 * Erwan Bergot, La coloniale du Rif au Tchad 1925-1980, imprimé en France : décembre 1982, n° d'éditeur 7576, n° d'imprimeur 31129, sur les presses de l'imprimerie Hérissey.