5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (CTGP)

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (5e Compagnie de Transport Gros Porteurs, 5e CTGP) was a heavy weight transport company of the French Foreign Legion. On April 30, 1964, following the dissolution of the 4th Foreign Regiment 4e RE, the 6th Mounted Company of the 4th Foreign Infantry Regiment 4e REI (6e Compagnie Portée du 4e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 6e CP 4e REI) became the 5th Mounted Company of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2e REI (5e Compagnie Portée du 2e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 5e CP 2e REI). On May 1, 1965, the company was designated as the 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (5e Compagnie de Transport Gros Porteurs, 5e CTGP). Transformed into a Military Train Unit (Train Militaire), the activities of the company revolved mainly, around the evacuation of the Sahara.

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company 5e CTGP of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment was divided in several platoons corresponding to the different types of vehicles and missions. The commandment, the GLR and GBO Berliet platoons were based at Reggane; the Willeme platoon at Béchar.

The vehicles of the company circulated from the confines of the in-between of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea, on the Mers El Kébir axis - In Amguel (In Amguel).

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company of the 2e REI was dissolved on July 1, 1967, during the implantation of the regiment at Bou-Sfer.

Insignia
Golden crown bearing the inscription : « 5e COMPAGNIE TRANSPORT - LÉGION ETRANGERE »; in the center, a Silver Minaret (Fire Lighthouse Tower at origin, then would be found adjacent in numbers, to Mosques) (Minaret) centered in a five branched golden Star. Heir to the traditions of the 6th Mounted Company of the 4e REI., the 5e CTGP has retaken the symbols (Star and Minaret). The insignia was created for Camerone 1966, by Captain Oui, Commandant of the company.