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The Troupes de Marine (French pronunciation: [tʁup də maʁin], lit. ' Marine Troops ') or TDM, sometimes simply referred to as "French Marines" in English, are one of the major components of the French Army and comprise several specialties: infantry, airborne, armoured cavalry, artillery, engineering, and transmissions (signals).
The 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 3 e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 3 e RPIMa) is one of the airborne force regiments of the Troupes de Marine. It is heir to the 3rd Colonial Commando Parachute Battalion created in 1948 and the 3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment . The regiment is part of the 11th Parachute ...
The Compagnies franches de la marine (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃paɲi fʁɑ̃ʃ də la maʁin]; previously known as Troupes de la marine, later renamed and reorganized as Troupes coloniales and then Troupes de Marine) were an ensemble of autonomous infantry units attached to the French Royal Navy (French: marine royale) bound to serve both on land and sea.
The 3rd Marine Infantry Regiment (French: 3 e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, 3 e RIMa) is a unit of the French Army. The 3 e RIMa is one of the oldest of the troupes de marine . This regiment is one of the "Quatre Grands" of marine infantry once garrisoned within the four military ports, ready to embark : the « Grand Un », the « Grand ...
The 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (French: 3 e Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 3 e RAMa) is the heir to the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment created in Rochefort by Napoleon Bonaparte's consular decree of May 13, 1803, the 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment, then the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment. The 3 e RAMa has been present in either a ...
Troupes de la Marine in formation. The Troupes de la Marine (French pronunciation: [tʁup də la maʁin], lit. ' Troops of the Navy ') was a French military formation founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1622. It was under the denomination of Compagnie ordinaire de la mer, originally intended to form the garrisons of the ships of the King.
Compagnie Ordinaire de la Mer, another corps maintained by the French Navy to protect its ships; Régiment de La Marine, the above formed into a regiment which later became the French Army's 11th Infantry Regiment, The Troupes de la Marine were transferred to the French Army and renamed Troupes coloniales from 1900 - 1960
Bigor (artillerie de la marine; see Troupes de marine): A term either from the gunner's order to fire (Bigue de hors) or a term for a species of winkle (bigorneau) because they would stick to their emplacements and couldn't be removed easily. Colo (French Colonial Forces): The former term for the troupes de la marine when they were colonial troops.