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This article lists the military ranks and the rank insignia used in the French Imperial Army. Officers and the most senior non-commissioned rank had rank insignia in the form of epaulettes, sergeants and corporals in the form of stripes or chevrons on the sleeves.
French Army Components Structure List of current regiments Army Light Aviation Armoured Cavalry Troupes de marine French Foreign Legion Chasseurs alpins Administration Chief of Army Staff Equipment Modern Equipment Personnel Army ranks History Military history of France Awards Croix de Guerre Médaille militaire Légion d'honneur
French English translation OF-2 Capitaine: Captain: In command of a company (French: compagnie) of infantry, a squadron (French: escadron) of cavalry or a battery (French: batterie) of artillery. OF-1 Lieutenant: Lieutenant: Commands a platoon (French: section) of infantry, a troop (French: peloton) of cavalry, or a brigade of the Gendarmerie ...
Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world, mostly plate but some mail armour, arranged by the part of body that is protected and roughly by date.
Due to the generalized meaning of the word manica, at least some references to this armor may also have included scale, splinted, or even mail armor. Scale demichausses are archaeologically evidenced as early as the 5th century BCE, while mail demichausses are archaeologically evidenced by the 1st century BCE, both from the Scythian and ...
In Cambodia, the Colours of the Military and other uniformed institutions follow British, US, and French practice.. Until 2022, what was essentially a large version of the Flag of Cambodia with the unit name below in white in the bottom blue stripe was used as the King's Colour of RCAF formations before being reassigned as the National Colour for parades and ceremonies.
The AMX-10 RC is a French armoured fighting vehicle manufactured by Nexter Systems for armoured reconnaissance purposes. Equipping French cavalry units since 1979 [1], over 240 remained in service with the French Army in 2021 when replacement by EBRC Jaguar gradually started [2]. 108 units were sold to Morocco and 12 to Qatar.
The structure of the French Army is fixed by Chapter 2 of Title II of Book II of the Third Part of the Code of Defense, notably resulting in the codification of Decree 2000-559 of 21 June 2000. [ 1 ] Structure of the French Army as of November 2024.