1st Tirailleur Regiment

1st Tirailleur Regiment
1er régiment de tirailleurs
Insignia of the 1st Tirailleur Regiment
Active1 May 1994 – present
Country France
Branch French Army
TypeTirailleur regiment
Rolelight infantry
Part of7th Armoured Brigade
Garrison/HQÉpinal
Motto(s)Le Premier, toujours le premier ("The First, always the first")
Mascot(s)Ram
EquipmentVéhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie
Battles and WarsWorld War I
World War II
Indochina War
Algerian War
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
Battle of Turbigo
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Verdun
DecorationsLégion d'honneur
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Gold Medal of the City of Milan
Insignia
Regimental banner

The 1st Tirailleur Regiment (French: 1er régiment de tirailleurs, 1er RTir) is a mechanized infantry unit of the French Army, created in 1994 under the command of the 7th Armoured Brigade. It is mainly composed of active soldiers but also reservists, deployed both overseas and in internal security tasks such as Operation Vigipirate.[1][2] It is currently only tirailleur regiment in the French army.

  1. ^ Des réservistes du 1erRTir préparés et mobilisés sur [1]
  2. ^ Projection au Burkina Faso sur [2]