35th Parachute Artillery Regiment

The 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment (French: 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste, 35e RAP) is the only airborne artillery unit of the French Army forming the air artillery component of the 11th Parachute Brigade. It is based in Tarbes together with the air cavalry, the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment.

35th Parachute Artillery Regiment
35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste
Regimental insigne
Active1873–1942
1947–present
Country France
TypeAirborne Artillery
Size900 men and women
Part of11th Parachute Brigade
3rd Division
Garrison/HQTarbes, France
Motto(s)Droit Devant (Fr)
Forward Straight Ahead (Eng)
EngagementsWorld War I
World War II
First Indochina War

Algerian War
Lebanese Civil War

  • United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
  • Multinational Force in Lebanon

Gulf War
War on Terror (2001–present)

  • War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Battle honours
  • Saint-Gond 1914
  • Champagne 1915
  • Lamalmaison 1917
  • Noyon 1918
  • Somme-Py 1918*AFN 1952–1962
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Marchand
Notable
commanders		Ferdinand Foch
Insignia
Abbreviation35e RAP
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