3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment

3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes
	Regiment Insignia
Active	September 1, 1955 – December 1, 1955
Disbanded	December 1, 1955
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Airborne forces
Part of	3e B.E.P I Formation, 1949; 3e B.E.P II Formation, 1951; 3e B.E.P III Formation, 1954; 3e B.E.P IV Formation, 1954; 3e R.E.P, 1955; 2e R.E.P from 3e R.E.P and 2e B.E.P Merger;
Garrison/HQ	Batna; Philippeville
Insignia
Abbreviation	3e REP

The 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment (French: 3^e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes, 3^e R.E.P) was a parachute regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army and previous 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion, (3^e BEP) from September 1, 1955, to December 1, 1955.

Based at Batna, the regiment becomes operational but then is dissolved on December 1, 1955; the legionnaires constituting the regiment are merged with the 2^e BEP to form a new unit, the 2^e REP.

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