2nd Cuirassier Regiment (France)

The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment.^[1] It was descended from the régiment Cardinal-Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 - this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army, until its disbandment in 1991.

2nd Cuirassier Regiment
2e régiment de cuirassiers
Unit insignia
Active	16 May 1635 - 1991
Country	Kingdom of France (1635-1792) First French Republic (1792-1804) First French Empire (1804-1815) Bourbon Restoration (1815-1848) France (1848-1991)
Branch	Heavy Cavalry
Engagements	Thirty Years' War War of the Spanish Succession French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars World War I World War II Battle of France Cold War