The chasseurs have a few other typicalities in what they say: The mountain troops objected, and no longer use the word 'red' as a result. This stems from the days when Napoleon III tried to impose the wearing of the scarlet pantalons garance. The 16th battalion of chasseurs are not mountain troops and wear the standard French Army blue beret with the chasseur cap badge.Ĭhasseurs do not say rouge (red) but bleu-cerise (cherry blue - The color of blood on their blue uniforms), except when speaking of the color of the lips of a beloved, the red in the Legion of Honour's insignia (including its fourragère which is called la rouge), and the red of the French flag. Note though that this is also worn by other mountain troops, such as the Alpine infantry, cavalry, artillery, and signals except for the 2ème REG engineers who wear the green beret. The chasseurs are easily recognised by their wide beret (when not in battle uniform), named the tarte des Alpes (after a type traditional alpine tart).
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Personal weaponry includes the FAMAS assault rifle, Minimi machine gun, FRF-2 sniper rifle, PGM Hécate II heavy sniper rifle, and LGI light mortar, while group weapons included the M2 machine gun, LLR 81mm mortar, and vehicle-mounted 20 mm autocannon, plus AT4, Eryx and MILAN anti-tank missiles. Modern troops may be transported in all-terrain VMBs, VACs, ( Bandvagn 206) or untracked VAB personnel carriers. Traditional training included mountain survival skills such as to build an igloo shelter and to sleep in temperatures around 0 ☌. Training includes climbing, Ski mountaineering, plus winter and summer mountain leadership and mountain guiding skills completed at the High Mountain Military School.
Since 1999 they have been (with other units) part of the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade ( Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne), and are currently organised into three battalions:Īll three battalions are based in cities in the French Alps, thus the name of the units. The 47e BCA was reformed at Bourg-Saint-Maurice in 1979, and dissolved on 1 July 1985. They are believed to have been the first regular military unit to have worn this form of headdress. This comprised a loose-fitting dark blue jacket and blue-grey breeches, together with a large beret carrying the yellow (daffodil) hunting horn insignia of the Chasseur branch. From their establishment the chasseurs Alpins wore a plain and practical uniform designed to be suitable for mountain service. Later this was shortened to bataillons de chasseurs alpins ("Alpine Hunter Battalions"/"Alpine Rifle Battalions"). Initially these units were named bataillons alpins de chasseurs à pied ("Alpine Battalions of Hunters on Foot"/"Alpine Foot Rifle Battalions"). On December 24, 1888, the first troupes de montagne ("mountain troops") corps were created from 12 of the 31 existing Chasseurs à pied ("Hunters on Foot'"/"Foot Rifles'") battalions. The French army saw this geopolitical change as a potential threat to their Alpine border, especially as the Italian army was already creating troops specialized in mountain warfare (the Alpini). In 1859–70 Italy became unified, forming a powerful state. Vichy-era recruitment poster for the 13th Battalionįrance created its own mountain corps in the late 19th century in order to oppose any Italian invasion through the Alps.
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