3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment

3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment
3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes
Active1943–1945
1979–1998
Country France
BranchFrench Army
TypeParachute Infantry
RoleInfantry
Garrison/HQBrigade SAS
24e DAP
Motto(s)"Who Dares Wins" (French: Qui ose gagne)
Engagements
  • Liberation of France
  • Liberation of The Netherlands
Insignia
Abbreviation3e R.C.P

The 3rd Parachute Chasseur Regiment (French: 3e Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes) or 3e RCP was a French unit of Second World War known in the British Army as the 3rd SAS Regiment and originally named the 3rd Air Infantry Battalion. Involved in the operations of the Liberation of France and The Netherlands, the unit was temporarily dissolved at the end of the conflict and was reorganized between 1979 and 1998.


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