6th Light Armoured Brigade

6e Brigade Légère Blindée
Badge of the brigade
Active	1 July 1999-
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Light armour brigade
Role	motorised infantry
Size	6000 personnel
Part of	CFAT
Garrison/HQ	Nîmes
Motto	vite, fort et bien ("Swiftly, powerfully and well")

The 6th Light Armoured Brigade (French: 6^e Brigade Légère Blindée, 6^e BLB) is a unit of the French Army, one of the large units of the Commandement de la force d'action terrestre.

It is designed to deploy on any operation theatre with very brief notice.

The unit was originally the 6^e division légère blindée (6th light armoured division), which was engaged in Iraq as Division Daguet during Opération Daguet.

Organization

The brigade consists a command unit and 5 regiments.^[1]

• 6^e Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions (6th CCT) - Command and Signals Company in Nîmes with VAB
• 1^er Régiment Étranger de Cavalerie (1st REC) - Foreign Legion cavalry regiment in Orange with AMX 10 RC and ERC 90
• 2^e Régiment Étranger d’Infanterie (2nd REI) - Foreign Legion infantry regiment in Nîmes with VBCI
• 21^e Régiment d’Infanterie de Marine (21st RIMa) - marine infantry regiment in Frejus with VAB
• 3^e Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine (3rd RAMa) - marine artillery regiment in Canjuers with TRF1 howitzers and RTF1 mortars
• 1^er Régiment Étranger de Génie (1st REG) - Foreign Legion engineer regiment in Laudun

References

External Links

• 6e DLB Official site (French)

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