History
The regiment was created in Tunisia in 1921 around a cadre of Russian legionnaires, and soldiers from the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment. At the time the Legion was an infantry formation, and the idea of a Legion cavalry regiment met with some resistance from the French cavalry. However the regiment was deemed a useful way of making full use of the Legion's Russian White movement veterans, many of whom had extensive light cavalry experience from the Russian Civil War. The regiment was quickly accepted as a highly competent addition to the French cavalry.
The regiment subsequently served in the Indochina War and the Algerian War.
As part of the 6th Light Armoured Brigade the regiment took part in The Gulf War of 1991. They suffered no casualties.
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