12e Régiment blindé du Canada

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=12^e Régiment blindé du Canada


caption=Cap badge of 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada
dates=6 May 1968-
country=Canada
allegiance=
branch=Land Command
type=Armoured
role=Armoured Reconnaissance
size=Two regiments
command_structure=Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
current_commander=
garrison=Régulier - Valcartier
Milice - Trois-Rivières
ceremonial_chief=
ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
colonel_of_the_regiment=Lt-General P.G. Addy, CMM, CDLt-Colonel P. Ayotte
colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Colonel du RégimentLieutenant-Colonel honoraire du Régiment
nickname="12 Rubber Boot Company"
patron=
motto="Adsum" (I am present) (Latin)
colors=
march=Quick - "Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin"
Slow - "Quand vous mourrez de nos amours"
mascot=
battles=
notable_commanders=
anniversaries=
decorations=
battle_honours=
identification_symbol_4=12RBC
identification_symbol_4_label=AbbreviationThe 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (12th Armoured Regiment of Canada) is a Canadian Forces armoured regiment based in CFB Valcartier, on the outskirts of Quebec City. The regiment has both Regular Force and Primary Reserve components.

Its origins are in The Three Rivers Regiment, a militia (Reserve Force) regiment based in Trois-Rivières, a town halfway between Montreal and Quebec City. Originally formed in 1862, The Three Rivers Regiment, after many name changes, became the 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada in 1968. This was a new Regular Force regiment which was created in Valcartier, while a militia unit was left in Trois-Rivières under the name 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice). The number in the regimental title commemorates The Three Rivers Regiment's title during the Second World War: 12th Armoured Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment). The Canadian Army traditionally avoided having city or region names in the titles of its Regular Force regiments; this was likely the reason for the 1960s name change.

The 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada's abbreviation is 12e RBC.Both the regular and militia regiments serve in the armoured reconnaissance role.

Battle honours

The Great War: Amiens¹, Sibérie 1918-19

The Second World War: Débarquement en Sicile, Grammichele, Piazza Armerina, Valguarnera, Agira, Adrano, Vallée du Troina, Sicile 1943, Termoli, Le Ravin, Ortona, Cassino II, Ligne Gustav, Vallée du Liri, Ligne Hitler, Ligne Trasimene, Arezzo, L'Avance à Florence, Monte La Pieve, Monte Spaduro, Italie 1943–1945, Apeldoorn, Nord-Ouest de L'Europe 1945

1. awarded for service of 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF.

Order of precedence

Regular Force

Reserve Force

Alliances

*GBR - Royal Tank Regiment

*FRA - 2^e Régiment de hussards

External links

* [http://www.12rbc.ca/ 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada] : official site (in French)
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/qc-inf/086-3riv.htm regiments.org]