12e Régiment blindé du Canada

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12^e Régiment blindé du Canada
Cap badge of 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada
Active	6 May 1968-
Country	Canada
Branch	Land Command
Type	Armoured
Role	Armoured Reconnaissance
Size	Two regiments
Part of	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Régulier - Valcartier Milice - Trois-Rivières
Nickname	12 Rubber Boot Company
Motto	Adsum (I am present) (Latin)
March	Quick - Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin Slow - Quand vous mourrez de nos amours
Commanders
Colonel du Régiment Lieutenant-Colonel honoraire du Régiment	Lt-General P.G. Addy, CMM, CD Lt-Colonel P. Ayotte
Abbreviation	12RBC

The 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.

1 Battle honours
2 Order of precedence
- 2.1 Regular Force
- 2.2 Reserve Force
3 Alliances
4 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Order of precedence

[edit] Regular Force

Preceded by: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	12^e Régiment blindé du Canada	Succeeded by: Last in precedence of Regular Armoured Regiments