Post by grog on Jul 5, 2009 15:38:07 GMT -5
Pulled this off another message board, so I can't take credit for putting it together. This is a good resource for those wanting to know if a particular unit fought in FIC.
French Union forces in Indochina.
Airborne
Colonial Parachute Commando Demi-Brigade (SAS)
1st Parachute Demi-Brigade (SAS)
1st Parachute Chasseurs Regiment
2nd Colonial Parachute Commando Demi-Brigade
1st Colonial Parachute Battalion
2nd Colonial Parachute Battalion
3rd Colonial Parachute Battalion
5th Colonial Parachute Battalion
6th Colonial Parachute Battalion
7th Colonial Parachute Battalion
8th Colonial (Shock) Parachute Battalion
10th Dismounted Parachute Chasseurs Battalion
1st Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
Armor/Armored Cavalry
1st Armored Cavalry Regiment
4th Dragoon Regiment
5th Armored Cavalry Regiment
9th Dragoon Marche Regiment
8th Algerian Spahis Regiment
2nd Moroccan Spahis Regiment
5th Moroccan Spahis Regiment
6th Moroccan Spahis Regiment
Far East Spahis Marche Regiment
Far East Colonial Armored Regiment
1st Foreign Legion Cavalry Regiment
4th Dragoon Battalion
7th Squadron, 1st Moroccan Spahis Marche Regiment
1st Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
2nd Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
3rd Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
4th Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
5th Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
Artillery
2nd Artillery Regiment
4th Colonial Artillery Regiment
10th Colonial Artillery Regiment
41st Colonial Artillery Regiment
69th African Artillery Regiment
Moroccan Colonial Artillery Regiment
Marche Battalion, 64th Artillery Regiment
Marche Battalion, 66th Artillery Regiment
1st Battalion, Far East Colonial Antiaircraft Regiment
1st Group, 35th Parachute Regiment (Light Artillery)
21st Aerial Observation Battalion
22nd Aerial Observation Battalion
23rd Aerial Observation Battalion
24th Aerial Observation Battalion
261st Antiaircraft Battalion
French East African Colonial Artillery Battalion
Levant Colonial Mountain Artillery Battalion
1st Central Annam Artillery Battalion
2nd Central Annam Artillery Battalion
Engineers
17th Engineer Battalion
22nd Engineer Battalion
26th Engineer Battalion
28th Legion Engineer Battalion
31st Engineer Battalion
61st Engineer Battalion
62nd Engineer Battalion
71st Engineer Battalion
72nd Engineer Battalion
73rd Engineer Battalion
75th Engineer Battalion
(61st Colonial Engineer Battalion
71st Colonial Engineer Battalion
72nd Colonial Engineer Battalion
73rd Colonial Engineer Battalion)
74th Colonial Engineer Battalion
76th Legion Engineer Battalion
Support
532nd Medical Transportation Company
Far Eastern Provisional Brigade's Colonial Service and Transportation Company
71st Traffic Control Company
73rd Traffic Control Company
503rd Transportation Battalion
515th Transportation Battalion
516th Transportation Battalion
519th Transportation Battalion
163eme Colonial Battalion of Transmissions
Infantry
Korea Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 5th Colonial Infantry Regiment
6th Colonial Infantry Regiment
9th Colonial Infantry Regiment
11th Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 16th Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 19th Colonial Infantry Regiment
21st Colonial Infantry Regiment
22nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
23rd Colonial Infantry Regiment
43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 49th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment
13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade
2nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
3rd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
5th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 1st Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
5th Battalion, 4th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 6th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
Algerians/Tunisians
1st Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
2nd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
3rd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
7th Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
22nd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 6th Algerian Rifle Regiment
21st Algerian Rifle Battalion
22nd Algerian Rifle Battalion
23rd Algerian Rifle Battalion
25th Algerian Rifle Battalion
27th Algerian Rifle Battalion
205th Algerian Rifle Battalion
217th Algerian Rifle Battalion
4th Tunisian Rifle Regiment
1st African Light Infantry Battalion
Moroccans
Moroccan Colonial Rifle Regiment
1st Moroccan Rifle Regiment
2nd Moroccan Rifle Regiment
3rd Moroccan Rifle Regiment
4th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
5th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
6th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
8th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
Marche Battalion, 7th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 8th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 201st North African Pioneer Infantry Regiment
1st Moroccan Tabor Battalion
2nd Moroccan Tabor Battalion
3rd Moroccan Tabor Battalion
5th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
8th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
9th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
10th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
11th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
17th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
207th Moroccan Far East Rifle Marche Battalion
214th Moroccan Far East Battalion
Senegalese/Central Africans
Marche Battalion, 13th Senegalese Rifle Regiment
24th Senegalese Rifle Marche Regiment
26th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
27th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
28th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
29th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
30th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
31st Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
32nd Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
104th Senegalese Battalion
4th Battalion, Chad Marche Regiment
1st French East African Marche Battalion (West?)
2nd French Central African Marche Battalion
3rd French East African Marche Battalion (West?)
Indochinese
1st Tonkin Rifle Regiment
Cambodian Composite Battalion
Marche Battalion, 4th Tonkin Rifle Regiment
Annam Battalion
Saigon-Cholon Garrison Battalion
1st Far East Marche Battalion
2nd Far East Marche Battalion
3rd Far East Marche Battalion
4th Far East Marche Battalion
5th Far East Marche Battalion
6th Far East Marche Battalion
7th Far East Marche Battalion
1st Indochina Marche Battalion
2nd Indochina Marche Battalion
3rd Indochina Marche Battalion
Muongs
1st Muong Battalion
2nd Muong Battalion
Thais
1st Thai Battalion
2nd Thai Battalion
3rd Thai Battalion
Laotians
1st Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
2nd Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
3rd Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
4th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
5th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
6th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
7th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
8th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
Phnom Penh Garrison Battalion
Groupes Mobiles
GM 1 (N African)
GM 2 (N African/Paras)
GM 3 (N African/Senegalese)
GM 4 (BMI/FFL)
GM 5
GM 6 (Fought at DBP)
GM 7 (Vietnamese)
GM 8
GM 9 (Fought at DBP)
GM 10 (N African)
GM 11 (Vietnamese)
GM 14
GM 21 (Vietnamese)
GM 32 (Vietnamese)
GM 42 (Montagnard)
GM 51 (N African)
GM 100 (Korea Regiment)
The Groupes Mobiles are not an addition to the CEFEO TO&E. They are just regimental teams created out of the battalions listed above. The french combined different units into different GMs as the war went on.
The Groupes Mobiles had 3 infantry battalions assigned; one Colonial infantry, the other two were N African/ Central African/Vietnamese. Unit was motorized with usually a squadron of armor. Also a battalion of artillery.
The pure Vietnamese AVN units are noted.
French Union forces in Indochina.
Airborne
Colonial Parachute Commando Demi-Brigade (SAS)
1st Parachute Demi-Brigade (SAS)
1st Parachute Chasseurs Regiment
2nd Colonial Parachute Commando Demi-Brigade
1st Colonial Parachute Battalion
2nd Colonial Parachute Battalion
3rd Colonial Parachute Battalion
5th Colonial Parachute Battalion
6th Colonial Parachute Battalion
7th Colonial Parachute Battalion
8th Colonial (Shock) Parachute Battalion
10th Dismounted Parachute Chasseurs Battalion
1st Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Battalion
Armor/Armored Cavalry
1st Armored Cavalry Regiment
4th Dragoon Regiment
5th Armored Cavalry Regiment
9th Dragoon Marche Regiment
8th Algerian Spahis Regiment
2nd Moroccan Spahis Regiment
5th Moroccan Spahis Regiment
6th Moroccan Spahis Regiment
Far East Spahis Marche Regiment
Far East Colonial Armored Regiment
1st Foreign Legion Cavalry Regiment
4th Dragoon Battalion
7th Squadron, 1st Moroccan Spahis Marche Regiment
1st Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
2nd Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
3rd Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
4th Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
5th Far East Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
Artillery
2nd Artillery Regiment
4th Colonial Artillery Regiment
10th Colonial Artillery Regiment
41st Colonial Artillery Regiment
69th African Artillery Regiment
Moroccan Colonial Artillery Regiment
Marche Battalion, 64th Artillery Regiment
Marche Battalion, 66th Artillery Regiment
1st Battalion, Far East Colonial Antiaircraft Regiment
1st Group, 35th Parachute Regiment (Light Artillery)
21st Aerial Observation Battalion
22nd Aerial Observation Battalion
23rd Aerial Observation Battalion
24th Aerial Observation Battalion
261st Antiaircraft Battalion
French East African Colonial Artillery Battalion
Levant Colonial Mountain Artillery Battalion
1st Central Annam Artillery Battalion
2nd Central Annam Artillery Battalion
Engineers
17th Engineer Battalion
22nd Engineer Battalion
26th Engineer Battalion
28th Legion Engineer Battalion
31st Engineer Battalion
61st Engineer Battalion
62nd Engineer Battalion
71st Engineer Battalion
72nd Engineer Battalion
73rd Engineer Battalion
75th Engineer Battalion
(61st Colonial Engineer Battalion
71st Colonial Engineer Battalion
72nd Colonial Engineer Battalion
73rd Colonial Engineer Battalion)
74th Colonial Engineer Battalion
76th Legion Engineer Battalion
Support
532nd Medical Transportation Company
Far Eastern Provisional Brigade's Colonial Service and Transportation Company
71st Traffic Control Company
73rd Traffic Control Company
503rd Transportation Battalion
515th Transportation Battalion
516th Transportation Battalion
519th Transportation Battalion
163eme Colonial Battalion of Transmissions
Infantry
Korea Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 5th Colonial Infantry Regiment
6th Colonial Infantry Regiment
9th Colonial Infantry Regiment
11th Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 16th Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 19th Colonial Infantry Regiment
21st Colonial Infantry Regiment
22nd Colonial Infantry Regiment
23rd Colonial Infantry Regiment
43rd Colonial Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 49th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment
13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade
2nd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
3rd Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
5th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
Marche Battalion, 1st Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
5th Battalion, 4th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 6th Foreign Legion Infantry Regiment
Algerians/Tunisians
1st Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
2nd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
3rd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
7th Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
22nd Algerian Rifle (Tirailleurs) Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 6th Algerian Rifle Regiment
21st Algerian Rifle Battalion
22nd Algerian Rifle Battalion
23rd Algerian Rifle Battalion
25th Algerian Rifle Battalion
27th Algerian Rifle Battalion
205th Algerian Rifle Battalion
217th Algerian Rifle Battalion
4th Tunisian Rifle Regiment
1st African Light Infantry Battalion
Moroccans
Moroccan Colonial Rifle Regiment
1st Moroccan Rifle Regiment
2nd Moroccan Rifle Regiment
3rd Moroccan Rifle Regiment
4th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
5th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
6th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
8th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
Marche Battalion, 7th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 8th Moroccan Rifle Regiment
1st Marche Battalion, 201st North African Pioneer Infantry Regiment
1st Moroccan Tabor Battalion
2nd Moroccan Tabor Battalion
3rd Moroccan Tabor Battalion
5th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
8th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
9th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
10th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
11th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
17th Moroccan Tabor Battalion
207th Moroccan Far East Rifle Marche Battalion
214th Moroccan Far East Battalion
Senegalese/Central Africans
Marche Battalion, 13th Senegalese Rifle Regiment
24th Senegalese Rifle Marche Regiment
26th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
27th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
28th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
29th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
30th Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
31st Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
32nd Senegalese Rifle Marche Battalion
104th Senegalese Battalion
4th Battalion, Chad Marche Regiment
1st French East African Marche Battalion (West?)
2nd French Central African Marche Battalion
3rd French East African Marche Battalion (West?)
Indochinese
1st Tonkin Rifle Regiment
Cambodian Composite Battalion
Marche Battalion, 4th Tonkin Rifle Regiment
Annam Battalion
Saigon-Cholon Garrison Battalion
1st Far East Marche Battalion
2nd Far East Marche Battalion
3rd Far East Marche Battalion
4th Far East Marche Battalion
5th Far East Marche Battalion
6th Far East Marche Battalion
7th Far East Marche Battalion
1st Indochina Marche Battalion
2nd Indochina Marche Battalion
3rd Indochina Marche Battalion
Muongs
1st Muong Battalion
2nd Muong Battalion
Thais
1st Thai Battalion
2nd Thai Battalion
3rd Thai Battalion
Laotians
1st Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
2nd Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
3rd Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
4th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
5th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
6th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
7th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
8th Laotian Chasseurs Battalion
Phnom Penh Garrison Battalion
Groupes Mobiles
GM 1 (N African)
GM 2 (N African/Paras)
GM 3 (N African/Senegalese)
GM 4 (BMI/FFL)
GM 5
GM 6 (Fought at DBP)
GM 7 (Vietnamese)
GM 8
GM 9 (Fought at DBP)
GM 10 (N African)
GM 11 (Vietnamese)
GM 14
GM 21 (Vietnamese)
GM 32 (Vietnamese)
GM 42 (Montagnard)
GM 51 (N African)
GM 100 (Korea Regiment)
The Groupes Mobiles are not an addition to the CEFEO TO&E. They are just regimental teams created out of the battalions listed above. The french combined different units into different GMs as the war went on.
The Groupes Mobiles had 3 infantry battalions assigned; one Colonial infantry, the other two were N African/ Central African/Vietnamese. Unit was motorized with usually a squadron of armor. Also a battalion of artillery.
The pure Vietnamese AVN units are noted.
