The 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (French: 3e Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 3e RAMa) is the heir to the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment created in Rochefort by Napoleon Bonaparte's consular decree of May 13, 1803, the 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment, then the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment. The 3e RAMa has been present in either a constituted corps or isolated unit since 1803, on almost all the battlefields in which France has been engaged. The regiment was founded in a third operational phase in 1943.
Creation and different nominations
On December 1, 1902 : 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment at Toulon.
On January 1, 1924 : 310th Colonial Artillery Portable Regiment.
On May 5, 1929 : 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment, Joigny, 2nd formation.
On December 1, 1932: the regiment was designated as the 3rd Divisional Horse-drawn (hippomobile) Colonial Artillery Regiment.
In June 1940 : disappeared, the regiment was dissolved.
In July 1943 : 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment, 3rd formation from artillery batteries present in Africa.
In November 1943 : I/3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment.
The 3rd Colonial Division included the 1st Colonial Infantry Regiment (1er RIC), 21st Colonial Infantry Regiment (21e RIC), 23rd Colonial Infantry Regiment (French: 23e Régiment d'Infanterie Coloniale, (23e R.I.C)), the 3rd Colonial Artillery Regiment (3e RAC), 203rd Colonial Artillery Regiment (203e RAC). The 3rd Colonial Infantry Division disappeared.
Reconstituted progressively from individuals rallying to général de Gaulle since August 1940, the regiment participated to operations of column Leclerc, then integrated the 2nd Armored Division of généralLeclerc.
Post War
French marines of 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment fire a French TRF1 155 mm howitzer as part of a live fire exercise during Combined Endeavor at the Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 17, 2013.
Divisionary Automative Artillery Group of 2nd Armoured (Vernon since October 1, 1945)
I/3e Marine Artillery Regiment July 1, 1960, the artillery regiment of the 10th Armoured Division at Verdun until July 1, 1984.
The regiment participated in two tours in Bosnia with UNPROFOR.
colors of the croix de guerre 1914-1918 awarded on January 31, 1919 with olive color bearing the attribution of the croix de guerre 1914-1918, then the olive color bearing the attribution of croix de guerre 1939-1945 awarded September 18, 1946
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Erwan Bergot, La coloniale du Rif au Tchad 1925-1980, imprimé en France : décembre 1982, n° d'éditeur 7576, n° d'imprimeur 31129, sur les presses de l'imprimerie Hérissey.
