The 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (English: 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment) or 13e RDP is a special reconnaissance unit of the French Army.

For this kind of mission, units of the 13th practice what they call "hideout", that is to say, operations camouflage living areas for observation and transmission, but also evolved into more modern and urban modes of action (installation of cameras / sensors and remote viewing).

The Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale keeps a close relationship with the 13e RDP to train its gendarmes in forward recon for hostage rescue operations in hostile environments.

The Équipes d'Observation en Profondeur (EOP, forward control teams) of French artillery regiments use the standard operating procedures of the 13e RDP.

[1] The Regiment was initially subordinate to the BRGE (French Army's military intelligence and electronic warfare Brigade).

When heavy fire power is considered necessary, recon teams are known to carry the M-203 40 mm grenade launcher, and the 5.56mm Minimi LMG.

Each member of the 13e RDP are trained in the hand-to-hand combat system of Techniques of Close Operational Interventions (French: Technique d'intervention opérationnelle rapprochée, TIOR) which is a mix of Krav Maga & boxing[citation needed] The motto of the 13e RDP, is Au-delà du possible ("Beyond the possible").