3rd Marine Artillery Regiment (France)

World War II 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 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 général Leclerc.

Campaign Participation Engagement ( 1813 - 1918 ) Campaign Participation Engagement ( 1940 - 1991 ) Campaign Participation Engagement ( 1991 - 2001 ) Campaign Participation Engagement ( 2000–Present ) The 3e RAMa is composed of 950 artillery marines articulated in 6 Artillery batteries: The Regimental Colors of the 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment 3e RAMa is decorated with: 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment, 3e RAMa

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.