(same unit, different designations) The 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (French: 6e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 6e RPIMa) is an airborne infantry unit of the French Army.

On March 16, 1954, the 6th targeted the landing zone in the middle of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.

Reformed in Marrakech, French protectorate of Morocco, on 1 August 1955 and named 6th Colonial Parachute Regiment.

French army metropolitan and marine paratroopers wear the Red Beret.

The insignia is mounted with an SAS dagger and was never modified, aside of the various successive inscriptions "BCCP", then "RPC", and finally "RPIMa".

The Regimental Color of the 6e RPIMa, heir of the 6th parachute battalion bears the inscription "INDOCHINE" with 5 citations at the orders of the armed forces for the following: The regimental color was passed to Colonel Romain-Desfossés at Blida on November 5, 1957 by General Jean Gilles.

In eleven years of operations, the regiment endured the loss of 23 officers, 70 sous-officiers and 480 ranker paratroopers.