7e régiment de hussards parachutistes

The régiment de hussards parachutistes is an airborne cavalry unit of the French Union Army currently engaged in the Sahel War.

=History= The regiment was raised in France in 2005 as an air portable reconnaissance unit. The regiment conducted patrol and interdiction operations in « la zone mortre » during 2006 and 2007, before moving to the Alpes-Maritimes in 2008 to support counterinsurgency operations against Italian partisans. The regiment transferred to West Africa in 2009 to reinforce Groupement Aéroporté n° 3 (GAP), conducting combat operations as part of the French intervention force in the Third Ivorian Civil War (December 2008 - September 2009). =Organization= 7e RHP organization on 1 January 2010: =Status= =Equipment=
 * Escadron de commandement et de logistique (ECL)
 * 1er Escadron de reconnaissance
 * 2e Escadron de reconnaissance
 * 3e Escadron d'hélicoptères
 * Subordination: Groupement Aéroporté n° 3
 * Current Location:
 * Manpower:
 * Armoured Vehicles: 0
 * Aircraft: 18

Small arms
The regiment is equipped with standard French Union Army small arms, inlcuding the FAMAS F1 and FAMAS G2 rifles, the FN FNC rifle, the FN Minimi light machine gun, and the ANF1 general purpose machine gun.

Vehicles
The reconnaissance squadrons are equipped with VBL RECCO and VBL ERYX light armoured vehicles and Peugeot P4 patrol vehicles.

Aircraft
The aviation squadron has TB-10 Tobago light aircraft (transport/liaison) and SA-341F Gazelle Celtic helicopters (gunships with 20mm cannon).