12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment)

12e Régiment blindé du Canada
Cap badge of 12e Régiment blindé du Canada
Active	1871–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Armoured
Role	Armoured Armoured reconnaissance
Size	2 regiments
Part of	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Garrison/HQ	Regular Force: Valcartier Militia: Trois-Rivières
Motto(s)	Adsum (Latin): I am present
March	Quick:"Marianne s'en va-t-au-Moulin" Slow: "Quand vous mourrez de nos amours"
Anniversaries	24 March 1871
Engagements	World War I World War II War in Bosnia War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Current commander	Regular Force: LCol Eric Landry Militia: LCol Stéphan LeBlanc
Honorary colonel	BGen Albert Geddry, CD
Honorary lieutenant-colonel	Pierre Ayotte
Abbreviation	12RBC

The 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (a translation of its former name, the "12th Canadian Armoured Regiment") is a Canadian Army armoured regiment based in CFB Valcartier, on the outskirts of Quebec City. The regiment has both a Regular Force and a Primary Reserve unit. The 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada's abbreviation is 12^e RBC.

In the Regular Force regiment, A, B and D Squadrons operate armoured cars, such as the Coyote and Kodiak vehicles. A and B squadrons are currently armoured (light equipped) squadrons, D squadron in the formation reconnaissance role, and C squadron a shared armoured (heavy equipped) squadron. Each squadron is currently organized into four troops. C Squadron, 12^e RBC is equipped with the Leopard 2 tank, and is located at CFB Gagetown as part of C Squadron, the Royal Canadian Dragoons.

The 178th Battalion (Canadien-Français), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 3 March 1917, where, on 16 March 1917, its personnel were absorbed by the 10th Reserve Battalion, CEF to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion disbanded on 21 May 1917.

The 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) was authorized on 1 November 1918 and embarked for Russia on 22 and 26 December 1918. There, it served with the 16th Infantry Brigade as part of the Allied Forces in eastern Russia until 19 May 1919. The battalion disbanded on 6 November 1920.

The regiment mobilized as The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), CASF, for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated as The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank), CAC, CASF, on 13 August 1940. It was converted to armour on 23 November 1940, and to an army tank battalion on 11 February 1941, designated as the 12th Army Tank Battalion (The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)), CAC, CASF. It was redesignated as the 12th Army Tank Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)), CAC, CASF, on 15 May 1942; as the 12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment), CAC, CASF, on 26 August 1943; and as the 12th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment), RCAC, CASF on 2 August 1945.