1st Marine Artillery Regiment
| 1er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine. | |
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| Active | 1692 |
| Country | France |
| Branch | French Army |
| Type | troupes de marine |
| Role | Artillery |
| Part of | 1st Mechanised Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Châlons-en-Champagne, France |
| Motto(s) | "The other terror after lightning" "ALTER POST FULMINA TERROR" |
| Colors | Red and blue |
| Anniversaries | Bazeilles |
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| Beret badge of the Troupes de Marine |  |
| Abbreviation | 1er RAMa |
The 1st Marine Artillery Regiment (French: 1er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine, 1er RAMa) is one of the oldest marine artillery units in the military of France, as part of the troupes de marine within the French Army {Founded 1692}.
With two infantry marine regiments it formed the 2nd Brigade of the Blue Division during the Franco-Prussian War. Based in Laon since 1993, it is the artillery regiment of the 2nd Armoured Division.
1956 −1962: A detachment of the regiment participated in operations in Algeria.
1977: The regiment left Melun for the new garrison at Monthléry.
1993: On 2 August the regiment took its new headquarters in Laon Couvron, a former air base.
1993 - 1996: The 1er RAMa sends detachments in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Rapid Reaction Force (RRF) (Serb bombardment of the batteries Mount Igman) during the bombing of Bosnia Herzegovina by NATO 1995ou of IFOR, in charge of enforcing the Dayton.
2009: The regiment received the first cannon CAESAR June 10 This gun replaces the AMX AUF1 in service since 1990. On 1 August it left the 2nd Armoured Brigade, after 42 years and joined the 1st Mechanised Brigade.
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