35th Parachute Artillery Regiment

35th Parachute Artillery Regiment 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste
Regimental insigne
Active	1873–1942 1947–present
Country	France
Type	Airborne Artillery
Size	900 men and women
Part of	11th Parachute Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Tarbes, France
Motto(s)	Droit Devant (Fr) Forward Straight Ahead (Eng)
Engagements	World War I World War II First Indochina War Algerian War Lebanese Civil War United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Multinational Force in Lebanon Gulf War War on Terror (2001 - present) War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
Battle honours	Saint-Gond 1914 Champagne 1915 Lamalmaison 1917 Noyon 1918 Somme-Py 1918 AFN 1952-1962
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Marchand
Notable commanders	Ferdinand Foch
Insignia
Insignia of the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment
Abbreviation	35e RAP

Droit Devant (Fr)

World War I
World War II
First Indochina War
Algerian War
Lebanese Civil War

Gulf War
War on Terror (2001 - present)

The 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment (French: 35^e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste, 35^e RAP) is the only airborne artillery unit of the French Army forming the air artillery component of the 11th Parachute Brigade. It is based in Tarbes together with the air cavalry, the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment.

The 35th Artillery Regiment (French: 35^e Régiment d'Artillerie) was created on 7 October 1873 in Vannes and counted 9 artillery batteries equipped with 75mm cannons. The regiment was first commanded by Colonel Ferdinand Foch from 1903 to 1905; the Supreme Allied Commander on the Western Front with title bearing Généralissime (British Field Marshal, 22nd Royal First Honorary Colonel and Marshal of Poland following the war) during World War I.