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2nd Cuirassier Regiment
2e régiment de cuirassiers
Unit insignia
Active	16 May 1635 - 1991
Country	Kingdom of France (1635-1792)   First French Republic (1792-1804)   First French Empire (1804-1815)   Bourbon Restoration (1815-1848)   France (1848-1991)
Branch	Heavy Cavalry
Engagements	Thirty Years' War War of the Spanish Succession French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars World War I World War II Battle of France Cold War

The 2nd Cuirassier Regiment (French: 2e régiment de cuirassiers or 2e RC) was an armoured unit of the French Army, which originated as a cavalry and then a cuirassier regiment. It was descended from the régiment Cardinal-Duc, which is at the top of the list of twelve cavalry regiments created by the same royal ordnance of 16 May 1635 - this made the 2nd Cuirassier Regiment the oldest surviving cavalry regiment in the French Army, until its disbandment in 1991.

• 2emecuirassiers.com
• French Cuirassier Regiments and the Colonels who Led Them: 1792 to 1815 at http://www.napoleon-series.org/