5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (CTGP)

5th Heavy Weight Transport Company 5^e Compagnie de Transport Gros Porteurs, 5^e CTGP
Insignia of the 5^e CTGP
Active	May 1, 1965 - July 1, 1967
Country	France
Branch	French Army
Type	Heavy Weight Transport
Gold Crown, Minaret, Star	« 5^e COMPAGNIE TRANSPORT - LÉGION ETRANGERE »

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (French: 5^e Compagnie de Transport Gros Porteurs, 5^e CTGP) was a heavy weight transport company of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. On April 30, 1964, following the dissolution of the 4th Foreign Regiment 4^e RE, the 6th Mounted Company of the 4th Foreign Infantry Regiment 4^e REI (French: 6^e Compagnie Portée du 4^e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 6^e CP 4^e REI) became the 5th Mounted Company of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2^e REI (French: 5^e Compagnie Portée du 2^e Régiment Etranger d'Infanterie, 5^e CP 2^e REI). On May 1, 1965, the company was designated as the 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company (French: 5^e Compagnie de Transport Gros Porteurs, 5^e CTGP). Transformed into a Military Train Unit (French: Train Militaire), the activities of the company revolved mainly, around the evacuation of the Sahara.

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company 5^e CTGP of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment was divided in several platoons corresponding to the different types of vehicles and missions. The commandment, the GLR and GBO Berliet platoons were based at Reggane; the Willeme platoon at Béchar.

The vehicles of the company circulated from the confines of the in-between of the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea, on the Mers El Kébir axis - In Amguel (French: In Amguel).

The 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company of the 2^e REI was dissolved on July 1, 1967, during the implantation of the regiment at Bou-Sfer.

Insignia

Golden crown bearing the inscription : « 5^e COMPAGNIE TRANSPORT - LÉGION ETRANGERE »; in the center, a Silver Minaret (Fire Lighthouse Tower at origin, then would be found adjacent in numbers, to Mosques) (French: Minaret) centered in a five branched golden Star. Heir to the traditions of the 6th Mounted Company of the 4^e REI., the 5^e CTGP has retaken the symbols (Star and Minaret). The insignia was created for Camerone 1966, by Captain Oui, Commandant of the company.

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Centre de documentation de la Légion étrangère

French Foreign Legion

Current
units

General Staff Headquarters	Foreign Legion Command
Command Administrative	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment Foreign Legion Recruiting Group
Music band	French Foreign Legion Music Band
Infantry & parachute infantry	1st Foreign Regiment 4th Foreign Regiment 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 13th Demi-Brigade of Foreign Legion Foreign Legion Detachment in Mayotte
Cavalry	1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment
Engineers & parachute engineers	1st Foreign Engineer Regiment 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
Training	4th Foreign Regiment Jungle Training Center Combat Training Center at Arta Beach

Defunct
units

Administrative and training	Communal Depot of the Foreign Regiments
Parachute	Parachute Company of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Battalion 2nd Foreign Parachute Battalion 3rd Foreign Parachute Battalion Foreign Air Supply Company 3rd Foreign Parachute Regiment 1st Foreign Parachute Heavy Mortar Company
Infantry & marching regiments	Mounted companies Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion 2nd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 3rd Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment 4th Marching Regiment of the 1st Foreign Regiment/Garibaldi Legion 1st Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment Marching Regiment of the Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion 5th Foreign Infantry Regiment 6th Foreign Infantry Regiment 11th Foreign Infantry Regiment 12th Foreign Infantry Regiment Marching Regiments of Foreign Volunteers 21st Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 22nd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers 23rd Marching Regiment of Foreign Volunteers
Saharan Legion units	Saharan Companies of the French Foreign Legion
Pioneers & engineers	6th Foreign Engineer Regiment
Cavalry	2nd Foreign Cavalry Regiment 97th Reconnaissance Group of the Infantry Division
Transport (armored trains & heavy weight)	Armored Train of the Foreign Legion Passage Company of the Foreign Legion (CPLE) 5th Heavy Weight Transport Company
Disciplinary companies	Disciplinary Company of the Foreign Regiments in the Far East
Brigades	31st Brigade

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Insignia

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