The 2nd Parachute Chasseur Regiment was a French Special Air Service modeled after the British SAS. It is one of the most decorated French units of the war. They first dropped during the Normandy campaign and continued to fight throughout the Western Front. Unlike British Paratroopers who wore a red beret, the French wore a black beret
This squad’s unique weapon would be the Ribeyrolles 1918. The Ribeyrolles is possibly one of the first assault rifles that was chambered in an early experimental intermediary cartridge