{{DISPLAYTITLE:12e Régiment blindé du Canada}} The 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (a translation of its former name, the "12th Canadian Armoured Regiment") is a Canadian Army armoured regiment based in CFB Valcartier, on the outskirts of Quebec City. The regiment has both a Regular Force and a Primary Reserve unit. The 12e Régiment blindé du Canada's abbreviation is 12e RBC. In the Regular Force regiment, all three Squadrons are based on the LAV family of vehicles and are designated as light armoured cavalry squadrons. Each squadron is currently organized into troops of four vehicles each. C Squadron, 12e RBC is located at CFB Gagetown as part of C Squadron, the Royal Canadian Dragoons. Lineage 12e Régiment blindé du Canada Originated 24 March 1871 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec as the Three Rivers Provisional Battalion of Infantry Redesignated 4 June 1880 as the 86th "Three Rivers" Battalion of Infantry Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 86th Three Rivers Regiment Redesignated 29 March 1920 as The Three Rivers Regiment Converted 15 December 1936 to armour and redesignated as The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank) Redesignated 13 August 1940 as the 2nd Regiment, The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank) Redesignated 1 April 1941 as the 12th (Reserve) Army Tank Battalion, (The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)) Redesignated 15 August 1942 as the 12th (Reserve) Army Tank Regiment (The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank)) Converted 1 April 1946 to artillery and redesignated as the 46th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (Three Rivers Regiment) Converted 19 June 1947 to armour and redesignated the 24th Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers Regiment) Redesignated 4 February 1949 as Le Régiment de Trois-Rivières (24th Armoured Regiment) Redesignated 19 May 1958 as Le Régiment de Trois-Rivières (RCAC) Redesignated 2 May 1968 as the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada Lineage chart Perpetuations War of 1812 8th Battalion, Select Embodied Militia Trois-Rivières Division Great War 178th Battalion (Canadien-Français), CEF 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) Operational history Great War The 178th Battalion (Canadien-Français), CEF was authorized on 15 July 1916 and embarked for Britain on 3 March 1917, where, on 16 March 1917, its personnel were absorbed by the 10th Reserve Battalion, CEF to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field. The battalion disbanded on 21 May 1917. The 259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) was authorized on 1 November 1918 and embarked for Russia on 22 and 26 December 1918. There, it served with the 16th Infantry Brigade