page_title: Chasseurs Ardennais
section_title: Battle honours
hierarchical_section_title: Chasseurs Ardennais / Battle honours
caption_attribution_description: English: The elite Chasseurs Ardennais, circa World War II
context_page_description: The Bataillon de Chasseurs Ardennais is an infantry formation in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. The unit, currently at battalion strength, is a part of the Motorized Brigade.
  Within the context of military history, the French language term chasseur usually denotes light or mounted infantry.
  The unit was formed in 1933 when the 10th Regiment of the Line was renamed the Regiment de Chasseurs Ardennais, which it remained until 2011 when it was reduced to a battalion. It is named after, and based in, the heavily forested and hilly Ardennes region of Belgium.
context_section_description: The unit's flag carries the following citations:
  Namur
  Termonde
  Yser
  Esen
  Kortemark
  Ardennes
  La Dendre 1940
  Vinkt
caption: Soldiers of the Chasseurs Ardennais, pictured in 1940
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