Armée d'Afrique

Corps of the French Army, which is partly made up of foreign nationals

thumb|upright|French zouave, thumb|A small detachment of France's 4th Regiment of Zouaves in M'Sila Province|the M'Sila region during the [[Algerian War, ]]

thumb|1st Spahis colour guard in the 2008 Bastille Day Military Parade thumb|upright|Spahi officer () thumb|upright|Spahis in traditional fantasia riding display, 1886 thumb|upright|Algerian Spahi trooper (c.1900) thumb|upright|Spahi uniform as worn by French Maréchal-des-logis|maréchal des logis-chef. Note the distinctive North African [[burnous.]] thumb|upright|Spahi uniform, today: 2006 pattern parade uniform for a maréchal des logis of the 1er Régiment de Spahis Marocains|1st Spahi Regiment, again with distinctive [[burnous ]]

thumb|upright=1.3|Soldiers of the 1st Tirailleur Regiment of [[Épinal displaying late 19th- to early 20th-century uniforms for Bastille Day festivities.]]

term for portions of French Army in French North Africa

Military unit type of France

penal military units of French Army (1832–1972)