After the fighting in North Africa ended, Leclerc's L Force, now about 4,000 strong, became the "2e Division Française Libre" (2e DFL). In June 1943, de Gaulle informed him the 2e DFL would be re-equipped by the Americans as an armoured division, the "2e Division Blindée" (2e DB). It was often called "La Division Leclerc". Although organised along American lines, its units had French titles. The non-white units were transferred elsewhere. The remainder of 2e DFL became the "Regiment de Marche du Tchad" (RMT), 2e DB's motorised infantry regiment. Free French armoured units serving with the Eighth Army became the 501e Régiment de chars de combat (501e RCC). The artillery and the other two armoured regiments of 2e DB, the "12e Régiment de Cuirassiers" (12e RC) and the "" (12e RCA), were drawn from the Vichy "Armée d'Afrique". Perhaps the most unusual unit in the division was the "Régiment Blindé de Fusiliers-Marins" (RBFM), sailors who served as a tank destroyer regiment. Leclerc had to weld the various units, some of whom had recently been fighting against the Allies, into a team. This was no easy task. When two men from the 501e RCC upset a former Vichy officer by singing a disrespectful song about "Général d'armée" Henri Giraud, resulting in a fight, he told the officer concerned that respect had to be earned.