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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = 2nd Light Mechanized Division
| image                         = Insigne_2_DLM.png
| image_size                    = 200px
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| dates                         = 1937 – 16 July 1940
| country                       = {{flagcountry|France}}
| branch                        = 
| type                          = [[Mechanized Infantry]]
| role                          = 
| size                          = [[Division (military)|Division]]
| command_structure             = 
| garrison                      = [[Lyon]] (1937)<br> [[Melun]] (1939)
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| equipment                     = 
| battles                       = [[World War II]]
* [[Battle of France]]
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| native_name                   = 2e division légère mécanique
| current_commander             = 
}}
The '''2nd Light Mechanized Division''' ({{Langx|fr|2e Division Légère Mécanique, 2e DLM}}) was a [[French Army]] [[Division (military)|division]]  active during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It was created in 1937.

==Second World War==

===Battle Of France===
During the [[Battle of France]] in May 1940, the division contained the following units:<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume VI Italy and France Including the Neutral Countries of San Marino, Vatican City (Holy See), Andorra, and Monaco|pages=448}}</ref>

*3rd Light Mechanized Brigade<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume VI Italy and France Including the Neutral Countries of San Marino, Vatican City (Holy See), Andorra, and Monaco|pages=480}}</ref>
**[[13th Dragoon Regiment (France)|13th Dragoon Armoured Regiment]]
**29th Dragoon Armoured Regiment
*4th Light Mechanized Brigade<ref name=":0" />
**[[4th Dragoon Regiment (France)|4th Dragoon Mechanized Infantry Regiment]]
**8th Cuirassier Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment
*71st Artillery Regiment
{{French Army Divisions}}

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[[Category:French World War II divisions|Light Mechanized Division, 2nd]]
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[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1937]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940]]
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