GIGN, the Glossary
The GIGN is the elite police tactical unit of the National Gendarmerie of France.[1]
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162 relations: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, Air France Flight 8969, Airliner, Albertville, Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Armoured personnel carrier, Arnaud Beltrame, Assault rifle, ATLAS Network, Ballistic shield, Benelli M4, Beslan school siege, Beynes, Yvelines, Bob Denard, Bomb disposal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brigadier general, Caen, Captain, Carcassonne and Trèbes attack, CBRN defense, Central Directorate of the Judicial Police, Charlie Hebdo shooting, Chef d'escadron, Chevrolet Suburban, Christian Prouteau, Commandos Marine, Comoros, Corsica, Counterterrorism, Cross for Military Valour, CZ 805 BREN, Denis Favier, Departmental Gendarmerie, Dijon, Diplomatic mission, Djibouti, Escalade, European Union, FAMAS, Fire discipline, FN P90, Fourragère, France, Franchi SPAS-12, French Armed Forces, French Foreign Legion, French Guiana, French Polynesia, ... Expand index (112 more) »
- 1973 establishments in France
- ATLAS Network
- French Gendarmerie
- Units and formations of the French Gendarmerie
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation.
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Accuracy International Arctic Warfare
The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy International.
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Air France Flight 8969
Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers.
See GIGN and Air France Flight 8969
Airliner
An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo.
Albertville
Albertville (Arpitan: Arbèrtvile) is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.
Armed Islamic Group of Algeria
The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from Groupe Islamique Armé; al-Jamāʿa al-ʾIslāmiyya al-Musallaḥa) was one of the two main Islamist insurgent groups that fought the Algerian government and army in the Algerian Civil War.
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Armoured personnel carrier
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.
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Arnaud Beltrame
Arnaud Jean-Georges Beltrame (18 April 1973 – 24 March 2018) was a lieutenant colonel in the French Gendarmerie nationale and deputy commander of the Departmental Gendarmerie's Aude unit, who was murdered by an Islamic terrorist at Trèbes after having exchanged himself for a hostage.
Assault rifle
An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine.
ATLAS Network
The ATLAS network is an association of the police tactical units of the 27 Member States of the European Union established following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 upon the initiative of the Police Chiefs Task Force.
Ballistic shield
A ballistic shield, also called a tactical shield or bulletproof shield, is a protection device deployed by police, paramilitaries, and armed forces that are designed to stop or deflect bullets and other projectiles fired at their carrier.
Benelli M4
The Benelli M4 is a semi-automatic shotgun produced by Italian firearm manufacturer Benelli Armi SpA, and the fourth and last model of the Benelli Super 90 line of semi-automatic shotguns.
Beslan school siege
The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) was a Islamic terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004.
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Beynes, Yvelines
Beynes is a commune in the Yvelines department in north-central France.
Bob Denard
Robert Denard (born Gilbert Bourgeaud; 7 April 1929 – 13 October 2007) was a French mercenary.
Bomb disposal
Bomb disposal is an explosives engineering profession using the process by which hazardous explosive devices are disabled or otherwise rendered safe.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Brigadier general
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries.
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Caen
Caen (Kaem) is a commune inland from the northwestern coast of France.
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Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc.
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Carcassonne and Trèbes attack
On 23 March 2018, an Islamic terrorist carried out three attacks in the town of Carcassonne and nearby village of Trèbes in the Aude department in southwestern France, killing three people and injuring fifteen.
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CBRN defense
Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present.
Central Directorate of the Judicial Police
The Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (Direction centrale de la police judiciaire; DCPJ) is a directorate of the National Police of France with national and territorial responsibility for investigating and fighting serious crime.
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Charlie Hebdo shooting
On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. in Paris, France, the employees of the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo were targeted in a shooting attack by two French-born Algerian Muslim brothers, Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi.
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Chef d'escadron
In the French armed forces (and in the armed forces of former French colonies such as the armed forces of Niger), Chef d'escadron ("squadron leader") is the title of a commandant (major) in the Cavalry, Artillery and Baggage Train Corps and in the Gendarmerie.
Chevrolet Suburban
The Chevrolet Suburban is a series of SUVs built by Chevrolet since the 1935 model year.
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Christian Prouteau
Christian Prouteau (born on the 7 April 1944) is a French officer of the ''Gendarmerie Nationale''.
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Commandos Marine
The Commandos Marine, nicknamed Bérets Verts (Green Berets), are the special operation forces (SOF) of the French Navy, headquartered in Lorient, Brittany in western France.
Comoros
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.
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Corsica
Corsica (Corse; Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.
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Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.
Cross for Military Valour
The Cross for Military Valour (Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France.
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CZ 805 BREN
The CZ 805 BREN is a gas-operated modular assault rifle designed and manufactured by Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod.
Denis Favier
Denis Favier (born May 18, 1959) is a French officer known for commanding the mission to remove hijackers from Air France Flight 8969.
Departmental Gendarmerie
The Departmental Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Départementale) is the territorial police branch of the French National Gendarmerie. GIGN and Departmental Gendarmerie are French Gendarmerie.
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Dijon
Dijon is a city that serves as the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
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Diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state.
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Djibouti
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east.
Escalade
Escalade is the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
FAMAS
The FAMAS (French: Fusil d'Assaut de la Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, lit. 'Assault rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory') is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS in 1978.
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Fire discipline
Fire discipline is a system of communication in the military, primarily for directing artillery.
FN P90
The FN P90 is a personal defense weapon chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge, also classified as a submachine gun, designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium.
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Fourragère
The fourragère is a military award, distinguishing military units as a whole, in the form of a braided cord.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
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Franchi SPAS-12
The Franchi SPAS-12 is a combat shotgun manufactured by Italian firearms company Franchi from 1979 to 2000.
French Armed Forces
The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France.
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French Foreign Legion
The French Foreign Legion (Légion étrangère) is an elite corps of the French Army that consists of several specialties: infantry, cavalry, engineers, and airborne troops.
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French Guiana
French Guiana (or; Guyane,; Lagwiyann or Gwiyann) is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.
French Polynesia
French Polynesia (Polynésie française; Pōrīnetia Farāni) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole overseas country.
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work.
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Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast
The Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast (Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis, Jabhadda Xoreynta Xeebta Soomaaliyeed, جبهة تحرير الساحل الصومالي) was a nationalist organization, and later a guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Djibouti from France.
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Garda Emergency Response Unit
The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) (Aonad Práinnfhreagartha) is the police tactical unit of the Garda Síochána, Ireland's national police and security service. GIGN and Garda Emergency Response Unit are ATLAS Network.
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Garda Síochána
The italic (meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Ireland.
Gérard Longuet
Gérard Edmond Jacques Longuet (born 24 February 1946) is a French politician who served as Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2011 to 2012.
Glock
Glock (stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests.
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Grand Mosque seizure
The Grand Mosque seizure was a siege that took place between 20 November and 4 December 1979 at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, one the holiest Islamic sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
The Security Group for the Presidency of the Republic (Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République, GSPR) is the security unit in charge of the safety of the President of the French Republic. GIGN and Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République are French Gendarmerie.
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GSG 9
GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, formerly Border Guard Group 9, is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei). GIGN and GSG 9 are ATLAS Network.
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Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.
Gulf of Aden
The Gulf of Aden (خليج عدن; Gacanka Cadmeed) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, Socotra and Somalia to the south.
Hand-to-hand combat
Hand-to-hand combat (sometimes abbreviated as HTH or H2H) is a physical confrontation between two or more persons at short range (grappling distance or within the physical reach of a handheld weapon) that does not involve the use of ranged weapons.
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Heckler & Koch G36
The Heckler & Koch G36 (Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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Heckler & Koch HK416
The Heckler & Koch HK416 is an assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge.
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Heckler & Koch HK417
The Heckler & Koch HK417 is a battle rifle designed and manufactured by Heckler & Koch.
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Heckler & Koch MP5
The Heckler & Koch MP5 (Maschinenpistole 5) is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s by German firearms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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Heckler & Koch MP7
The Heckler & Koch MP7 (German: Maschinenpistole 7) is a personal defense weapon chambered for the HK 4.6×30mm armor-piercing cartridge designed by German defence manufacturer Heckler & Koch.
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
High-altitude military parachuting
High-altitude military parachuting, or military free fall (MFF), is a method of delivering military personnel, military equipment, and other military supplies from a transport aircraft at a high altitude via free-fall parachute insertion.
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Hostage
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the hostage(s) after expiration of an ultimatum.
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Hostage Rescue Team
The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
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Irish of Vincennes
The "Irish of Vincennes" affair (Affaire des Irlandais de Vincennes; also known as the Vincennes Three, or Irishmen of Vincennes, although one of the arrestees was not a man) was a major political scandal which occurred in France during the presidency of François Mitterrand.
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January 2015 Île-de-France attacks
From 7 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Paris.
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Kill house
A kill house or shoot house is a live ammunition small arms shooting range used to train military and law enforcement personnel for close contact engagements in urban combat environments.
Law enforcement in France
Law enforcement in France is centralized at the national level.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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List of diplomatic missions of France
The French Republic has one of the world's largest diplomatic networks, and is a member of more multilateral organisations than any other country.
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List of police tactical units
This is a list of active police tactical units.
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Loyada
Loyada (لويعدا, Lowyacadde) is a small town in Djibouti.
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Maisons-Alfort
Maisons-Alfort is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France.
Major general
Major general is a military rank used in many countries.
Manurhin MR 73
The Manurhin MR 73 is a French double-action/single-action revolver chambered in.357 Magnum and.38 Special.
Marseille
Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Marseille Provence Airport
Marseille Provence Airport is an international airport located 27 km (17 miles) northwest of Marseille, on the territory of Marignane, both communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France.
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Martinique
Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.
Mayotte
Mayotte (Mayotte,; Maore,; Maori), officially the Department of Mayotte (Département de Mayotte), is an overseas department and region and single territorial collectivity of France.
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Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam.
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Medal for internal security
The Medal for internal security (Médaille de la sécurité intérieure) is a French civil and military medal established by Decree No.
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Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France (France métropolitaine or la Métropole), also known as European France, is the area of France which is geographically in Europe.
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Minister of the Armed Forces (France)
The Minister of the Armed Forces (Ministre des Armées) is the leader and most senior official of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces, tasked with running the French Armed Forces.
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Minister of the Interior (France)
Minister of the Interior (Ministre de l'Intérieur) is a prominent position in the Government of France.
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Mobile Gendarmerie
The Mobile Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie mobile) (GM) is a subdivision of the French National Gendarmerie whose main mission is to maintain public order (from crowd control to riot control) and general security. GIGN and mobile Gendarmerie are French Gendarmerie.
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Mont-de-Marsan
Mont-de-Marsan (Occitan: Lo Mont de Marçan) is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
Munich massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September.
Nantes
Nantes (Gallo: Naunnt or Nantt) is a city in Loire-Atlantique of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast.
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National Gendarmerie
The National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie nationale) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. GIGN and national Gendarmerie are French Gendarmerie.
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National Liberation Front of Corsica
The National Liberation Front of Corsica (Fronte di liberazione naziunale di a Corsica or Fronte di liberazione naziunale corsu; Front de libération nationale corse, abbreviated FLNC) is a name used by many militant groups that advocate an independent state on the island of Corsica, separate from France.
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National Police (France)
The National Police (Police nationale), formerly known as the Sûreté nationale, is one of two national police forces of France, the other being the National Gendarmerie.
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National Police Intervention Force
The National Police Intervention Force (FIPN) (Force d'Intervention de la Police nationale) is an operational structure that coordinates various police tactical units of the French National Police.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
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Naval boarding
Naval boarding action is an offensive tactic used in naval warfare to come up against (or alongside) an enemy watercraft and attack by inserting combatants aboard that vessel.
NBC suit
An NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) suit, also called a chem suit, or chemical suit is a type of military personal protective equipment.
New Caledonia
New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) is a ''sui generis'' collectivity of overseas France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of Vanuatu, about east of Australia, and from Metropolitan France.
Opération Harmattan
Opération Harmattan was the French participation in the 2011 military intervention in Libya.
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Operation Azalee
Operation Azalee was an expedition staged by France – involving its armed forces and special forces – which took place in 1995 to remove the provisional government of the Comoros that was led and put into power by famed French mercenary Bob Denard.
Orange, Vaucluse
Orange (Provençal: Aurenja or Aurenjo) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
Organized crime in France
Organized crime in France is primarily based in major cities like Marseille, Grenoble, Paris, and Lyon.
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Ouvéa
Ouvéa or Uvea is a commune in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.
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Ouvéa cave hostage taking
The Ouvéa cave hostage taking occurred from 22 April 1988 to 5 May 1988 on the island of Ouvéa, New Caledonia, a south Pacific island under control of France.
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Overseas France
Overseas France (France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remains of the French colonial empire that remained a part of the French state under various statuses after decolonization.
Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie
The Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie (Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, EPIGN) was a parachute-trained tactical unit of the French Gendarmerie. GIGN and parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie are French Gendarmerie and units and formations of the French Gendarmerie.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
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Paul Barril
Paul Barril (13 April 1946 in Vinay, Isère) is a former officer of the French ''Gendarmerie Nationale''. GIGN and Paul Barril are French Gendarmerie.
PGM Hécate II
The Hécate II is the standard heavy sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle of the French Army, sometimes known as the FR-12.7 (Fusil à Répétition de calibre 12.7 mm or "12.7 mm calibre repeating rifle").
Pistol
A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.
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Police tactical unit
A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained and equipped to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved.
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President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.
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Puntland
Puntland (Puntland, أرض البنط, Terra di Punt or Paese di Punt), officially the Puntland State of Somalia (Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia.
RAID (French police unit)
Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, Dissuasion ("Search, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence"), commonly abbreviated RAID (French), is an elite tactical unit of the French National Police. GIGN and RAID (French police unit) are ATLAS Network.
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Réunion
La Réunion, "La Reunion"; La Réunion; Reunionese Creole; previously known as Île Bourbon.
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Rebellion (2011 film)
Rebellion (translation) is a 2011 French historical drama film directed, produced, co-written, co-edited, and starring Mathieu Kassovitz.
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Reconnaissance
In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.
Reims
Reims (also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France.
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Remington Model 870
The Remington Model 870 is a pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, LLC. It is widely used by the public for shooting sports, hunting and self-defense, as well as by law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.
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Republican Guard (France)
The Republican Guard (Garde républicaine) is part of the French National Gendarmerie. GIGN and Republican Guard (France) are units and formations of the French Gendarmerie.
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Revolver
A revolver is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing.
San Salvador
San Salvador is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department.
Satory
Satory is an area south of Versailles in France.
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia and the Middle East.
School bus
A school bus is any type of bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district.
Search and Intervention Brigade
A Search and Intervention Brigade (Brigade de recherche et d'intervention (BRI), Investigation and Intervention Brigade or Anti-Gang Brigade) is a unit of the French National Police.
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Sherpa Light
The Sherpa Light is a family of 4x4 tactical and light armored vehicles developed by French company Renault Trucks Defense (RTD).
Shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.
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Sidearm (weapon)
A sidearm is an individual-served weapon that is kept at one's side and can be rapidly accessed if needed.
SIG MCX
The SIG MCX is a family of firearms designed and manufactured by SIG Sauer, produced in both selective fire and semi-automatic only models, and features a short-stroke gas piston system, which is inherited from the earlier SIG MPX submachine gun.
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SIG MPX
The SIG MPX is a gas-operated submachine gun designed and manufactured by SIG Sauer, and is primarily chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum.
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SIG Pro
The SIG Pro is a series of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by SIG Sauer in Exeter, New Hampshire.
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SIG SG 550
The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer AG (formerly a division of Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft, now known as SIG Holding AG) in Switzerland.
Smith & Wesson Model 686
The Smith & Wesson Model 686 is a six- or seven-shot double-action revolver manufactured by Smith & Wesson and chambered for the.357 Magnum cartridge; it will also chamber and fire.38 Special cartridges.
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Sniper rifle
A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle.
Somali people
The Somali people (Soomaalida, Osmanya: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒆𐒖, Wadaad) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history.
Somalia
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa.
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Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Special operations
Special operations or special ops are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are typically conducted by small groups of highly trained personnel, emphasizing sufficiency, stealth, speed, and tactical coordination, commonly known as special forces.
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Specialist Protective Services
The Specialist Protective Services (SPS) (formerly Specialist Response Group (SRG)) is a highly trained police unit of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) consisting of a range of teams capable of deploying at short notice in order to undertake a variety of specialist policing tasks.
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Submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing, or directing.
SUV
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
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The Assault (2010 film)
The Assault (L'Assaut) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie.
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Toulouse
Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.
Tours
Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.
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Toyota Land Cruiser
The (also sometimes spelled as LandCruiser) is a series of four-wheel drive vehicles produced by the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota.
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Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base
Vélizy-Villacoublay Air Base (Base aérienne 107 Vélizy-Villacoublay) is a French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) (ALAE) base.
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Vehicle armour
Military vehicles are commonly armoured (or armored; see spelling differences) to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, shells, rockets, and missiles, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire.
Versailles, Yvelines
Versailles is a commune in the department of the Yvelines, Île-de-France, renowned worldwide for the Château de Versailles and the gardens of Versailles, designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
The War in Afghanistan was an armed conflict that took place from 2001 to 2021.
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Yvelines
Yvelines is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France.
15 Minutes of War
15 Minutes of War (lit) is a 2019 French-Belgian war film directed by Fred Grivois.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972 (München 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
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1992 Winter Olympics
The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (XVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Arpitan: Arbèrtvile '92), was a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France.
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2015 Bamako hotel attack
On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages and killed 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali.
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See also
1973 establishments in France
- École supérieure d'études cinématographiques
- Académie du Vin
- Annual flat-rate tax
- Argile
- Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival
- CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
- Canton of Allauch
- Cardif
- Charles Martel Group
- Comité Olympique de Polynésie Française
- Conférence des Grandes écoles
- De Kova–Lejeune
- En Avant Guingamp (women)
- Europe-Jeunesse
- Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode
- Fondation Jean Dubuffet
- Fondation Louis-de-Broglie
- GIGN
- Grignan-Les Adhemar AOC
- Institut Culturel Franco-Japonais – École Japonaise de Paris
- Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
- Le Pal
- Libération
- Montaigu Tournament
- Musée Marc Chagall
- Musée d'art naïf de Vicq en Île-de-France
- Oreca
- PSA Aulnay-sous-Bois Plant
- Paléorient
- Palais des Sports de Beaulieu
- Parc Pierre-Lagravère
- Paris Fashion Week
- Saint-Chamond Basket
- Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball
- Social Democratic Party (France)
- Stade Poitevin Poitiers
- Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
- Sygma (agency)
- Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
- Ventoux AOC
ATLAS Network
- ARAS (Lithuania)
- ATLAS Network
- Brigada Specială de Intervenție a Jandarmeriei
- Counter Terrorism Centre
- Delta (Norwegian police unit)
- Dienst Speciale Interventies
- EKO Cobra
- Federal Police Special Units
- GIGN
- GSG 9
- Garda Emergency Response Unit
- Grupo Especial de Operaciones
- Gruppo di intervento speciale
- Grupul Special de Protecție și Intervenție
- Headquarters Mobile Support Unit
- K-Commando
- Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit
- M-Squadron
- Mobile Immediate Action Unit
- National Task Force
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
- Police Rapid Response Unit (Finland)
- Politiets Aktionsstyrke
- RAID (French police unit)
- Rapid Response Unit
- SEK (Germany)
- SOBT
- Samodzielny Pododdział Antyterrorystyczny Policji
- Serviciul pentru Intervenții și Acțiuni Speciale
- Simon Connell
- Special Antiterrorist Squad
- Special Operations Group (Portugal)
- Special Suppressive Antiterrorist Unit (Greece)
- Specialist Firearms Command
- Specialna Enota Policije
- Unidad Especial de Intervención
- Unité Spéciale de la Police
- Viking Squad
French Gendarmerie
- École des officiers de la gendarmerie nationale
- Air Gendarmerie
- Air Transport Gendarmerie
- Aleria standoff
- Departmental Gendarmerie
- Direction générale de la Gendarmerie Nationale
- French Republican Guard Band
- GIGN
- Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République
- Guard (Vichy France)
- Maritime Gendarmerie
- Mobile Gendarmerie
- Mobile Gendarmerie Music Band
- National Gendarmerie
- Neo (French law enforcement agencies mobile terminals)
- Office Central de Lutte contre la Délinquance Itinérante
- Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie
- Paul Barril
- Police ranks of France
- Salle des Traditions de la Garde Républicaine
Units and formations of the French Gendarmerie
- Caserne des Petits-Pères
- GIGN
- Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie
- Republican Guard (France)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIGN
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