GIGN

[Alpha Leader]

Are these posed her before or....
If they are so be it here they are again. :D

http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/actions/actions102.jpg
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http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/tireurs_elite/sniper11.jpg

Kick A..Camo!!!
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/tireurs_elite/sniper16.jpg

http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/tireurs_elite/sniper7.jpg

http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/tireurs_elite/sniper15.jpg

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CONFLICTS
Congo
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/aak.jpg

Congo
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/aar.jpg

Congo
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/abh.jpg

Congo
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/abj.jpg

Congo
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/abr.jpg

Israel
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/israel_1.jpg

Kenya conflict no GIGN
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/kenya_1.jpg

Same as above
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/kenya_2.jpg


KOSOVO
http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/conflits/mitrovica.jpg







All pictuers from:http://www.gign.org/

[Chasseur_Alpin]

it's always a pleasure of reviewing these photos! :lol:

[Alpha Leader]

woot woot woot YEPP

[Chasseur_Alpin]

What did they make in Kenya?

[DeltaWhisky58]

Very unusual to see any European unit these days using revolvers - presumably the French made Manurhin .357mag., especially odd in a CQB situation.

As for the revolver with bi-pod/scope, and odd combination, but no doubt there's an explanation.

[Alpha Leader]

To
Chasseur_Alpin



Aint sure but maybe this had something do do with it?
Taken from:http://allafrica.com/stories/200403080433.html


How America is Spying On Kenya
The East African Standard (Nairobi)

ANALYSIS
March 7, 2004
Posted to the web March 8, 2004

Awadh Babo, Maina Muiruri, And David Makali
Lamu/Mombasa/Nairobi


German, French spies also join rush for control

Initially resisted as infidel intruders into an Islamic community, Marines and other American security intelligence agencies are finally gaining a foothold on strategic parts of the Kenya coast in a widening web of surveillance disguised as war against terrorism.
American intelligence presence is particularly noticeable along the coast where Marines set up numerous community projects, turning initial hostility from local communities into needy acceptance.
The Marines have penetrated the villages of Lamu and the neighbouring areas with the aim of collecting subtle intelligence or traces of information that could spark or spur terrorist activities. The high technology snooping - done undercover as community services like fresh water, building hospitals and school blocks - has dazzled the local Bajuni community, the oblivious and yet cautious recipients of American generosity for almost two years now.

But while the techniques employed by the Marines to collect intelligence and plant surveillance equipment is advanced beyond the comprehension of residents, intelligence sources told the Sunday Standard that the foray of Americans into Kenya and the Eastern Africa region - with official support - is likely to intensify. In the past two years since the September 11, 2001, bombing of New York, America has sent hordes of Federal Bureau of Investigations sleuths swarming into Kenya, which is to be converted into a watchtower for America's security concerns in East Africa and the Horn of Africa region. Kenya landed into the spotlight after two successive terrorist attacks - first on August 1998 on the American Embassy in Nairobi, and November 2002 on Paradise Lodge in Kikambala -in which hundreds of local residents and foreign nationals were killed.

But the surveillance is not restricted to the coast; pockets of American FBI and CIA agents have festered all over the country that have a potential commercial or security interest to America.

For five years, American intelligence services have laid traps for Rwandese fugitive Felicien Kabuga for what impeccable sources now say may have nothing to do with the genocide that unfolded under America's watch.

Other sources told

Intelligence that Kabuga is being sought in connection with several tonnes of uranium which disappeared without trace from Eastern Congo but which America fears could have landed in the hands of terrorists. Part of the consignment, it is alleged, may have been sold to India and Pakistan, the two warring neighbours that have since carried out nuclear tests in competition. It is not known where the rest went, the reason why Kabuga is among the most sought-after fugitive.

Besides, American intelligence holds him responsible for the killing of eight "tourists" in Bwindi National Park, western Uganda, in March 1999. Although the State Department reported the victims of the attack - among them two Americans - as tourists, other sources say there were spies on Kabuga's trail in the team. After the murder, America offered a $5 million ransom for information leading to the arrest of Kabuga.

Kabuga, who owned the Radio Milles Colines that was used to incite Hutus against Tutsis in the Rwanda genocide, is alleged to enjoy French intelligence connections and protection. Although he is believed to be holed up in secret locations in Kenya, attempts to capture him have resulted in several fatalities.

Experts say America's foremost interest in Africa, besides neutralising terrorism, is to secure sites of strategic minerals like oil and uranium, which fall in mainly former French colonies or Muslim countries.

Scramble for Africa

In the emerging second scramble for Africa, western countries are digging in for new protectorates of their interest. Besides American spy agencies, German and French intelligence presence has peaked over the past two years. German spy-planes deployed to patrol the Indian Ocean coast in the heat of the Gulf War last year have not retreated. France has also intensified its interest and surveillance of the region.

At the coast, besides the terrorism concerns, impeccable sources say the prospects for oil exploration along the coast up to Lamu have provided new impetus to American activities.

Because the Marines have fostered the image of community workers and hardly operate like soldiers, they have won the grudging trust of the residents.

Powerful concealed communication equipment and high-tech surveillance gear are part of the field items the Marines have, but the local Lamu people see only the work implements needed for community projects because the Americans are keen not to be seen to be spying.

But most of the Americans on this "social" mission are either trained soldiers who are not in active service back home or are undercover intelligence officers who cannot admit they are Federal Bureau of Investigations or Central Intelligence Agency spies.

For over two years, they have been arriving in teams that work for a specific period, before being replaced by a new group. The visible results of their stay are the social amenities that have now began to dot the formerly poor neighbourhoods of Lamu. No one knows about their intelligence work tracing links to suspected terrorists and terrorist activities, or their recruiting local residents in a ground network of espionage, or much less their exploratory activities.

Civil Affairs

The Marines are part of the Civil Affairs Wing of the US Army headquartered in Djibouti. Their deployment was initially part of the patrol of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea where, in 2001, America suffered another attack from terrorists who bombed warships off the coast of Yemen killing six soldiers.

The Marines began with a series of projects in the far-flung archipelago but have since wormed their way into almost running the island: no boats enter or leave the island without their knowledge of the mission.

"They have laid a ground network of informants among the local community who tell them what happens on every narrow street of either Lamu or Pate," says one local leader.

The Americans have also set up community projects in Pate Island, two kilometres from Lamu Island.



If not, someone please let us know.

[Alpha Leader]

Very unusual to see any European unit these days using revolvers - presumably the French made Manurhin .357mag., especially odd in a CQB situation.

As for the revolver with bi-pod/scope, and odd combination, but no doubt there's an explanation.

Mabye for use in close sniping,less to carry oround with and quicker to set up,and one man handling.Just maybe :roll:

[Uninen]

http://www.gign.org/galleries/photos/g-images/actions/actions_0013.jpg

I Guess, the fire arms safety is in the top of their list? ;)

[Groove]

I once saw an article that GIGN are the best shooters around the world. I dont mean spraying a enemy down with a SAW but shooting them down without direct killing.

They spend very much time on practicing shooting.

Pls dont flame me if you think US or Russia or whoever is better than them. It was an article in a German Weapons Magazine.

Greetings

Groove

PS: Revolver hardly jam. Maybe thats why they use them.

[Uncle Chô]

Most of the GIGN images posted here are about 10 years old (some even older). Since then, the weapons and equipment greatly changed.

All of them are "publicity" poses for various books and magazines.

A few of them (most of the scout/sniper team's pictures) are not GIGN (I even suspect some units from foreign countries)

The GIGN is a military unit but with a primary law enforcement duty. They were created to deal with CT / hostages crisis / armed robberies etc.

They are more like the FBI HRT or "super" SWATs units than Delta.

And yes, non jamming guns is their primary choice for the Manurhin.

But I am sure Miles Teg or Fantassin will give us further details ;)

[Pégase]

yes, on some pics above, this are definitly not members of GIGN




PS: Revolver hardly jam. Maybe thats why they use them.

it is for the reliability and the better punch, even if today they use more the two, the choice depends of the situations

note the Glock 17 in the holster on the left :


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[Miles Teg]

Very unusual to see any European unit these days using revolvers - presumably the French made Manurhin .357mag., especially odd in a CQB situation.

As for the revolver with bi-pod/scope, and odd combination, but no doubt there's an explanation.

With this gun I'm confident to shoot without support with the 5"1/4 version a head at 50m.

So with a bipod 8" version...

http://www.gign.org/images/armement/special.jpg

This gun is really amazing, never try better handling, better target acquiring and smoother trigger.

This is a confidence pillar, like the Colt 1911 for American.


I once saw an article that GIGN are the best shooters around the world. I dont mean spraying a enemy down with a SAW but shooting them down without direct killing.

They spend very much time on practicing shooting.

This is their best part of reputation, being human, make a lot of arrest without firearms, and neutralize target without killing them.
Certainly not the best (they've got some humility) but had my preference in matter of state of mind.

[Pégase]

http://le.cos.free.fr/photo/GIGN/gign-23.jpg

[Pégase]

http://le.cos.free.fr/photo/GIGN/2.gif

[Miles Teg]

http://le.cos.free.fr/photo/GIGN/2.gif

Instant of truth...

[littlefrench]

are you really sure that the gign was in congo? I don't think. It's an counter terrorist team, like the swat, and not an unit of commandos.

[RSK]

Nice pics!