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Encyclopedia > GIGN

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Special Operations.Com (1221 words)
GIGN commandos are cross-trained in a variety of specialties, including scuba diving, sniping, parachuting, and explosives.
GIGN is also known to make use of dogs in certain operations, although details on this aspect of their organization are sketchy.
GIGN is known to have lost 5 operators, along with dozens injured.
Groupe d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (541 words)
GIGN was initially formed in 1974 and was to be no greater than 100 operators.
Because GIGN operates all over the world, operators need to be able to function in a myriad of environments.
GIGN operators are expected to know not only the weapons they deploy with, but also any possible weapons their adversaries might be equipped with.
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