The French Army (French: Armée de Terre) is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The French Army (French: Armée de Terre) is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces. ... The Troupes de marine (marine troops) is a subset of the French Army dedicated to external operations. ... “Legionnaire” redirects here. ... Chasseurs alpins wear a special wide beret. ... // CFAT CFAT (Commandement de la Force d’Action Terrestre or Command of the Terrestrial Fighting Forces) commands the following 8 brigades interarmes (interarm brigades): 1re Brigade Mécanisée – 1st Mechanized Brigade in Chalons en Champagne Leclerc main battle tank 501e-503e Régiment de Chars de Combat (501e-503e... // CFAT (Commandement de la Force d’Action Terrestre or Command of the Terrestrial Fighting Forces) commands the following 8 brigades interarmes (interarm brigades): Leclerc main battle tank 501e-503e Régiment de Chars de Combat (501e-503e RCC ) armoured Regiment in Mourmelon le Grand with 80 Leclerc 1er Régiment... Henry IV at the Battle of Ivry, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... The ranks in the French Army : // The title of Maréchal de France is awarded as a distinction, rather than a rank. ... The Croix de guerre is a military decoration of both Belgium and France which was first created in 1915. ... French Military Medal The Médaille militaire (Military Medal) is a decoration of the French Republic which was first instituted in 1852. ... Chiang Kai-sheks Légion dhonneur. ... Here stands a list of the ribbons of the French military and civil awards // Order (decoration) State decoration Les décorations françaises ISBN 2-911468-99-6 Site très complet traitant des décorations militaires et civiles françaises Categories: | | | ...

Infantry equipment

Weapons

• SIG P220 - 9 mm - pistol
• GIAT BM92-G1 (PAMAS-G1) - 9 mm - pistol
• FAMAS - 5.56 mm assault rifle
• FN Minimi - 5.56 mm light machine gun replacing the AA-52 ( 7.62 mm)
• M2 - 12.7 mm heavy machine gun
• FRF2 - 7.62 mm - sniper rifle
• LGI Mle F1 - individual grenade launcher
• PGM Hecate II - 12.7 mm heavy sniper rifle
• APILAS - anti-tank rocket launcher
• AT4 CS - anti-tank rocket launcher
• ERYX and MILAN - anti-tank missiles (now Milan II)

The SIG P220 is a semi-automatic pistol designed and manufactured in Switzerland by Swiss Arms AG (formerly SIG Arms AG (distributed in United States by the SIGARMS). ... ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ... The PAMAS-G1 (Pistolet Automatique de la Manufacture dArmes de Saint-Étienne, Automatic Pistol of the Saint Etienne Manufacture) is a modified Beretta 92F pistol used by, and designed for, the French army. ... ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ... The FAMAS (Fusil dAssaut de la Manufacture dArmes de St-Étienne, Assault Rifle by St-Étienne Arms Factory) is an assault rifle in bullpup configuration designed and manufactured in France by the Saint Étienne arms factory, which is a member of the French government-owned GIAT Industries complex. ... U.S. Military 5. ... The AK-47 is the worlds most common assault rifle. ... The FN Minimi is a squad automatic weapon — the name coming from Mini-mitrailleuse (French: mini-machine gun. It is a 5. ... The AA-52 (Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952) is one of the first French produced guns of the post World War II era. ... It has been suggested that K6 HMG be merged into this article or section. ... .50 BMG rounds and 20MM Vulcan round, with a golf ball and a stick of RAM posed to provide scale. ... A chasseur alpin shooting the FRF2. ... NATO 7. ... The PGM Hecate II is the standard heavy sniper rifle of the French Army. ... .50 BMG rounds and 20MM Vulcan round, with a golf ball and a stick of RAM posed to provide scale. ... APILAS ready for firing APILAS (Armor-Piercing Infantry Light Arm System) is a recoilless, one-man portable, single-use anti-tank grenade launcher used by infantry troops. ... This article is about the unguided anti-tank weapon. ... ERYX Type anti-tank Nationality France Era Cold War, modern Launch platform Individual, Vehicle Target Vehicle, Fortification History Builder MBDA Date of design Production period 1989 Service duration 1994 Operators Canadian, French, Norwegian armies Variants Number built Specifications Type Diameter 0. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ...

Other equipment

• SPECTRA helmet
• Félin - infantry combat system

A bare SPECTRA helmet. ... A FELIN suit Félin (substantive big cat or masculine adjective feline; Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons Intégrées, Integrated Equipment and Communications Soldier) is the name for the French infantry combat system of the 2000s. ...

Vehicles

Tanks

• Leclerc - main battle tank (406)
• AMX 10 RC - light tank (300)
• ERC-90 Sagaie - reconnaissance combat vehicle (192)
• AMX-30B2 - main battle tank (17 used for OPFOR training)

The gunners position, looking down from the turret roof. ... The AMX-10RC is an armoured car built by GIAT. Over 300 are in service in the French Army. ... The ERC 90 Sagaie is a French six-wheeled light tank. ... The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by GIAT Industries with a focus on good firepower and superior mobility and first delivered to the French Army in 1966. ... This article is about a military term. ...

Armoured personnel carriers

• AMX-10P - tracked armoured personnel carrier (1050)
• VAB - armoured personnel carrier (3820)
• VBL - light armoured vehicle (899)
• Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie(VBCI) - armoured personnel carrier (700 to replace the AMX-10P from 2008)
• Véhicule articulé chenillé Haute Mobilité(VHM) - armoured personnel carrier (12 active, 191 on order)

The AMX 10 P is a French infantry fighting vehicle. ... General Characteristics (VAB) Length: 5. ... The Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger (Light armoured vehicle) is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle offered in various configurations. ... The Véhicule Blindé de Combat dInfanterie (VBCI, Armoured vehicle for infantry combat) is a French armoured fighting vehicle designed to replace the AMX-10P. They are planned to join active service in 2008, with 550 combat vehicles (VBCI/VCI) and 150 command vehicles (VBCI/VPC). ... US Marines in a Norwegian Bv 206 travelling through snow Diagram of the Bv 206 Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) is a tracked, all-terrain vehicle developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Land Systems) in conjunction with the Swedish Army. ...

Unarmoured vehicles

• Peugeot P4 - utility 4x4 vehicle (13 500)
• TRM 10000 - heavy truck
• TRM 2000 - medium truck
• GBC 180 - medium truck (5600)
• VLRA - light truck

A P4 from a transportation unit (apparently recently returned from KFOR service) The P4 is a 4-wheel-drive unarmored light vehicle used by the Military of France. ... VLRA transport de troupes ACMAT (Ateliers de Construction Mécanique de LAtlantique)(also known as ALM-ACMAT), (and as of 22 May 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks [1], is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958. ...

Engineering vehicles

• AMX-30 EBG - combat engineering vehicle (71)

The Engin Blindé du Génie (armoured engineering vehicle) is is an armoured engineering vehicle built upon the chassis of the AMX-30 battle tank. ...

Artillery

Surface to surface artillery

• AMX 30 AuF1 - 155 mm self-propelled howitzer (134)
• MLRS - multiple rocket launcher (41)
• CAESAR - 155 mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer (77)
• TRF1 - 155 mm towed howitzer (105)
• RTF1 - 120 mm mortar(361)
• LLR 81 mm mortar

The AMX 30 AuF1 is a ground-ground artillery system using the AMX 30 hull. ... 19th century 12 pounder (5 kg) mountain howitzer displayed by the National Park Service at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, USA A howitzer is a type of artillery piece that is characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small explosive charges to propel projectiles at trajectories with... The M270 MLRS conducts a rocket launch. ... The CAESAR (CAmion Equipé dun Système dARtillerie)[1] is a 155 mm/52-calibre artillery piece installed on a 6X6 truck chassis. ... Fired by the 93rd mountain artillery regiment The 155mm towed cannon Tr-F1 is a French towed howitzer produced by GIAT and used by the French army. ... The Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 (MO-120-RT-61, 120mm rifled towed mortar, model F1) is a heavy mortar used by the French Army. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ...

Anti-aircraft artillery

• Mistral - very short-range surface-to-air missile
• Roland 2 - short-range surface-to-air missile (96)
• 20 mm Mle F2 - anti-aircraft gun

Mistral is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA missile systems (formerly by Matra BAe Dynamics). ... The Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. ...

Aircraft

Helicopters

• Eurocopter Tiger - attack (80)
• NHI NH90 - tactical transport (68 to replace the Puma from 2011)
• Fennec - training/liaison (18)
• Eurocopter Cougar - tactical transport (21)
• Aérospatiale Puma - tactical transport (101)
• Aérospatiale Gazelle - attack, reconnaissance and utility (265)
• Cougar Horizon - airborne battlefield surveillance radar (4)

The Eurocopter Tiger is an attack helicopter manufactured by the Eurocopter Group. ... The NHI NH90 is a medium sized, twin-engine, multi-role military helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by Agusta, Eurocopter and Stork Fokker Aerospace. ... The Eurocopter Ecureuil (Squirrel) is a single-engine helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... AS 532 Cougar The Eurocopter Cougar is a twin-engined, medium-weight, multipurpose helicopter manufactured by Eurocopter. ... The Aerospatiale Puma is a medium-sized twin-engined transport/utility helicopter originally manufactured by Aerospatiale of France. ... The Gazelle is a French-designed helicopter, created by the company Sud Aviation, that later became Aérospatiale, and later still Eurocopter. ...

UAVs

• Crecerelle - tactical reconnaissance (12)
• CL-289 - tactical reconnaissance (54)
• Sperwer - tactical reconnaissance (18)

This is part of a larger article, on A History of UAVs. ... // In June 1963, a sponsorship by Canada & Britain agreed to have Canadair design, evaluate & test the CL-89 drone. ... The Sperwer is a 3-meter-long unmanned aerial vehicle manufactured by the French firm SAGEM. The aircraft is piloted remotely and can cruise at altitudes of over 16,000 feet for as long as five hours. ...

Aeroplanes

• TBM 700 - liaison/utility (8)
• Pilatus PC-6 - light transport (5)
• Reims-Cessna 406 Caravan II - liaison/utility (2)

Socata TBM 700 The Socata TBM 700 and TBM 850 are high performance single engine turboprop light business and utility aircraft manufactured by EADS Socata. ... The Pilatus PC-6 Porter (sometimes nicknamed the Jeep of the air) is a civilian utility aitcraft built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. ... Reims-Cessna 406 Caravan II The Reims-Cessna 406 Caravan II is a twin turboprop aircraft manufactured and designed by Reims Aviation in France in cooperation with Cessna. ...

External links

• Official website of the French Ministry of Defense (in French)
• Les hélicoptères de l'armée de terre : situation et perspectives - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Le rôle des drones dans les armées - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Projet de loi de finances pour 2003 : Forces terrestres - Report from the French Senate (in French)
• Projet de loi de finances pour 2007 : Défense - Forces terrestres - Report from the French Senate (in French)