The French Presidential Cars
for the Military Parades of July 14th
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President De GAULLE and his Prime Minister POMPIDOU in a Citroën 15/6 H Chapron
Every July 14, French National Day, the President of the Republic salutes the troops who are going to parade on the Champs Elysees. He goes down from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde to see the parade which will also go down the Champs Elysées.
the 14/07/1968 during the National Day
The President of the French Republic Charles de GAULLE was reviewing the troops on board of the Citroën 15/6 CHAPRON, as here on July 14, 1968.
and saluting the troops on the Arc de Triomphe during the 14 July 1972
His successor, French President Georges POMPIDOU, will use for the national celebrations of July 14, the SM Presidential that he had received in April 1972.
President Valéry GISACARD D'ESTAING aboard a Presidential ACMAT VCT 4.20
during the National Day on July 14th
President François MITTERRAND on board an ACMAT VCT 4.20 Presidential
during the National Day on July 14th
French President Jacques CHIRAC,
during the National Day of July 14th
Here French President Nicolas SARKOZY,
during the National Day of July 14th
Here the French President François HOLLANDE getting off the Presidential Command Car on the Place de la Concorde..
with the Presidential Command Car.
President Emmanuel Macron aboard a Presidential ACMAT VCT 4.20
during the National Day of July 14, 2019
And finally FrenchPresident Emmanuel MACRON, here, during the July 14, 2019 with his Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.
The President of the Republic E. Macron on board a Command Car
during his inauguration on 14/05/2017 going up the Champs Elysées
We can note that President MACRON will use it during his inauguration to go up the Champs Elysees in May 2017 to show his role as head of the Armed Forces... Here is the video of this ascent in May 2017
President Emmanuel Macron aboard a Presidential ACMAT VCT 4.20
during the National Day on July 14th 2019
A second ACMAT VCT 4.20 follows the President's. On board, a standard bearer and the Military Governor of Paris, general officer of the Paris defense and security zone and commander of the "ile De France" land zone. This command car is also there in case the President's vehicle breaks down and allows him to continue with the second one.The driver of this Presidential Command Car is a mobile gendarme from the Groupement Blindé de Gendarmerie Mobile de Satory. It is normally always the same one who drives it. You can find the testimony of the new driver since 2017 in this video above.
Brown color "Terre de France" during the National Day on July 14, 2021
During the 14th of July 2021, we could notice a new color of the Command Car. Indeed, this one is painted with the Brown color "Terre de France", the new color which is painted on the machines and rolling stock of the French Army.Here is a video of it arriving with this new color
President Valéry GISACARD D'ESTAING and Pope John Paul II
on board ACMAT VCT 4.20 Presidential
on board ACMAT VCT 4.20 Presidential
during the papal visit in Paris on 31/05/1980
A Command Car was painted with the Vatican color during the visit of the Pope Jean Paul II in Paris on May 31, 1980.during the National Holiday of July 14
Two mobile gendarmes are behind the French President of the Republic and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces who accompanies him. They are there to protect, just in case, of the arrival of an individual towards the Command Car.
and arrested by the Forces of order on July 14, 2002
Indeed, this displacement of a French President on a vehicle so high and without protection is the dread of the security services.
One remembers the attempt of assassination on July 14, 2002, by a member of the Ultra right, during the passage of the Command Car.
Fortunately some spectators were able to prevent the individual from shooting correctly on the French President of the Republic.
Here is the news of 20 hours of the time
presenting this crazy act and the heroic act of three passers-by
The President of the Republic E. Macron on board a Command Car
during his inauguration on 14/05/2017 going up the Champs Elysées These two soldiers are part, along with the motorcycle Escort, of a principle of protection bubble of the French Presidential Command Car.
Parade of July 14, 2016
This escort can also be on horseback with that of the Republican Guard also creating a protection bubble.
Parade of July 14, 2016
The riders also being able to serve as an obstacle to an individual wanting to climb into the Command Car or hinder a shooter in the crowd or at a window due to the height of the horse level with the Command Car template.
President Emmanuel Macron aboard a Presidential ACMAT VCT 4.20
during the National Day of July 14, 2019
Indeed, as you may have noticed, a large number of motorcyclists or horsemen are present during the movements of the French Presidential Command Car.
The reason is an immediate protection against the risk of a terrorist act or an unbalanced person who would approach the Presidential Car.
The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in FRANCE, in the city of MARSEILLE, on October 09, 1934, showed the risk of bad protections around the Car.
The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in FRANCE, in the city of MARSEILLE, on October 09, 1934, showed the risk of bad protections around the Car.
Departure of the car of King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia in the streets of Marseille on 09/10/1934
Back on this assassination to understand:
It was agreed that King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia parade, before leaving by train to PARIS, in several streets of MARSEILLE, on board a car with the back opened to be seen by the crowd, but also by the reporters, photographers and cameramen.
Departure of the car of King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia in the streets of Marseille on 09/10/1934
Initially planned with an escort of policemen on bicycles around the car, it was decided that two officers, with clear swords, would escort the car...
Departure of the car of King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia in the streets of Marseille on 09/10/1934
But hardly had he gone 200 meters, when a man came out of the crowd and fired a dozen bullets inside the King's Car killing him on the spot and mortally wounding the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Louis BARTHOU.
Shooter on the running board of the car of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
When the cameramen are filming, the shooter has already fired. The officer on horseback on the right will arrive too late. Only the driver of the car on the right will have time to hold the shooter from inside the car as can be seen on this picture...
Shooter on the running board of the car of King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia
The officer will still shoot the gunman.
Shooter on the running board of the car of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Before the policemen stop him.
Departure of the car of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia after the shooting
But it was too late. Armed with a MAUSER semi-automatic pistol of 10 shots, this one allowed the assailant to shoot in burst in the car...
King Alexander 1st of Yugoslavia in the foreground and the Minister Louis BARTHOU
At that time, there were important risks of attack against this King...
Several mistakes were made:
1- A convertible car was easier for a killer to aim at his target
2- The windows of the car were lowered, which allowed the assailant to climb on the running board of the car and to spray the back of the car with his 10-shot pistol more easily...
3- Twelve police cyclists were supposed to surround the car and were replaced by two officers on horseback...
Several mistakes were made:
1- A convertible car was easier for a killer to aim at his target
2- The windows of the car were lowered, which allowed the assailant to climb on the running board of the car and to spray the back of the car with his 10-shot pistol more easily...
3- Twelve police cyclists were supposed to surround the car and were replaced by two officers on horseback...
Here is a video of the time presenting this drama.
Presidential Citroën DS 21 during a July 14th, early 70's
The
principle of the motorized escort is to create a protective bubble
which allows to adapt the speed of the motorcycle of escort to avoid any
intrusion of a pedestrian in contact with the escorted car and thus to
make a rampart between the aggressor and the VIP.
Here is more information on this principle:
Here is more information on this principle:
The
threat can, for several years, arrive from the air with one or more
drones, as seen above in this video during a speech by a Venezuelan
president in 2018.
For this measures are taken in advance with jammers and observers.
For this measures are taken in advance with jammers and observers.
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