The VBRG of the French National Gendarmerie
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The "VBRG", for in French "Véhicule Blindé à Roues de la Gendarmerie", is an armored vehicle designed for law enforcement. Made in more than 150 examples for the French National Gendarmerie, they entered service for the first ones in 1974.
The decision for the French National Gendarmerie to equip itself with this type of vehicle came after May 1968.
Bulldozer breaking a barricade in May 1968
Indeed, barricades had been able to be destroyed thanks to the use of bulldozers, showing the need for machines allowing to progress in barricaded places.
Indeed, barricades had been able to be destroyed thanks to the use of bulldozers, showing the need for machines allowing to progress in barricaded places.
There are 4 variants: the basic VBRG, with blade, with winch and in Command Post.
They are currently based at the GBGM (Groupement Blindé de la Gendarmerie Mobile) in Satory in France where they equip 3 squadrons (13 VBRG per squadron).
These armored vehicles represent a reserve for the French Government in a crisis situation where the use of Law Enforcement Forces is no longer sufficient, but where it is not necessary to call upon the Army.
They allow to progress in hostile areas as here during a training of an arrest of a rioter with French mobile gendarmes.
The others are located in Corsica and in the French DOM - TOM.
In 2017, 38 were still deployed overseas.
In 2017, 38 were still deployed overseas.
Incidents in New Caledonia - January 2017
It
should be noted that these vehicles allow to protect the gendarmes in
these overseas French departments, where they happen that gunfire is
done against them, hence the reason for such a deployment of vehicles
outside the Hexagon.
VBRG during the tracking of a fugitive in Dordogne at the end of May 2021
They can also be used during a DIAG during the tracking of armed forcenes.
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They are also used to clear roads, following local demonstrations of angry clans, as here in Guadeloupe, in 2009.
Or here in New Caledonia in 2016.
Mobile police patrol at the Grande Marché in Koumassi, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire in 2011
Some of them also served in Cote d'Ivoire to support two French Mobile Gendarmerie Squadrons, which were permanently present during Operation LICORNE from January 2003 to 2015.
Training of a French mobile gendarmes progression in Cote d'Ivoire
One squadron was tasked with protecting three French diplomatic compounds in Abidjan. The second squadron secured the 43rd BIMA, a French military camp.
The French National Gendarmerie Forces Training Center (CNEFG), based in St Astier, also has them for the upgrading of the French Gendarmerie Mobile Squadrons.
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Their maintenance is provided by the Gendarmerie Automobile Support Center (CSAG) of SATORY.
Trials have been carried out such as the EGAME vehicle, which allows them to carry out some of their missions:
To intervene for the restoration of order during violent demonstrations, there are also riot trucks. However, there are no such trucks in the Gendarmerie. It is the French CRS that have them.
"The VBRGs go out little. With Notre Dame des Landes, this is the first time since they have existed that they have gone out in metropolitan France to maintain order. Usually, they are used for rescue missions, such as during snowfalls.
VBRG during the operation in April 2018 at NDDL near Nantes.
"Until
now, they were put in reserve, but this is the first time they were
actually engaged. However, they've been around for 45 years. Overseas,
on the other hand, they are used regularly. For example, we have an
extremely important armored component in New Caledonia because the VBRGs allow us to clear the roads with their blade."
Masked individuals in front of a VBRG on the NDDL ZAD on 10/04/18
"Notre
Dame des Landes allowed us to show their usefulness. They were very
useful to clear the roads blocked by the Zadists and to dismantle more
than 210 barricades in total. Dismantling a burning barricade by hand is
difficult. One of the VBRGs was seriously damaged because it got stuck
in a burning barricade. The crew got very, very hot, literally."
NEXTER's SERVAL
A
reflection has therefore taken place since 2018, with several proposals
from manufacturers, with, among other things, improved retrofitting of French Army Armored Forward Vehicles (VAB) and a new part as here with the project of the company NEXTER, which proposes this model.
The choice finally fell on an order of 90 new "VBP CENTAURE", built by the French company "SOFRAME", subsidiary of the group "LOHR", and whose deliveries will be spread out until 2026, by tranche of 30 vehicles per year..
Here are some of the VBRGs that were used, in 2010, in the Paris region, to help motorists who were stuck on snowy roads.
Similarly, VBRGs have been used at various airports in Paris to escort high-risk flights by driving in parallel on the tarmac during take-off or landing, as seen in this photo.
They have been replaced by Toyota LC200 Armored now equips the GTA (Gendarmerie des Transports Aériens).
They are faster and less expensive in maintenance...
VBRG advancing on the road RT1 on 05/11/2018
To secure the protection of French gendarmes during the vote of the Referendum on the Autonomy of New Caledonia, more than 14 VBRG were present: In addition to a dozen permanent VBRG on the island, 4 others were projected from the Metropolis, as well as 8 VAB (Armored Front Vehicles) of the French Army, back from Afghanistan.
During the riots at the end of 2018, with the action of rioters taking advantage of the "Yellow Vests" demonstrations, it was decided to deploy a dozen VBRG in the streets of Paris, on 08/12/18.
In progression by two, they allowed units to advance on the main Parisian axes.
They were also deployed in province, like in Bordeaux and Marseille.
Strong images given by the French Government of the time to send tanks in the streets of France.
The choice of tactics of movement of the Law's forces, rather than static, during the days of 08 and 15 December 2018, moving in Paris, allowed to prevent the rioters from holding fixed points of barrage and harassment.
These VBRG allowed to advance in security and show their usefulness.
Videos of VBRG during trainings
For the passionate persons of miniatures,
there are VBRG in version 1/43 under the brand PERFEX.
there are VBRG in version 1/43 under the brand PERFEX.
Unimog of the Berlin police
The German Police forces also have various vehicles of which this one multifunction,
German riot truck
as well as this type of armoured vehicle allowing to break barricades, like the VBRG.
Like here in this video above.
Other countries also use riot control vehicles:
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Other armored vehicles of the French Police:
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Faced
with terrorist threats, armed entrenched people or AMOK (a
single
person or sometimes two, taking weapons and shooting at random in a
school, a shopping center or an administrative building), other
countries such as USA, FRANCE, CANADA, GERMANY, ENGLAND, have also equipped
their intervention forces with this type of weaponry and vehicles:
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