THE EGAME
of the French National Gendarmerie
of the French National Gendarmerie
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The French National Gendarmerie is equipped, since 1974, with VBRG (Armored Vehicle on Wheels of the Gendarmerie) following the reflection after May 68:
Intervention in 2009 in Guadeloupe
The purpose of these vehicles is to support the French Mobile Gendarmerie Squadrons in delicate situations of law enforcement. But they are aging.
Video of 2 VBRG
The National Gendarmerie decided, in 2013, to acquire a new vehicle allowing it a versatility in the means of support to the French mobile squadrons of the EGM and CRS in the restoration of the Order:
THE EGAME
The EGAME in French for "Engin du Génie d'AMEnagement de la Gendarmerie Mobile", is a machine for breaking barricades in urban areas or clearing brush in order to advance in forest areas.
It can be equipped with a snow bow or a snow clearing cutter, as well as a carpet unrolling system to be able to advance men on unstable zones...
Issued from the request of the Army's Military Engineering, these vehicles have already shown their usefulness as can be seen on this picture.
This vehicle can ford water crossings with 1 meter of water. It satisfies the needs of the army in its missions of snow removal, landing, earthworks or clearance in urban areas.
We can see it, here, equipped with a system of unrolling of carpet of progression in soft ground...
It can also be used to push obstacles placed on the road.
Its power allows it to clear very heavy loads
thanks to its 253 horses.
thanks to its 253 horses.
This vehicle is managed by the Armored Group of the Mobile Gendarmerie (GBGM) of the Gendarmerie of Versailles Satory.
It is normally more adapted to maneuver in forests or fields than the VBRG. Based on the CATERPILLAR brand, it has a fixed armored structure, to which removable armor panels can be added.
The cabin is protected against the risks of stoning or molotov cocktail.
Its turning radius is less than 4 meters. It is approved to run at 40 kilometers per hour and can reach 65 kilometers per hour to follow tactical and logistic convoys.
SERVAL of NEXTER
However a reflection was made more to replace or improve the VBRG, with several proposals of manufacturer as here the company NEXTER which proposes this model.
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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..
Germany also has vehicles to clear obstacles in urban areas with these Thyssen "SW4":
Another vehicle of the French National Gendarmerie also allows to intervene in urban law enforcement with this Renault TRM 2000 DRAP truck
(Device of Autonomous Restraint of the Public).
(Device of Autonomous Restraint of the Public).
Demonstration February 14, 2012 - Nantes
To avoid contact, these trucks equipped with grids, are very effective in containing the demonstrators and allows to follow one of the mottos of the French Forces of Maintenance of order: Keeping the demonstrators at a distance without injuring.
In addition it is used by the French CRS "Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité", "Anti-riot" trucks called pump trucks or "Sprinklers"
Anti-riot truck of the French CRS
They allow to push back demonstrators with powerful jets of water without injuring them.
It can also be added in the projected water, emulsifiers and tear products.
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