Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie
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The Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie (French: Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale, EPIGN) was a parachute-trained tactical unit of the French Gendarmerie. The squadron was formed in 1984 with personnel from EPGM, a one-of-a-kind parachute squadron that had been created within the mobile gendarmerie in 1971 and was disestablished at that date. EPIGN, was based in Versailles-Satory with its sister unit GIGN. Besides its primary mission of providing heavy support and reinforcement to GIGN, EPIGN soon developed its own set of missions in the fields of protection and observation. It was finally absorbed, together with the "old" GIGN, into the newly reorganized GIGN in September 2007.[1]
Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie | |
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Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (French) | |
Active | 1984–2007 |
Country | France |
Agency | National Gendarmerie |
Type | Police tactical unit |
Role | Law enforcement Internal security Close protection Observation & Research |
Garrison | Satory, France |
Abbreviation | EPIGN |
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Operators | 139 |
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