That's rich, given the current state of affairs.

Cool thread.

Looks like those Lucky Pierres are putting in some serious work. Happy hunting.

I'd be looking into subdued patches for them fellas....

no shit.
for a country so suave... you would think they would have better looking and more practical rifles and weaponry.

The bar is open:

The way their Tankers use Ballistic Vests as supplemental armor on their hatches is neat.

Armored Car crew would be considered 'tankers', right?  

I think their uniforms, armored cars and the FR-F2 look pretty cool.  The FAMAS is comme-ci, comme-ca, but does have the ability to fire rifle grenades.

Also no pics of it here, but they use a sort of amphibious armored Jeep called the VBL that's tres kick-ass.

As far as practicality, their gear actually seems more so than ours (at least in the sense of being smaller and more suited to that sort of environment).

They often intervene in former African colonies.  They have some commercial activity there, especially Ivory Coast.

 

Great job France!


But they do need better rifles and subdued patches.

Rubber plantations, the same thing that got their ass in trouble in Viet Nam?

Rifle grenades; I wantz some.

I think these gentlemen would disagree with you.

French military fatalities - Afghanistan
French military fatalities in Afghanistan since 2004


Date Name Rank Age Unit Cause
2012




7-Aug Bouzet, Franck CWO 45 13th Mountain Infantry Hostile fire
9-Jun Serrat, Thierry CWO 46 GIACM IED
9-Jun Prudhom, Stephane Adjudant 32 40th Artillery Regiment IED
9-Jun Lumineau, Pierre-Olivier Brigadier  26 40th Artillery Regiment IED
9-Jun Marcillan, Yoann Brigadier-chef 24 40th Artillery Regiment IED
27-Mar Christophe Schnetterle Captain 45 93rd Mountain Artillery Hostile fire
20-Jan Willm, Fabien CWO 43 93rd Mountain Artillery Hostile fire
20-Jan Estin, Denis CWO 45 93rd Mountain Artillery Hostile fire
20-Jan Simeonov, Svilen Staff Sgt. 34 2nd Foreign Engineers (2 REG) Hostile fire
20-Jan Baumel, Geoffrey Sergeant 27 93rd Mountain Artillery Hostile fire






2011




29-Dec El Gharrafi, Mohammed CWO 39 2nd Foreign Engineers (2 REG) Hostile fire
29-Dec Zingarelli, Damien Sergeant 27 2nd Foreign Engineers (2 REG) Hostile fire
14-Nov Franjkovic, Goran Légionnaire 1re 25 2nd Foreign Engineers (2 REG) Hostile fire
7-Sep Tholy, Valery Lieutenant 36 17th Parachute Engineer (17RGP) Hostile fire
14-Aug Levrel, Camille Lieutenant 36 152nd Infantry Regiment (152 RI) Hostile fire
11-Aug Husseini Ali, Facrou M-Cpl. 32 19th Engineer Regiment (19RG) IED
7-Aug Thapa, Kisan Bahadur Corporal 30 2nd Parachute Regiment REP Hostile fire
7-Aug Jansen, Gerhardus 1re classe 24 2nd Parachute Regiment REP Hostile fire
14-Jul Bourdet, Benjamin 2nd Master 30 Commando Marine Hostile fire
13-Jul Gauvin, Thomas Lieutenant 27 1st Parachute Regiment  Suicide bomber
13-Jul Marsol, Laurent WO 35 1st Parachute Regiment  Suicide bomber
13-Jul Techer, Emmanuel WO 38 17th Parachute Engineer (17RGP) Suicide bomber
13-Jul Gueniat, Jean-Marc WO 37 17th Parachute Engineer (17RGP) Suicide bomber
13-Jul Vermeille, Sébastien M-Cpl. 31 SIRPA Army of Lyon Suicide bomber
11-Jul Kovac, Clement Brigadier 22 1st Regiment of Chasseurs Friendly fire
25-Jun Hugodot, Cyrille 1re classe 24 1st Parachute Regiment  Hostile fire
18-Jun Morillon, Florian 1re classe 21 1st Parachute Regiment  Hostile fire
10-Jun Gaudin, Matthieu Lieutenant 37 RHC Combat Helicopter Regt. Air crash
10-Jun Chevalier, Lionel M-Cpl. 24 35th Infantry Regiment  Accident
1-Jun Nunes-Patego, Guillaume M-Cpl. 30 17th Parachute Engineer (17RGP) Hostile fire
18-May Louaisil, Cyril Pfc. 24 2nd Marine Infantry Accident
10-May Roperh, Loïc Pfc. 24 13th Engineer Regiment IED
20-Apr Rivière, Alexandre Corporal 23 2nd Marine Infantry IED
24-Feb Bruno Fauquembergue CWO 42 Land Forces Command Illness
19-Feb Clément Chamarier 1re classe 19 7th Alpine Btn, 27th Mountain RPG attack
8-Jan Guinaud, Hervé Snr Corporal 42 Marine Infantry Tank Regiment IED
2010




17-Dec Dupin, Benoît Captain 34 2nd Foreign Infantry (Legion) Hostile fire
17-Dec Lefort, Jonathan Second maître 28 Trepel Commandos, Special Forces  Hostile fire
15-Oct Miloche, Thibault ICS 39 126th Infantry Regiment RPG attack
30-Aug Herve, Enaux Sergeant 35 35th Infantry Regiment  Accident
23-Aug Panezyck, Jean-Nicolas Corporal 25 21st Marine Infantry Hostile fire
23-Aug Mezzasalma, Lorenzo Lieutenant 43 21st Marine Infantry Hostile fire
10-Aug Maury, Antoine 1re classe 21 1st Medical Regiment Suicide
6-Jul Mosic, Laurent WO 38 13th Engineer Regiment IED
18-Jun Cocol, Steeve Brigadier 29 1st Parachute Regiment  Hostile fire
7-Jun Rygiel, Konrad Piotr Sergent 28 2nd Parachute Regiment  RPG attack
22-May Barek-Deligny, Christophe Captain 38 3rd Engineer Regiment IED
8-Apr Robert, Hutnik Légionnaire 1re 23 2nd Parachute Regiment  Hostile fire
9-Feb Libaert, Enguerrand 1re classe 20 13th Alpine Btn, 27th Mountain Hostile fire
13-Jan Diop, Harouna Sergeant 1re 40 517 Transportation Regiment IED
12-Jan Roullier, Fabrice Capitaine 39 1 Mechanised Brigade  Hostile fire
11-Jan Toinette, Mathieu Sergent-chef 27 402 Artillery Regiment  Hostile fire
2009




8-Oct Hivin-Gerard, Johann Sergent 29 3rd Marine Infantry  IED
27-Sep Chechulin, Ihor Snr Corporal 34 2nd Foreign Infantry (Legion) Accident
26-Sep Lemoine, Kevin 1re classe 20 3rd Marine Infantry  Accident
26-Sep Hertach, Yann Adjudant 38 13th Airborne Dragoons Accident
26-Sep Poirier, Gabriel Brigadier 23 13th Airborne Dragoons Accident
6-Sep Rousselle, Thomas Snr Corporal 30 3rd Marine Infantry  IED
4-Sep Naguin, Johan Corporal 24 3rd Marine Infantry  IED
1-Aug Bodin, Anthony Corporal 22 3rd Marine Infantry  IED
24-May Barateau, Guillaume Snr Corporal 31 9th Light Marines Brigade Gunshot
14-Mar Belda, Nicolas Corporal 23 27th Alpine Btn, 27th Mountain RPG attack
11-Feb Sonzogni, Patrice Captain 46 35th Airborne Artillery IED
2008




22-Nov Rey, Nicolas Adjudant 32 3rd Engineer Regiment Land mine
18-Aug Devez, Sébastien Adjudant 29 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Penon, Rodolphe Snr Corporal 40 2nd Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Taani, Alexis Corporal 20 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Riviere, Anthony Corporal 22 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Le Pahun, Julien Corporal 19 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Gaillet, Damien Corporal 20 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Chassaing, Kevin 1ère classe 19 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Buil, Damien Sergent 31 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
18-Aug Baouma, Melam Corporal 22 Régiment de Marche du Tchad  Hostile fire
18-Aug Gregoire, Nicolas Snr Corporal 25 8th Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
2007




21-Sep Pican, Laurent WO 34 13th Alpine Btn, 27th Mountain IED
23-Aug Rieu, Stéphane Brigadier 30 1st Airborne Hussars Accident
25-Jul Correia, Pascal WO 40 1 Commando Paratroop RPG attack
2006




25-Aug Paré, Frédéric First Master 34 Commandos de Marine  Hostile fire
25-Aug Planelles, Sébastien Snr Corporal 28 Cmdo Paratroop 123 Orléans  IED
20-May Poulain, David Snr Corporal 37 1st Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
20-May Gazeau, Joel Adjudant 36 1st Marine Airborne Infantry  Hostile fire
15-May Kamel, Elward 1ère classe 22 17th Airborne Engineer Regt. Land mine
4-Mar Le Page, Loïc CWO 30 Trepel Commandos, Special Forces  Hostile fire
2005




17-Sep Crupel, Cédric Snr Corporal 28 1st Marine Airborne Infantry  Land mine
11-Feb Karsanov, Alan Corporal
2nd Foreign Infantry (Legion) Unknown
2004




21-Oct Jean Baptiste, Thierry 1ère classe 29 3rd Hussars Regiment Accident
21-Oct Kingue Abraham, Simah QM 22 3rd Hussars Regiment Accident
31-Aug Yagci, Murat Corporal 20 1


I also think the 550,000 or so KIA and WIA that the monument below was built for would disagree with you as well.

Honestly French troops have always been competent..   and in today's age they might be the only part of europe that can project power  

What pistol is that in his Serpa?

What's that 6x6 armor?

ME GUSTA

Hey France..trade ya a BRDM...givin' ya a good deal...mon frere..

It has always killed me when people hate on the French.  Honestly, they got rolled ONCE, in 1940, and then nobody gives them any credit.

Guess they forgot about WWI when they gave up a generation to fight The Hun.  Guess they forgot about all those partisans in WWII who never gave up.  

People who wear those "America: Two Time World War Champs" shirts piss me off. We didn't do much of anything in WWI.  And the path to victory in Europe in WWII was largely paved with British and Russian corpses.

France does a shit load of military stuff. Africa, Afghanistan, etc. Have been for a while.


 

Looks like a PAMAS G1, French licensed copy of the Beretta 92.

Looks like a Beretta 92/M9 variant -  if you zoom in, you can see the slide mounted safety, the thumb grove in the grip panels, and the exposed barrel.

ETA: beat to the punch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMX_10_RC







or



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERC_90_Sagaie







 

The controls for the scope/camera. The system is designed around a scope/camera so you can shoot behind cover.

THIS.  The French obviously took good notes during their time in Afghanistan when they were observing US operations and tactics and have applied what they learned to their army to turn it into an ass-kicking force that is just what the fighting they're doing calls for.  I half think what they're doing is practicing for when they have to root the muzzies out of France.

Hurr hurr....Derp.

How does it feel knowing you can win any "'Murica vs____"  argument just by posting a picture of our President.

 

French military evacuated my grandparents, under fire, from Mozambique (I think) a few years back. They are GTG in my book.

The French are not a country I would want to mess with. They are smashing islamists so that makes them A-okay in my book.

I always saw it as more of a comentary of French politics and culture, but respected their warriors. Unfortunately I see us going that was soon unless things turn around.

You can have a great military, and we do, but if politics keep them from fighting, or make them do so with one hand behind their back...well I hope we correct our course with a strong leader the next time around

I think the old "LIZARD" pattern looks cooler, but the modern stuff looks more effective to my untrained eyes.

Great pictures, keep posting away.

We are fighting in Africa...

And ambidextrous?

Is there anything the French can't do?



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Awesome pictures!


On a sidenote, for being almost universally reviled in GD, one sure sees a lot of Eotechs on .mil guns...

I suspect they're just stowing them there so they can pull them on quickly in case they have to get out.

Probably hard to get in and out of the hatch with that on.

I've noticed the French seem to like to have a lot of bigger guns on smaller, mobile vehicles.

New batch from mp.net and this time from Mali.

I thought the French had the "G" model, which has the safety lever act only as a decocker.   Wish those were available in the US longer than they were.

What can men do against such reckless faggotry?

Not a cunt, for a cunt at least has a useful purpose.

You can't even call them assholes, for assholes also have a useful purpose.

A used condom, perhaps?

 

Its not as supplemental armor.

Its just a good place to hang it so you can grab it on your way out when you need to walk around.

You don't want it inside because it will snag on everything.

See also:  This is my turret in Afghanistan.  Body armor was worn, but on the back of the hatch you can see the straps where I hung my rack.