French Armed Forces

[Jaeger]

some imagery of French forces in Mali

 

[Jaeger]

French Navy Dassault Super Étendard and French Mistral carrier

 

[Jaeger]

French Navy E-2C AEWC

 

[Gabriel92]

 

[ipm_zipedia]

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Are those guys really French? They look more like CAG/Delta from the US, and to my knowledge that shotgun ain't standard issue.

 

[Gabriel92]

Are those guys really French? They look more like CAG/Delta from the US, and to my knowledge that shotgun ain't standard issue.

Of course they are French. Any special units wearing ops core and multicam doesn't mean they are Americans.

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[Scorpion]

Nice gear man. Were they taken in Mali?

 

[Gabriel92]

Nice gear man. Were they taken in Mali?

The last pic is from Mali,the rest in France.

Gazelle pilot of the 4th RHFS.

 

[ipm_zipedia]

The last pic is from Mali,the rest in France.

Gazelle pilot of the 4th RHFS.

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Finally, pictures of them holding some ARs. I've got to admit, I would like the French Armed Forces a LOT more if their main assault rifle wasn't a complete bullpup abomination.

 

[Gabriel92]

Finally, pictures of them holding some ARs. I've got to admit, I would like the French Armed Forces a LOT more if their main assault rifle wasn't a complete bullpup abomination.

Well,actually the Famas is about to be replaced,the new assault rifle of the French army will be announced in june (probably during Eurosatory...) and according to H&K's head,still in race are H&K (With the HK-416A5),Swiss Arms (With the Sig,the version is unknown,might be the 516) and FN Herstal (With the Scar H.)
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The bullpup is definitely dead.

 

[Falcon29]

Well,actually the Famas is about to be replaced,the new assault rifle of the French army will be announced in june (probably during Eurosatory...) and according to H&K's head,still in race are H&K (With the HK-416A5),Swiss Arms (With the Sig,the version is unknown,might be the 516) and FN Herstal (With the Scar H.)
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The bullpup is definitely dead.

I was just going to ask that, HK makes really nice weapons. Especially the 416. Which is based off M4 rifle configuration or...?

 

[Gabriel92]

I was just going to ask that, HK makes really nice weapons. Especially the 416. Which is based off M4 rifle configuration or...?

I agree on that.
But then again the Scar isn't that bad either.

 

[Lieutenant]

French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and Saudi Air force f-15.

 

[ipm_zipedia]

I was just going to ask that, HK makes really nice weapons. Especially the 416. Which is based off M4 rifle configuration or...?

It's based off the AR-15 platform but there's a lot of differences. The HK's biggest difference is that it can be used for waterborne operations, and if I recall correctly it was initially marketed as a much more reliable version of the AR performing in all sorts of environments.

 

[Gabriel92]

Who doesn't like tigers ?