GIGN

The National Gendarmerie Intervention Group, commonly abbreviated GIGN(French: Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale), is the French National Gendarmerie's elite Special Operations counter-terrorism and hostage rescue unit. Even if its members belong to the military, they are now charged with police duties outside urbanised areas. As such, GIGN units are closer to enhanced SWAT teams than to pure military units such as the British Army's Special Air Service. Its operators are trained to follow police regulations and include negotiation and investigation specialists.

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