The frequent utterance of the word GIGN in the recently released Netflix film Ad Vitam has made fans curious to know its meaning. Directed by Rodolphe Lauga, the movie features Franck Lazarev on a ...
On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was set for a routine flight from Algiers to Paris. Instead, the passengers and crew spent three days as the hostages of Islamist extremists. They were ...
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The GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) is one of the most respected counter-terrorism units in the world, operating under France’s national gendarmerie. Founded in the wake of ...
The French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN) has ordered a new standard issue weapon. It has selected the Bren 2 assault rifle from Czech company CZ. The company told Shephard at the ...
The GIGN – Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale – was created in the aftermath of the deadly failure to counter the hostage taking of Israeli Olympians at the 1972 Games in Munich. A ...
The frequent utterance of the word GIGN in Ad Vitam has made fans curious to know its meaning. Directed by Rodolphe Lauga, the Netflix movie features Franck Lazarev on a challenging quest to find his ...