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La France possède un lointain département aux abords de l’équateur, la Guyane française, où les fondamentaux classiques de l’infanterie ne peuvent être appliqués sans une...
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La France possède un lointain département aux abords de l’équateur, la Guyane française, où les fondamentaux classiques de l’infanterie ne peuvent être appliqués sans une adaptation majeure.
Combat in
equatorial forest
Jungleraider-scoutsofthe
9thMarineinfantryregiment
(9thRIMa)
France owns a far territory in the vicinity of the
equator, French Guyana, where basic infantry
skills cannot be used without far reaching adaptations.
There is no training dedicated to equatorial forest
in our Services, but French infantry has nevertheless developed the necessary skills thanks to the
south American countries with which it has established many relationships.
The shift of the center
of gravity of many possible conflicts towards
equatorial areas (Timor, Jolo) demonstrates the
importance of such skills.
The expertise has been developed at the 9th RIMa
by a unit established in 1998: the “jungle r
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