FORFUSCO
The Force of maritime fusiliers marins et commandos ( FORFUSCO ) is for guiding the French naval commandos and Navy Fusiliers competent command of the French Navy .
FORFUSCO was founded in 2001 as part of the Commandement des opérations spéciales (COS) and forms the water component of the COS. The naval fusiliers and naval commands are subordinate to the FORFUSCO. FORFUSCO is primarily responsible for the planning and management of amphibious command operations (e.g. in the run-up to an amphibious operation).
Fusiliers de Marine
The naval fusiliers are the light infantry of the French Navy. The approximately 1,200-strong marine fusiliers are divided into two groups. One group is stationed in Toulon and the other in Brest. They guard the building of the French naval ports and two air bases of the Navy Lann Bihoue and Nîmes-Garons. In addition, small departments of the naval fusiliers on the warships of the French Navy are responsible for property protection abroad.
Commandos de Marine
The seven Commandos de Marine of the French Navy are subordinate to the FORFUSCO. Like many modern elite units, the Commandos were founded during World War II. Major Phillipe Kieffer set up the first command units made up of marines on behalf of the French government in exile. These were trained by the British commandos , on whose model they were also built. They were then used for raids on German positions along the Channel coast. Between 1945 and 1947 a total of six units were set up, named after fallen French officers and used in the French Indochina War.
Today there are still seven commandos in the navy national. These are the Commando de Pefentenyo, the Commando Kieffer, the Commando Jaubert, the Commando Trepel, the Commando de Montfort, the Commando Hubert and the Commando Ponchardier.
Commando de Pefentenyo
The Commando de Penfentenyo is responsible for the reconnaissance and is similar to the American Force Reconnaissance .
Commando Jaubert and Commando Trepel
The commandos Jaubert and Trepel are responsible for the attack at sea and in the coastal area. They are about 80 men strong and spread over four platoons of 20 men each. The first train is the lead train. It includes the commandant, telecommunications operator, paramedics and other auxiliary staff. The second platoon is responsible for the reconnaissance. He explores the beach and surrounding buildings and finally decides whether the beach can be attacked. The attack platoon finally attacks the beach or other objects such as buildings on land or drilling platforms with the help of the support platoon. The last move is the support move. He has the commando's heavy weapons, such as anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, mortars and grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, but also well-trained snipers.
Commando de Montfort
The Commando de Montfort has mine divers and its tasks are to lay mines on the high seas.
Commando Kieffer
Commando Hubert
The Commando Hubert today represents an elite within the elite. It was converted into a combat swimmer unit in 1953 after the experience of the Indochina War .
Commando ponchardier
The Commando Ponchardier originally existed between 1945 and 1946 as a colonial unit. In 2015 it was reorganized as a special unit of the Navy.
GCMC
The Groupe de Combat en Milieu Clos (GCMC), was the close combat group established in 1984. It was the maritime counter-terrorism component of COFUSCO. This subdivision consisted of 17 soldiers who are recruited from the other command units of the French Navy. GCMC consisted of a commander and 16 soldiers, who were divided into two groups of eight each. These two groups could be split up into four four-man teams. The team was specialized in combat in confined spaces. In cooperation with GIGN, the unit carries out hostage rescue operations at sea or conquers ships and drilling platforms.
literature
- Mike Ryan, Chris Mann, Alexander Stilwell: The Encyclopedia of Special Forces. Tactics - history - strategy - weapons. Moewig, Rastatt 2005, ISBN 3-8118-1895-3 .