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SOFINS: French GIGN gets new rifle

30th March 2017 - 10:38 GMT | by Erwan de Cherisey in Souge, France

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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 SOFINS exhibition that the GIGN has selected the 7.62 x 39 mm version of the rifle and placed an initial order for 68 units earlier in 2017.

Additional procurements are slated to take place in the near future with the aim of replacing the majority of the H&K 416s currently in service.

The decision to adopt the Bren 2 was the result of a process that

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Erwan de Cherisey is a writer on international affairs and defence.

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