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3 days ago · Modern equipment of the French Army is a list of equipment currently in service with the French Army. Figures are provided by the Ministry of Armed Forces for 2021. [1] [2] Personal equipment. Uniforms. Optronic devices and observation systems. Special equipment. Infantry equipment. Pistols. Submachine guns. Assault rifles.
3 days ago · The Paris militia, formed on 13 July, adopted a blue and red cockade. Blue and red are the traditional colours of Paris, and they are used on the city's coat of arms. The addition of white has been attributed to Lafayette, Mayor Jean Sylvain Bailly, and even Louis XVI himself.
2 days ago · Sir Francis Drake ( c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580. This was the first English circumnavigation, and second circumnavigation overall.
Jun 27, 2024 · The recent announcement by France to sell 36 Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Armenia has ignited a firestorm of criticism from Azerbaijan and Russia, underscoring the rising tensions in the Caucasus region.
1 day ago · France - Security, Military, Geopolitics: The overall responsibility for national defense rests with the president, who is the constitutional chief of the armed services and presides over the higher councils and committees on national defense.
Jun 24, 2024 · On June 23rd a group of 170 (anonymous) French diplomats warned in Le Monde of the particular dangers of a hard-right victory: “Our adversaries will read the victory of the extreme right as a...
Jun 21, 2024 · Sir Francis Drake (born c. 1540–43, Devonshire, England—died January 28, 1596, at sea, off Puerto Bello, Panama) was an English admiral who circumnavigated the globe (1577–80) and was the most renowned seaman of the Elizabethan Age. Early life.
