Французская армия

Земельная армия
Армия
Основан	26 мая 1445 ( 1445-05-26 ) (579 лет, 3 месяца назад)
Страна	Франция
Ветвь	Армия
Роль	Земельная война
Размер	118 600 активных сотрудников 23 000 резервных сотрудников
Часть	Французские вооруженные силы
Девиз (ы)	Честь и родина "Честь и отечество"
Цвета на логотипе:	Синий, белый и красный
Занятия	показывать Список конфликтов Hundred Years' War Colonial Wars (1534–1980) Italian Wars Thirty Years' War War of the League of Augsburg War of the Spanish Succession War of the Polish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years' War American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars French intervention in Spain Greek War of Independence Conquest of Algeria Belgian Revolution Franco-Moroccan War Cochinchina Campaign Crimean War Franco-Austrian War Franco-Prussian War Paris Commune French conquest of Tunisia Mandingo Wars First Franco-Dahomean War Second Franco-Dahomean War Ouaddai War First World War Franco-Turkish War Levant Campaign Rif War Second World War Indochina War Malagasy Uprising Suez Crisis Algerian War Lebanese Civil War United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–present) Gulf War Kosovo War 1999 East Timorese crisis Operation Enduring Freedom War in Afghanistan Northern Mali Conflict Second Ivorian Civil War Central African Republic conflict
Веб -сайт	https://www.defense.gouv.fr/terre
Командиры
Вождь вооруженных сил	Президент Эммануэль Макрон
Начальник штаба обороны	Генерал армии Тьерри Буркхард
Начальник штаба армии	Генерал армии Пьер Шилл
Генеральный майор французской армии	Генерал армейского корпуса Херве Гомарт

Французская армия , официально известная как земельная армия ( Французская : Армее де Терре , горит.   Армия земли » ), является основной силой земельной войны Франции « и крупнейшим компонентом французских вооруженных сил ; Он отвечает перед правительством Франции , наряду с военно -морским флотом Франции , Французским воздушным и космическим силами и национальным жандармерием . Армии командовал начальник штаба французской армии (CEMAT), который подчиняет начальника штаба обороны (CEMA), который командует подразделениями армии активной службы и, в свою очередь, отвечает перед президентом Франции . Cemat также непосредственно отвечает Министерству вооруженных сил для администрирования, подготовки и оборудования.

Французская армия после французской революции , как правило, состояла из смешанной силы призывников и профессиональных добровольцев. В настоящее время это считается профессиональной силой, поскольку французский парламент приостановил призыв к призыва к солдатам.

По словам британского историка Найла Фергюсона , из всех зарегистрированных конфликтов, которые произошли с 387 г. до н.э., Франция сражалась в 168 году, выиграла 109, проиграла 49 и набрала 10; Это делает Францию ​​самой успешной военной силой в европейской истории с точки зрения количества сражений и победителей.

История

Основная статья: военная история Франции

Дополнительная информация: история французских иностранных отношений

Ранняя история

Дополнительная информация: французская королевская армия

Первая постоянная армия Франции , которая была оплачена регулярной заработной платой, а не была предоставлена ​​феодалом , была основана в начале 15 -го века при Карле VII . Он был сформирован из -за необходимости надежных войск в течение столетней войны , хотя армия не была расформирована, потому что была продолжена использование королей Франции в результате конфликта . После начала конфликта будет выдан ордононн , чтобы регулировать продолжительность обслуживания, состава и оплаты единиц.

Компьпование д'орноннонс сформировало ядро ​​жандарма в течение 16 -го века, было размещено по всей Франции и вызвано в более крупные армии по мере необходимости. Были также продовольственные, созданные для франков , которые были ополченцами боуменов и солдат, поднятых из не-злых классов, но подразделения были расформированы после окончания войны.

Между тем, основная часть пехоты все еще была предоставлена ​​городскими или провинциальными ополченцами, которые были выращены из района или города, чтобы сражаться на местном уровне и которые были названы в честь их рекрутинговых мест. Постепенно подразделения стали более постоянными, и в конце 15 -го века были набраны швейцарские инструкторы, а некоторые из «банд» (милиция) были объединены, чтобы сформировать временные «легионы» до 9000 человек. Мужчины будут оплачены, заключили контракт на борьбу и получают военную подготовку.

Генрих II далее регулярировал французскую армию, образуя постоянную пехоту, чтобы заменить структуру ополчения. Первые из них (regiments de Picardie, Piémont, Navarre и Champagne) назывались Les Vieux Corps (The Old Corps). Это была нормальная политика, чтобы распадать полки после того, как война была закончена в качестве меры по экономии затрат, когда Корпус Вье и Французская Королевская гвардия была единственными выжившими.

Французская королевская армия в битве при Денине (1712)

Полков могут быть подняты непосредственно королем, и поэтому их называют после региона, в котором они были подняты или по дворянству и так называемые в честь благородного или его назначенного полковника. Когда Людовик XIII пришел на трон, он распустил большинство существующих полков, оставив только Vieux и несколько других, которые стали известны как миниатюрный Vieux , а также приобрели привилегию не расформировать после войны.

Сады Française в битве при Фонтеное (1745)

В 1684 году в 1701 году была серьезная реорганизация французской пехоты, а другая - в соответствии с Людовика XIV планами и войной в Испании . Передача создала многие современные полки французской армии и стандартизировала их оборудование и тактику. Армия Солнца, как правило, носила серо-белые пальто с цветными накладками . Были исключения и иностранные войска, набранные из -за пределов Франции, носили красный (швейцарский, ирландский и т. Д.) Или синий (немцы, шотландцы и т. Д.), В то время как французские охранники носили синий цвет. В дополнение к полкам линии Maison du Roi предоставили несколько элитных подразделений, швейцарских охранников , французских охранников и полков мушкетеров являются самыми известными. Французская пехота белого/серого, покрытая линией линии, с их мушкетами из Чарлевиля были боящимся врагом на полях сражений семнадцатого и восемнадцатого веков, сражаясь в девятилетней войне , войнах испанской и австрийской преемственности , семи лет ' Война и американская революция .

Войны коалиции

Дополнительная информация: войны коалиции

Французская революционная армия в битве при Джемапесе (1792)

Французская революция заставила армию потерять большинство своих офицеров из -за аристократического полета или гильотины , и, таким образом, она стала деморализованными и неэффективными. Революционные милиции Санс-Кулоттов и Буржуазная национальная гвардия сформировали ядро ​​французской революционной армии наряду с остатками распущенной Королевской французской армии ; Он был создан после штурмовика дворца Туйлери , где французская национальная гвардия присоединилась к восстанию, были убиты верные швейцарские охранники , а король был свергнут.

С 1792 года революционная армия боролась с сочетанием европейских держав во французских революционных войнах , когда государство направило большую часть своей промышленности и населения на военные усилия, отмечая начало современного призыва в мире, Это также позволило более гибким военным стратегиям, устанавливая место для наполеоновской войны . Более того, многие благородные офицеры вышли на пенсию, уменьшили стратификацию и увеличивая военный специализм . Они, и крайние инвестиции в военные усилия позволили Франции начать постоянный продвижение в Европу .

При Наполеоне I французская имперская армия завоевала большую часть Европы во время наполеоновских войн . Профессионализация снова от революционных сил и использование колонн атаки с тяжелой артиллерийской поддержкой и роя кавалерии преследования Французская армия при Наполеоне, и его маршалы смогли перехитрить и разрушать союзные армии до 1812 года. Наполеон представил концепцию всех оружия Корпус ,, Каждая из них является традиционной армией «в миниатюре», позволяющая разделить полевые силы на несколько границ марта и вернуться или работать независимо. Гранд -армей действовал, ищет решающую битву с каждой армией врага, а затем подробно разрушила их, прежде чем быстро занять территорию и принудившись к миру.

Вход Наполеона в Берлин Чарльз Мейнье . После победы над прусскими войсками в Йене Гранд -Армэ вошел в Берлин 27 октября 1806 года

В 1812 году Наполеон вторгся в Российскую империю с новой грандиозной армией , стремясь удалить свое влияние из Восточной Европы и обеспечить границы его империи и клиентских государств. Изначально кампания прошла хорошо, но огромные расстояния русской степи и ее холодная зима заставили его армию в потерпевшую ретриту, преследуемую русскими рейдами и преследованием. Эта сила не может быть заменена, и с «язвой» продолжающейся войны на испанском полуострове против Британии и Португалии французская армия сильно не хватало обученных войск, и французская рабочая сила была почти истощена.

After Napoleon's abdication and return, halted by an Anglo-Dutch and Prussian alliance at Waterloo, the French army was placed back under the restored Bourbon Monarchy. The structure remained largely unchanged and many officers of the Empire retained their positions.

The 19th century

The Bourbon restoration was a time of political instability with the country constantly on the verge of political violence. The army was committed to the restoration of Spanish monarchial absolutism in 1824. It achieved its aims in six months, but did not fully withdraw until 1828. By comparison with the earlier Napoleonic invasion, this expedition was rapid and successful.

The conquest of Algeria

Taking advantage of the weakness of the local bey, the French invasion of Algiers in 1830 again rapidly overcame initial resistance. The French government formally annexed Algeria but it took nearly 45 years to fully pacify the country. This period of French history saw the creation of the Armée d’Afrique, which included the Légion étrangère. The Army was now uniformed in dark blue coats and red trousers, which it would retain until the First World War.

The news of the fall of Algiers had barely reached Paris in 1830 when the Bourbon Monarchy was overthrown and replaced by the constitutional Orleans Monarchy. During the July 1830 revolution, the Paris mobs proved too much for the troops of the Maison du Roi and the main body of the French Army, sympathetic to the crowds, did not become heavily involved.

In 1848 a wave of revolutions swept Europe and brought an end to the French monarchy. The army was largely uninvolved in the street fighting in Paris which overthrew the King but later in the year troops were used in the suppression of the more radical elements of the new Republic which led to the election of Napoleon's nephew as president.

The Battle of Magenta

The Pope had been forced out of Rome as part of the Revolutions of 1848, and Louis Napoleon sent a 14,000 man expeditionary force of troops to the Papal State under General Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot to restore him. In late April 1849, it was defeated and pushed back from Rome by Giuseppi Garibaldi's volunteer corps, but then recovered and recaptured Rome.

The French army was among the first in the world to be issued with Minié rifles, just in time for the Crimean War against Russia, allied with Britain. This invention gave line infantry a weapon with a much longer range and greater accuracy and lead to new flexible tactics. The French army was more experienced at mass manoeuvre and war fighting than the British and the reputation of the French army was greatly enhanced.

A series of colonial expeditions followed and in 1856 France joined the Second Opium War on the British side against China; obtaining concessions. French troops were deployed into Italy against the Austrians, the first use of railways for mass movement.

The French army was now considered to be an example to others and military missions to Japan and the emulation of French Zouaves in other militaries added to this prestige. However, an expedition to Mexico failed to create a stable puppet régime.

France was humiliated following its defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and while the army had far superior infantry weapons in the form of the Chassepot and Mitrailleuse, its tactics and artillery were inferior, and by allowing the Prussian Army to take the initiative, the French Army was rapidly bottled up into its fortress towns and defeated. The loss of prestige within the army lead to a great emphasis on aggression and close quarter tactics.

The World Wars

Further information: French Army in World War I

In August 1914, following the outbreak of the Great War, the French Armed Forces numbered some 1,300,000 soldiers, and by the end of the war the French Army had called up 8,817,000 men, including 900,000 colonial troops; of these around 1,397,000 French soldiers were killed in action, mostly on the Western Front. French soldiers, at the beginning of the war, still wore the colourful uniforms of the Franco-Prussian War, with this conspicuous dress proving unsuited to the trenches and, accordingly, by 1915 the mostly blue and red peacetime uniforms had been replaced by bleu-horizon (light blue-grey), with the Adrian helmet in place of the kepi. The traditional capote of the French infantry continued to be worn in the trenches but in bleu-horizon. Colonial and North African soldiers adopted khaki uniforms.

Brigadier general Charles de Gaulle

French Poilus posing with their war-torn flag in 1917, during World War I

At the beginning of the Battle of France the French Army deployed 2,240,000 combatants grouped into 94 divisions (of which 20 were active and 74 were reservists) from the Swiss border to the North Sea.These numbers did not include the Army of the Alps facing Italy or the 600,000 men dispersed through the French colonial empire. After defeat in 1940, the Vichy French regime was allowed to retain 100–120,000 Armistice Army personnel in unoccupied France, and larger forces in the French Empire: more than 220,000 in Africa (including 140,000 in French North Africa), and forces in Mandate Syria and French Indochina. Free French Forces, under the command of Charles de Gaulle, continued the fight with the Allies until the final defeat of the Axis in 1945.

The Cold War

Free French Foreign Legionnaires at the Battle of Bir Hakeim (1942)

After 1945, despite enormous efforts in the First Indochina War of 1945–54 and the Algerian War of 1954–62, both lands eventually left French control. French units stayed in Germany after 1945, forming the French Forces in Germany. 5th Armored Division stayed on in Germany after 1945, while 1st and 3rd Armoured Divisions were established in Germany in 1951. However NATO-assigned formations were withdrawn to fight in Algeria; 5th Armoured Division arrived in Algeria in April 1956. From 1948 to 1966, many French Army units fell under the integrated NATO Military Command Structure. Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe was a French Army officer, and many key NATO staff positions were filled by Frenchmen. While an upper limit of 14 French divisions committed to NATO had been set by the Treaty of Paris, the total did not exceed six divisions during the Indochina War, and during the Algerian War the total fell as low as two divisions.

The Army created two parachute divisions in 1956, the 10th Parachute Division under the command of General Jacques Massu and the 25th Parachute Division under the command of General Sauvagnac. After the Algiers putsch, the two divisions, with the 11th Infantry Division, were merged into a new light intervention division, the 11th Light Intervention Division, on 1 May 1961.

During the Cold War, the French Army, though leaving the NATO Military Command Structure in 1966, planned for the defence of Western Europe. In 1977 the French Army switched from multi-brigade divisions to smaller divisions of about four to five battalions/regiments each. From the early 1970s, 2nd Army Corps was stationed in South Germany, and effectively formed a reserve for NATO's Central Army Group. In the 1980s, 3rd Army Corps headquarters was moved to Lille and planning started for its use in support of NATO's Northern Army Group. The Rapid Action Force of five light divisions, including the new 4th Airmobile and 6th Light Armoured Divisions, was also intended as a NATO reinforcement force. In addition, the 152nd Infantry Division was maintained to guard the S3 intercontinental ballistic missile base on the Plateau d'Albion.

In the 1970s–1980s, two light armoured divisions were planned to be formed from school staffs (the 12th and 14th). The 12th Light Armoured Division (12 DLB) was to have its headquarters to be formed on the basis of the staff of the Armoured and Cavalry Branch Training School at Saumur.

In the late 1970s an attempt was made to form 14 reserve light infantry divisions, but this plan, which included the recreation of the 109th Infantry Division, was too ambitious. The planned divisions included the 102nd, 104e, 107e, 108e, 109e, 110e, 111e, 112e, 114e, 115th, and 127th Infantry Divisions. From June 1984, the French Army reserve consisted of 22 military divisions, administering all reserve units in a certain area, seven brigades de zone de defence, 22 regiments interarmees divisionnaires, and the 152nd Infantry Division, defending the ICBM launch sites. The plan was put into action from 1985, and brigades de zone, such as the 107th Brigade de Zone, were created. But with the putting-in-place of the "Réserves 2000" plan, the brigades de zone were finally disbanded by mid-1993. 1st Army Corps was disbanded on 1 July 1990; 2nd Army Corps in August 1993.

Decolonisation

Soldiers of the 4th zouaves regiment during the Algerian War

At the end of the Second World War, France was immediately confronted with the beginnings of the decolonisation movement. The French army, which had employed indigenous North African spahis and tirailleurs in almost all of its campaigns since 1830, was the leading force in opposition to decolonization, which was perceived as a humiliation. In Algeria the Army repressed an extensive rising in and around Sétif in May 1945 with heavy fire: figures for Algerian deaths vary between 45,000 as claimed by Radio Cairo at the time and the official French figure of 1,020.

The Army saw maintaining control of Algeria as a high priority. By this time, one million French settlers had established themselves, alongside an indigenous population of nine million. When it decided that politicians were about to sell them out and give independence to Algeria, the Army engineered a military coup that toppled the civilian government and put General de Gaulle back in power in the May 1958 crisis. De Gaulle, however, recognized that Algeria was a dead weight and had to be cut free. Four retired generals then launched the Algiers putsch of 1961 against de Gaulle himself, but it failed. After 400,000 deaths, Algeria finally became independent. Hundreds of thousands of Harkis, Muslims loyal to Paris, went into exile in France, where they and their children and grandchildren remain in poorly assimilated "banlieue" suburbs.

The Army repressed the Malagasy Uprising in Madagascar in 1947. French officials estimated the number of Malagasy killed from a low of 11,000 to a French Army estimate of 89,000.

Recent history (1996–present)

A French Leclerc tank in camouflage Central-Europe in 2018.

In February 1996, President Jacques Chirac began the transition of the Army to a professional force, and as part of the resulting changes, ten regiments were dissolved in 1997. On 1 July 1997, the specialized support brigades were transferred to various communes; Lunéville for signals, Haguenau for artillery and Strasbourg for engineers. On 1 September 1997, the 2nd Armoured Division left Versailles and was installed at Châlons-en-Champagne in place of the disbanded 10th Armoured Division. On 5 March 1998, in view of the ongoing structural adoptions of the French Army, the Minister of Defence decided to disband III Corps, and the dissolution became effective 1 July 1998. The headquarters transitioned to become Headquarters Commandement de la force d'action terrestre (CFAT) (the Land Forces Action Command).

During the professionalisation process, numbers decreased from the 236,000 (132,000 conscripts) in 1996 to around 140,000. By June 1999, the Army's strength was 186,000, including around 70,000 conscripts. 38 of 129 regiments were planned to be stood down from 1997 to 1999. The previous structure's nine 'small' divisions and sundry separate combat and combat support brigades were replaced by nine combat and four combat support brigades. The Rapid Action Force, a corps of five small rapid-intervention divisions formed in 1983, was also disbanded, though several of its divisions were re-subordinated.

Soldiers on patrol during Opération sentinelle (2015)

Opération Sentinelle is a French military operation with 10,000 soldiers and 4,700 police and gendarmes deployed since the aftermath of the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks, with the objective of protecting sensitive "points" of the territory from terrorism. It was reinforced during the November 2015 Paris attacks, and was part of a state of emergency in France due to continued terror threats and attacks.

Organisation

Main article: Structure of the French Army

The organisation of the army is fixed by Chapter 2 of Title II of Book II of the Third Part of the Code of Defense, notably resulting in the codification of Decree 2000-559 of 21 June 2000.

In terms of Article R.3222-3 of the Code of Defence, the Army comprises:

• The Army Chief of Staff (Chef d'état-major de l'armée de Terre (CEMAT)).
• The army staff (l'état-major de l'armée de Terre or EMAT), which gives general direction and management of all the components;
• The Army Inspectorate (l'inspection de l'armée de Terre);
• The Army Human Resources Directorate (la direction des ressources humaines de l'armée de Terre or DRHAT);
• The forces;
• A territorial organisation (seven regions, see below)
• The services;
• The personnel training and military higher training organisms.

The French Army was reorganized in 2016. The new organisation consists of two combined divisions (carrying the heritage of 1st Armored and 3rd Armored divisions) and given three combat brigades to supervise each. There is also the Franco-German Brigade. The 4th Airmobile Brigade was reformed to direct the three combat helicopter regiments. There are also several division-level (niveau divisionnaire) specialized commands including Intelligence, Information and communication systems, Maintenance, Logistics, Special Forces, Army Light Aviation, the Foreign Legion, National Territory, Training.

Arms of the French Army

The Army is divided into arms (armes). They include the Infantry (which includes the Chasseurs Alpins, specialist mountain infantry, the Troupes de Marine, heirs of colonial troops and specialist amphibious troops), the Armoured Cavalry Arm (Arme Blindée Cavalerie), the Artillery, the Engineering Arm (l'arme du génie), Matériel, Logistics (Train) and Signals (Transmissions). Each brigade will have several armes within its units.

The French Foreign Legion was established in 1831 for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces. The Legion is commanded by French officers. It is an elite military unit numbering around 9,000 troops. The Legion has gained worldwide recognition for its service, most recently in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan since 2001. It is not strictly an Arme but a commandement particulier, whose regiments belong to several arms, notably the infantry and the engineering arm.

The Troupes de marine are the former Colonial Troops. They are the first choice units for overseas deployment and recruit on this basis. They are composed of Marine Infantry (Infanterie de Marine) (which includes parachute regiments such as 1er RPIMa and a tank unit, the Régiment d'infanterie-chars de marine) and the Marine Artillery (Artillerie de Marine).

The Aviation légère de l'armée de Terre (ALAT, which translates as Army Light Aviation), was established on 22 November 1954 for observation, reconnaissance, assault and supply duties. It operates numerous helicopters in support of the French Army, its primary attack helicopter is the Eurocopter Tiger, of which 80 were ordered. It is an Arme with a commandement particulier.

Administrative services

On the administrative side, there are now no more than one Direction and two services.

The Army Human Resources Directorate (DRHAT) manages human resources (military and civilian) of the Army and training.

The two Services are the service of ground equipment, and the integrated structure of operational maintenance of terrestrial materials (SIMMT, former DCMAT). This joint oriented service is responsible for project management support for all land equipment of the French army. The holding-operational equipment the Army is headed by the Service de maintenance industrielle terrestre (SMITer).

Historically there were other services of the Army who were all grouped together with their counterparts in other components to form joint agencies serving the entire French Armed Forces.

After the health service and the fuel service were both replaced respectively by the French Defence Health service and Military Fuel Service, other services have disappeared in recent years:

• In 2005, the Army historical service (SHAT) became the "Land" department of the Defence Historical Service (Service historique de la défense);
• In September 2005, the Central Engineering Directorate (Direction centrale du génie, DCG) was merged with its counterparts in the air force and the navy to form the Central Directorate of Defense Infrastructure (Direction centrale du service d'infrastructure de la défense);
• On 1 January 2006, the Central Directorate of Telecommunications and Informatics (DCTEI) was incorporated into the Central Directorate of the Joint Directorate of Infrastructure Networks and Information Systems (DIRISI);

The Army Commissariat was dissolved on 31 December 2009 and intégrated into the joint-service Service du commissariat des armées.

There is the Diocese of the French Armed Forces which provides pastoral care to Catholic members of the Army. It is headed by Luc Ravel and is headquartered in Les Invalides.

Military regions

On 24 July 1873, the French Parliament passed a law which created 18 military regions in metropolitan France. A 19th Army Corps was created in Algeria in September 1873 (see Région militaire). In 1905, the strength of the Troupes coloniales stationed in the 19 military districts of metropolitan France was reported at 2,123 officers and 26,581 other ranks. In 1946, following the Second World War ten military regions were created or recreated, in accordance with a decree of 18 February 1946. They included the 1st (Paris); 2e (Lille); 3e (Rennes); 4e (Bordeaux); 5e (Toulouse); 6e (Metz); 7e (Dijon); 8th (Lyon); the 9th (Marseille), and the 10th in Algeria. The 10th Military Region (France) supervised French Algeria during the Algerian War.

The Défense opérationnelle du territoire supervised reserve and home defence activities from 1959 to the 1970s. However, by the 1980s the number had been reduced to six: the 1st Military Region (France) with its headquarters in Paris, the 2nd Military Region (France) at Lille, the 3rd Military Region (France) at Rennes, the 4th Military Region (France) at Bordeaux, the 5th at Lyons and the 6th at Metz. Each supervised up to five division militaire territoriale – military administrative sub-divisions, in 1984 sometimes supervising up to three reserve regiments each. Today, under the latest thorough reform of the French security and defence sector, there are seven Zone de défense et de sécurité each with a territorial ground army region: Paris (or Île-de-France, HQ in Paris), Nord (HQ in Lille), Ouest (HQ in Rennes), Sud-Ouest (HQ in Bordeaux), Sud (HQ in Marseille), Sud-Est (HQ in Lyon), Est (HQ in Strasbourg).

Personnel

See also: Ranks in the French Army

Strength

Personnel strength of the French Army 2022
Category	Strength
Commissioned officers	14,155
Non-commissioned officers	38,684
EVAT	61,372
VDAT	466
Civilian employees	8,119
Source:

As of 2020, the French Army employed 118,600 personnel; this includes the French Foreign Legion and Paris Fire Brigade. In addition, the reserves of the French Army consist of 22,750 personnel.

Contracts

Enlistment contracts for French army soldiers can range from a one to a five-year contract, which are all renewable. Meanwhile, Non-commissioned officers serve on permanent contracts, or exceptionally on renewable five years-contracts. Though NCO candidates are required to have a high school diploma that grants them access to university. École Nationale des Sous-Officiers d’Active (ENSOA), Basic NCO school of 8 months, followed by combat school of 4 to 36 weeks depending on occupational specialty. A small number of NCO candidates are trained at the Ecole Militaire de Haute Montagne (EMHM) (High Mountain Military School). NCOs with the Advanced Army Technician Certificate (BSTAT) can serve as platoon leaders.

All Career officers serve on permanent contracts, with direct entry cadets with two years of Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles or a bachelor's degree spend three years at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), and graduate as First Lieutenants. Direct entry cadets with a master's degree spend one year at ESM, and graduate as First Lieutenants. Non-commissioned officers with three years in the army, spend two years at École militaire interarmes, and graduate as First Lieutenants. 50% of the commissioned officers in the French Army are former NCOs.

Contract officers serve on renewable contracts for a maximum of 20 years service. A bachelor's degree is required. There are two different programs, combat officers and specialist officers. Officers in both programs graduate as Second Lieutenants and may reach Lieutenant Colonels rank. Combat officers spend eight months at ESM, followed by one year at a combat school. Specialist officers spend three months at ESM, followed by a year of on the job-training within an area of specialization determined by the type of degree held.

Women

Civilian women were hired by the French army in the First World War, thereby opening new opportunities for them, forcing a redefinition of military identity, and revealing the strength of anti-Republicanism within the Army. Officers by the 1920s accepted women as part of their institution.

Code

In 1999, the Army issued the Code of the French Soldier, which includes the injunctions:

Mastering his own strength, he respects his opponent and is careful to spare civilians. He obeys orders while respecting laws, customs of war and international conventions. (...) He is aware of global societies and respects their differences.

Equipment

Main article: List of equipment of the French Army

See also: List of active military aircraft of the French Armed Forces

Eurocopter Tiger

Uniforms

See also: Military uniform § France

In the 1970s, France adopted a light beige dress uniform which is worn with coloured kepis, sashes, fringed epaulettes, fourragères and other traditional items on appropriate occasions. The most commonly worn parade dress, however, consists of camouflage uniforms worn with the dress items noted above. The camouflage pattern, officially called Camouflage Centre Europe (CE), draws heavily on the colouration incorporated into the US M81 woodland pattern, but with a thicker and heavier striping. A desert version called the Camouflage Daguet has been worn since the Gulf War which consists of large irregular areas of chestnut brown and light grey on a sand khaki base.

The legionnaires of the Foreign Legion wear white kepis, blue sashes, and green and red epaulettes as dress uniform, while the Troupes de marine wear blue and red kepis and yellow epaulettes. The pioneers of the Foreign Legion wear the basic legionnaire uniform but with leather aprons and gloves. The Chasseurs Alpins wear a large beret, known as the "tarte" (the pie) with dark blue or white mountain outfits. The Spahis retain the long white cloak or "burnous" of the regiment's origin as North African cavalry.

The military cadets of Saint-Cyr and the École Polytechnique retain their late 19th century dress uniforms. A dark blue/black evening dress is authorized for officers and individual branches or regiments may parade bands or "fanfares" in historic dress dating as far back as the Napoleonic period.

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  Ceremonial parade for the commemoration of 8 May 1945
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  Members of 21e RIMA in parade formation
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  Officers during military parade on the Champs-Élysées, Paris

See also

• Grand Quartier Général
• National Office for Veterans and Victims of War
• List of military weapons of France

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Внешние ссылки

• (На французском) официальный сайт
• Французская военная реформа: уроки для армии Америки? , Джордж А. Блох (включает в себя объяснения структуры командования)
• Французская армия: королевская, революционная и имперская