POTD: SIG Sauer MCX with French GIGN Special Forces

By Eric B

Photo Of The Day and we have some winterish images of the Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), one of the world’s most elite tactical units, specializing in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and high-risk operations. Their motto, “S’engager pour la vie” (“To commit for life”), reflects their unwavering dedication to saving lives under the most dangerous circumstances. Operating in extreme conditions, including harsh winters, we see one operator above with a suppressed SIG Sauer MCX.

The GIGN caption reads (machine-translated from French): “Several days ago, the Security Protection Force trained in the mountains, which allowed the operational personnel to perfect and maintain their ability to evolve and intervene in a specific environment with its constraints and dangers. It was also an opportunity to cooperate with two expert units of the gendarmerie: the gendarmerie air section and the high mountain gendarmerie platoon of Modane.”

Source: The Firearm Blog