Commando Parachute Group

Commando Parachute Group
Commando Parachute Group
Le 11e.B.P..jpg
11e bataillon parachutistes insignia
Active 1965-present
Country France
Branch French Army
Type Special Forces
Part of Commandement de la force d'action terrestre
Second circle of Commandement des Opérations Spéciales

The Commando Parachute Group (French: Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes, GCP) is a special forces unit in the 11th Parachute Brigade of the French Army that is within the second "circle" of authority of the Commandement des Opérations Spéciales.

Commando jumping

The GCP was founded in 1965 as Commandos de recherche et d'action en profondeur (CRAP, "Deep Action and Recon Commando") and renamed in 1999.

Each Regiment within the 11th Airborne Division trains one or two GCP teams from their own ranks, which then can act as recon and harassment force for their home regiment, coordinate with the other teams within the division or work independently behind enemy lines, more rarely the GCP is requisitioned by the french intelligence service to carry out sensitive or "black ops" missions.



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