Grupo_de_Acción_Rápida

Grupo de Acción Rápida

Grupo de Acción Rápida

Tactical unit of the Spanish Civil Guard

Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR) (English: Rapid Action Group) is the rural police tactical unit of the Spanish Civil Guard (Spanish: Guardia Civil).[3][4]

Quick Facts Rapid Action Group, Active ...

Tracing its origins to the Unidad Antiterrorista Rural (UAR) formed in April 1978.[5] The Grupo Antiterrorista Rural was formed in 1982 and later renamed to Grupo de Acción Rápida.[1] It is based in Logroño.[6]

Initially aimed to counter ETA, since 1998 it has re-oriented towards international deployments, taking part in NATO, United Nations and European Union missions in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Haiti and the Central African Republic.[6]

Applicants to GAR have to complete over five months of training with between 25% and 30% completing the course.[7]

Firearms used include the Heckler & Koch USP Compact 9×19mm, Heckler & Koch MP5 9×19mm and the Heckler & Koch HK417 7.62×51mm respectively.

Members of the unit during the staging of a mannequin challenge video.

References

  1. [1]
    "Unidad de Acción Rural de la Guardia Civil (UAR)". Guardia Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Operations Division". Guardia Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    Molpereces, Diego; Martínez, Javier (23 November 2017). "Un día de maniobras con los GAR, el grupo antiterrorista de élite de la Guardia Civil". Voz Pópuli. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Special Operations Force returns to the desert with Exercise Flintlock". Ministry of Defence (Press release). 24 February 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR)". Guardia Civil (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. [6]
    Vallejo, César; Mahia, Irene (26 October 2015). "G.A.R.: La lucha contra el terrorismo continúa". RTVE. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  7. [7]
    Villamayor Jimenez, Valentin (December 1999). "The Terrorist Fighters". KFOR Chronicle. NATO Kosovo Force. p. 11. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
Stub icon

This law enforcement agency article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about government in Spain is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Grupo_de_Acción_Rápida, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.