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The Rapid Action Force (French: Force d'action rapide (FAR)) was an army corps of the French Army, created on 1 July 1984 during the reorganization of the later within the law n°83-606 of 8 July 1983 bearing approbation of the military programming for the years 1984 to 1988; the force would have been in means to deploy in Central-Europe and exterior theatres of operations in case of crisis undergone in intermediary conflicts. The force was dissolved in 1999.
During the 1980s, this army corps was the 3rd pillar of the French Army with the 1st Army and the operational defense of the territory (French: défense opérationnelle du territoire).
The FAR comprised 47,000 men, 240 combat and utility helicopters, 216 armored vehicles (72 AMX 10 RC, 72 ERC-90 and 72 Panhard AML), 200 artillery tubes, 5000 man-portable anti-tank systems and anti-tank missiles in 1990.




Principal formations



4th Airmobile Division
6th Light Armoured Division
9th Marine Infantry Division
11th Parachute Division
27th Alpine Division
FAR Logistics Brigade
19th Artillery Brigade
28th Transmission regiment
68th Artillery Regiment




Commandants


1984-1985 : général de corps d'armée Gilbert Forray
1986-1988 : général de corps d'armée Paul Lardry
1988-xxxx : général de corps d'armée Henry Préaud
1989-1990 : général de brigade Jacques Vidal
1990-xxxx : général de corps d'armée Michel Roquejeoffre
1993-1994 : général de corps d’armée Bertrand Guillaume de Sauville de Lapresle
1994-1996 : général de corps d'armée Philippe Morillon
1996-1999 : général de corps d'armée Jacques Bâton




See also


Structure of the French Army in 1989




References






= Bibliography

=
Olivier Latremoliere, La force d'action rapide, Midev, 1993. ISBN 290993800X
Général Henri Préaud, « La force d'action rapide », in Les Cahiers de Mars n° 120, 1989

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