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Foreign Legion: annual commemoration of Cameron battle, considered as a mythic combat.
April 30th, 1863, the 3 officers and 62 Legionnaires of Captain Danjou’s company held off 2,000 Mexicans. At the end of an epic fight, the last 5 survivors charged with fixed bayonets. Foreign Legionnaires at Carpiagne camp (South East france)
They are equipped with FELIN (Integrated Infantryman Equipment and Communication) combining a modified FAMAS rifle with a lot of electronic devices.
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- Bruno VIGNERON / Maya-Press
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- Foreign Legion: French elite troops
