Bundesgrenzschutz (German: [ˌbʊndəsˈɡʁɛnt͡sʃʊt͡s] , BGS; English: Federal Border Guard) is the former name of the German Bundespolizei (Federal Police)...
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police authorities at the federal level. The Bundespolizei was named Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) ("Federal Border Guard") until 2005, which at its foundation...
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Colonel (Oberstleutnant) Ulrich Wegener of the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz), who proposed the creation of the tactical unit. The Federal Ministry...
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former West Germany, it was also a rank in the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz). In the German Army, it dates from the early 19th century. Translated...
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Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) officer to participate in this high-level training. Wegener was the Federal Border Guard (BGS, Bundesgrenzschutz) liaison...
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not to intervene directly because neither the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) GSG 9 unit, established in 1972 after the Munich Massacre, nor the...
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officers. At Frankfurt Airport, Ageeb physically resisted the three Bundesgrenzschutz officers who escorted him onto Lufthansa Flight 588 travelling to...
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(Sonderwagen) in versions SW1 and SW2 for the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) and the Readiness (Riot) Police (Bereitschaftspolizei) of the German...
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responsible for policing the western side of the border. These included the Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS, Federal Border Protection), the Bayerische Grenzpolizei (Bavarian...
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smoke dischargers. The FV601D was only adopted by the German Federal Bundesgrenzschutz, which designated it Geschützter Sonderwagen III. A Saladin was also...
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Oberstleutnant (section Bundesgrenzschutz)
vertically aligned stars above oak leaves. The Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) used the rank Oberstleutnant until 1976, after which it was replaced...
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Tfd›German: Bundeswehr), as well as for the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) in the 1970s (see Border Guard Service). With the end of the Cold...
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1952 of the Federal Border Protection force of 20,000 men; – the Bundesgrenzschutz, or BGS – however, Allied troops (the British in the north, the Americans...
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German GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9) of the former Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) served as models for the formation and alignment of the KSK. The...
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in turn was based on the Soviet PPS-43. West Germany: Sold to the Bundesgrenzschutz. Iannamico, Frank (February 2014). "The Soviet PPS-43 Submachine Gun"...
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federal level were the paramilitary Federal Border Guard (German: Bundesgrenzschutz), also responsible for coast guard services, and the Federal Criminal...
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(Startbahn-West) at Frankfurt-am-Main in West Germany in 1979. The Cold War era Bundesgrenzschutz may also have had some examples in their inventory. Some police forces...
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replaced by the M59/85 steel helmet. After World War II, West Germany's Bundesgrenzschutz border guards and some West German police units kept the Stahlhelm...
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dispersion during fully automatic fire. Later on in development, the Bundesgrenzschutz informed CETME that they were interested in the rifle but requested...
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as a national defence force. The Federal Border Protection Force (Bundesgrenzschutz), a mobile, lightly armed police force of 10,000 men, was formed on...
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Manurhin manufactured P38s from France due to treaty restrictions. Bundesgrenzschutz Bereitschaftspolizei Yugoslav Partisans Donald, David (1998). Bishop...
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organised as a police force, the Deutsche Grenzpolizei, similar to the Bundesgrenzschutz in West Germany. It was controlled by the Ministry of the Interior...
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with different versions for infantry and armored troops. In 1957 the Bundesgrenzschutz introduced the Schützenschnur. A similar decoration existed within...
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Moose Jaw Ethiopian Navy German Army Aviation Corps German Air Force Bundesgrenzschutz Indonesian Air Force - Bell 204B Israeli Air Force Italian Air Force...
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produced in total. The TM 170 was selected by the German Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) and state police forces to replace the old MOWAG MR 8 series of APCs...
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CHF 4,100 per piece. Serial numbers starting with a D belong to the Bundesgrenzschutz issues (D 1 to D 6500). The Danish m/49 pistols have their own serial...
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bear attack. In West Germany, the Karabiner 98k were issued to the Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS; English: Federal Border Guard), which was originally organized...
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Mowag MR 8 series armoured wheeled vehicles produced for the German Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard) also later used by Spain, and built under licence...
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general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundesgrenzschutz of West Germany. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of...
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