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    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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  • Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) officer to participate in this high-level training. Wegener was the Federal Border Guard (BGS, Bundesgrenzschutz) liaison...
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    a Special Vehicle (Sonderwagen, in versions SW1 and SW2) for the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard) and the Bereitschaftspolizei (rapid response...
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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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  • 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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  • decision was made to form the unit from the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz), rather than the military as in other countries, because German federal...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    forces (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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  • (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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  • 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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    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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    to Cairo. Two Bell UH-1 helicopters from the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) were assigned to take them to nearby Fürstenfeldbruck, a West German...
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    served on the Eastern Front. Some time after the war, he joined the Bundesgrenzschutz and later transferred to the Bundeswehr. Before his early retirement...
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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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    Crime Agency—UK RCMP Integrated Border Enforcement Teams—Canada SVA Customs Surveillance Service—Spain Bundesgrenzschutz Guardia di Finanza-Italy v t e...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Grasser joined the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guards) in 1951, retiring in 1953. In the 1950s, Grasser...
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  • Reseda green RAL 6012 Black green Until 1994 for some units of the Bundesgrenzschutz[citation needed] RAL 6013 Reed green RAL 6014 Yellow olive Until 1984...
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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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    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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    small quantities produced for the Indonesian Army and the West German Bundesgrenzschutz.  France  West Germany  Indonesia  Mauritania: 15  Morocco: 36; 27...
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