Rapid Action Force (France)

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The Rapid Action Force ({{langx|fr|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 ({{langx|fr|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.

Image:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F076309-0016, Manching, Manöver Frankreich-Deutschland.jpg and Chancellor Helmut Kohl passing review of the troops of the Force d'action rapide stationed in Baden-Württemberg, on 24 September 1987 during a Franco-German manoeuver.]]