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@dreamingflurry2729 Gendarmerie aren't simply MPs. They're used for policing civilians as well. It's a distinctly French thing, but it also spread to much of the rest of continental Europe during the Napoleonic Wars when most of the continent had French-imposed governments. While most of France's National Gendarmerie is purely a police force (despite being part of the armed forces), the Mobile Gendarmerie is also used for regular military roles. During the Cold War they even had light tanks and wheeled tank destroyers among their equipment. Most likely this got into France via a Mobile Gendarmerie deployment overseas.
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