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''Grupo de Acción Rápida'' (GAR) ( en, Rapid Action Group) is the rural 
police tactical unit
A police tactical unit (PTU) is a specialized police unit trained to handle situations that are beyond the capabilities of ordinary law enforcement units because of the level of violence (or risk of violence) involved. A police tactical unit's tas ...
of the Spanish Civil Guard
Civil Guard refers to various policing organisations:
Current
* Civil Guard (Spain), Spanish gendarmerie
* Civil Guard (Israel), Israeli volunteer police reserve
* Civil Guard (Brazil), Municipal law enforcement corporations in Brazil
Histori ...
( es, Guardia Civil, link=no).
Tracing its origins to the ''Unidad Antiterrorista Rural'' (UAR) formed in April 1978. The ''Grupo Antiterrorista Rural'' was formed in 1982 and later renamed to ''Grupo de Acción Rápida''. It is based in Logroño.
Initially aimed to counter ETA
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, since 1998 it has re-oriented towards international deployments, taking part in NATO, United Nations and European Union missions in Bosnia
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, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Haiti
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and the Central African Republic.
Applicants to GAR have to complete over five months of training with between 25% and 30% completing the course.
Firearms used include the Heckler & Koch USP Compact 9×19mm, Heckler & Koch MP5 9×19mm and the Heckler & Koch HK417 7.62×51mm respectively.
References
Civil Guard (Spain) Police tactical units {{Spain-gov-stub