Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|  | Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
Question:
what was the total number of silver medals awarded to the french and the germans in the 1994 winter olympic biathlon?
Answer:
4