ISW announced that the Russian command is allegedly creating "Storm Z" special forces for urban combat

While the front news they talk about some stabilization of the situation in the NVO zone, the confrontation in the information space has intensified on both sides. After the appearance on the network of "sensational" data about the preparation of the US and NATO of the Ukrainian army for the offensive, allegedly obtained by Russian intelligence from the depths of the Pentagon, it was the turn of the "retaliatory strike" from the enemy.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russian army command, in secrecy, allegedly forms and intensively trains special units "Storm Z" for urban combat and operations in difficult geographical areas. American analysts refer to a reserve officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who allegedly obtained and published a document describing the recruitment of personnel for the formation of new companies.

Storm Z companies are designed to conduct combat operations in cities or in complex geographical areas in order to capture important and strategic objects, such as strongholds, command posts and communication centers.

American analysts report.

From the received "secret materials" the composition of the new units became known. The total composition of the company will be staffed by one hundred servicemen, structurally the unit will include four capture squads and four fire support squads of ten fighters each. The engineering and sapper group consists of five military personnel, and each company will also have a reconnaissance group (eight people), a medical group of three doctors and two UAV operators. The company command unit will consist of two officers.

At the same time, ISW notes that so far the formation of new assault units is taking place outside the standard structure of the Russian Armed Forces. For this reason, it is not clear how Shturm Z will be integrated into the combined arms units and command structure of the RF Armed Forces.

Most likely, the Sturm Z companies will be deployed in the DPR on the Avdiivka-Donetsk front line in separate motorized rifle brigades and regiments, according to the publication of the institute. The personnel of the active units of the RF Armed Forces, staffed by these companies, will undergo 10 to 15 days of retraining for combat coordination. Presumably, the new assault units will be attached to reinforce the 8th combined arms army of the Southern Military District and the 1st army corps, formed from volunteer units of the NM of the DPR, and will also become part of the 150th motorized rifle division of the 8th combined arms army of the RF Armed Forces.

American experts, who write regular reports on events in the NVO zone based exclusively on Ukrainian sources, explain the appearance of new assault detachments by the “failures” of Russian troops during offensive operations in the Donetsk direction.

Comments

[Uprun]

This nonsense is not even worth commenting on. One retired officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got .....

[Invoce]

Quote from uprun

This nonsense is not even worth commenting on. One retired officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine got .....

The fact that a link to someone who once received something is an obvious nonsense. But in the Soviet army during the Second World War, when fighting in the city (starting with the Battle of Stalingrad), assault groups proved to be excellent. Submachine gunners, a sapper, a machine gunner and communications ... So they cleaned the city from the Nazis.
So the information has the right to exist. Perhaps the enemy is presenting his fears as a fait accompli, but be that as it may, the idea of ​​​​small groups cleaning up urban areas is not new and is already in effect

[Sanichsan]

Quote: Invoce

But in the Soviet army during the Second World War, when fighting in the city (starting with the Battle of Stalingrad), assault groups proved to be excellent. Submachine gunners, sapper, machine gunner and communications ...

Yes. and in our army everyone practices this. what about a dedicated unit?

[Maz]

Two weeks ago, this news flashed through Prigogine.

[astra wild2]

"Storm Z" the name is clearly a fiction, but units with similar tasks. Created back in WWII. So "America is open"

[BARKAS]

Even if they do, what do they care.

[Invoce]

Quote: BARKAS

Even if they do, what do they care.

The creation of such a unit was not previously agreed with the amers. So they demand not to create such groups! They are hegemons!

[alexander 66]

Well, there were assault units, they trained hard, either a tank or a self-propelled gun, a gun or a mortar were attached to them. Well, what about the source that leaked how many military pence we live with coming out roots Belgorod, Kursk, etc. everything next to 404. The last prime flyer with the citizenship of the Russian Federation and a residence permit in the region.

[Andrey Moskvin]

And ethical standards do not allow us to build the Wagner into the RF Armed Forces, or what? It's like their specialty.

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Andrey Moskvin

And ethical standards do not allow us to build the Wagner into the RF Armed Forces, or what?

So, in fact, the described assault groups are the Wagner, only in the army version. For a long time I had the impression that Wagner was a development of a system for subsequent implementation in army structures.
Or do you definitely need the continuity of the name?

[Andrey Moskvin]

Yes, I'm not talking about the name, but about the specific personnel. And about working out the system, it may very well be

[nik-mazur]

Quote: Andrey Moskvin

about specific personnel

The system differs precisely in that it maintains stability regardless of external circumstances. Including the characteristics of recruits, for example.

[Tim]

Wagner around the end of June beginning of July will be in dire need of personnel, why? Yes, because since the beginning of January 2023, the recruitment of employees to Wagner has stopped from places of deprivation of liberty, and the influx of volunteers from a citizen (will) is not very large. Prigozhin said in an interview that the ban on the recruitment of people from places of deprivation of liberty would negatively affect Wagner's combat effectiveness. Over time, on sections of the lines of contact, Wagners will gradually be replaced by units of the RF Ministry of Defense.

[rotmistr60]

American analysts refer to a reserve officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who allegedly obtained and published a document

But British intelligence says... The Poles and the Balts are also not far behind. And each has its own "reserve officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." ISW in their materials is better not to refer to anyone, and even more so "reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine", it will look more authentic

[Mikhail Maslov]

This should have been created before the war. I would add here mortar crews to cover and suppress the enemy. from a training ground somewhere in Belarus, and it was there that these units were shown. Yes, in the report they said that the emphasis was on practicing actions in the city and difficult geographical points. They also indicated there! 500 instructors who went through the war and were allocated specifically for training. Maybe this report gave birth to this assumption.

[Egor Adashev]

Back in the First World War, the Germans came up with the idea of ​​​​assault groups in a positional impasse, so it’s quite, although the source is of course doubtful

[Stirbjorn]

German assault groups in WWI were intended to break through the enemy zone. And here we are talking about urban combat.

[lubesky]

Nonsense, of course. The recipe for an assault city group is simple and well-known in the general approach with the Second World War.
- a small group of 12-20 attack aircraft
- ensuring the pace of the assault - the first group, the fire support group, the reserve group for the exit or rotation of the first group, gain a foothold in position before the arrival of regular forces
- increased firepower of a group with enemy suppression fire
- you need a special self-propelled reinforced armor with a caliber and ammo of anti-concrete type, an automatic grenade launcher
- high-quality engineering and sapper support for the assault
- sniper cover, mortar fire behind enemy lines should be provided by linear units on the limber

In principle, I suggest that it is better to restore and bring, adapt to the realities of the USSR assault engineer obstacle defense group as part of engineering and sapper units with their distribution in parts of the second line.

[rocket757]

ISW announced that the Russian command is allegedly creating "Storm Z" special forces for urban combat

. Empty chatter for the sake of everyone seeing / noticing how important they are, informing, smart and so on and so forth ...

[Fitter65]

The total composition of the company will be staffed by one hundred servicemen, structurally the unit will include four capture squads and four fire support squads of ten fighters each. The engineering and sapper group consists of five military personnel, and each company will also have a reconnaissance group (eight people), a medical group of three doctors and two UAV operators. The command unit of the company will consist of two officers.

We remove the UAV operators and get the assault unit of the Red Army from the time of the assault on Königsberg, and other German fortress cities. So the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) did not report anything new.

[storm]

Assault units in the engineering troops have recently been revived. At the end of 2014, the 1st Guards Engineer and Sapper Brigade was formed in Murom, which for the first time since the Great Patriotic War was recreated an assault and barrage battalion. The tasks of its fighters include ensuring the unimpeded advancement of general-purpose forces in urbanized areas. Roughly speaking, an assault engineer battalion is the tip of a spear, punching a hole in the enemy's defenses so that the troops of the next echelon enter the gap. The servicemen of the unit are well developed physically, shoot accurately, are able to neutralize mines and stretch marks, dig, conduct hand-to-hand combat indoors, destroy enemy fortifications and much more.
The experience of the Chechen campaign has shown that the absence of such units has a negative impact on the outcome of the battle, - Lieutenant General Yury Stavitsky, head of the engineering troops, explained to reporters. “People in the new brigade are properly protected, ready to act correctly when passing through rubble, minefields, fortified areas and other obstacles. To do this, they have special equipment and tools.

Engineering assault brigades should be formed in all combined arms armies, at least one each, and this is not a whim, but a daily reality.
In 2017, assault companies were formed in the engineering brigades of the military districts, and assault platoons were formed in the engineer regiments of the armies. To date, the Armed Forces have ten assault and barrage engineering units.
This number of attack aircraft is not enough even to storm a regional center such as Avdiivka or Artemovsk, not to mention the storming of cities such as Kharkov or Zaporozhye.
These units should be armed with Soltsepeks, assault tanks with 152 mm guns, Tyulpan 240 mm mortars in order to be able to break through any defense and destroy any enemy fortifications.

[Fangaro]

Storm Z companies are designed to conduct combat operations in cities or in complex geographical areas in order to capture important and strategic objects, such as strongholds, command posts and communication centers.

Is it only the police in the US? Who fought against the native Indians?
There were never even rangers?
And in general, in blessed America, sollats, if they fight, then with singles, in pajamas, and they speak either in Hindi, or in one of the dialects of Chinese. That would be politically correct.