There are no random people here.
Almost everyone has heard about the special forces, but very few people know for sure what the special forces mask is hiding behind them.
Blood, sweat, pain, self-overcoming ... But people see only spectacular shots of lightning military operations, and what is behind this facade knows only the special forces fighter himself. These are thousands of field exits, jumps, shooting, climbing the mountain, diving under the water ...
There are no passing and casual people in the special forces, and the beaten-up phrase “the best of the best” is a fact in this case.
Initially, after the creation of special forces, the main task for them was to detect the means of a nuclear attack of the enemy, as well as tracking their movement and transferring data to the command in order to deliver a preemptive strike if necessary. The number of the first special forces was a little more than 5-ti thousand people, who, before getting into these troops, served in military intelligence, and went through more than one war.
But what is a "special forces"? Today in our country, the definition of “special forces” means such a number of units belonging to various departments, ranging from the Emergencies Ministry and even to customs, that the initial meaning of this term relating to the Main Intelligence Directorate is very vague.
In fact, special forces for their intended purpose can be divided into three groups. First, these are the units that are engaged in conducting reconnaissance, as well as conducting sabotage, deploying a partisan front in the territory of the enemy. These are precisely those army or naval special forces units from which everything actually began.
The second group includes those whose concern is the fight against organized crime and terrorism. This is the special forces of the police or state security structures.
And finally, the third group can be called a purely Russian invention. It may include those who were created without a specific definition of their tasks, for example,
Special Forces VV or Ministry of Justice, Office of Special Forces at the Presidential Security Service, etc.
Without false exaggeration, we can say that special forces are the people who are the elite of the Russian army, the people who truly serve their country.
And this is quite natural. Today, mankind has entered such an era of warfare, when the methods of warfare have completely changed. Today, there has already been a tendency not to physically destroy the enemy, but to undermine its military power from within. And it is he who provides the special forces. It was he who was primarily entrusted with the task of destroying particularly important objects, both at the front line of the enemy and in his rear, by aiming at these objects aviationpsychological operations, etc.
Modern story knows a lot of facts when special forces, both before and during hostilities, contributed to the operations and the end of the conflict. And the growth of terrorism in the world gave a new impetus to expand the functions of special forces.
The experience of local wars has shown that the special forces success is a small number of people, combined with excellent preparation, audacity, surprise, initiative, speed, coordination, and skillful use of percussion capabilities, modern military equipment, taking into account the terrain properties and even a certain time of day. with weather conditions.
The units of special forces possess in their arsenal equipment, weapons and vehicles that have narrowly targeted characteristics that are much higher than those of all those who serve in industry departments by state. This is understandable: after all, special forces are assigned, to put it mildly, not quite ordinary tasks.
In addition, the special forces have the means for targeted action, for example, special reconnaissance means, special means for assault, etc.
In the 1970 – 1980 years in the USSR, there were 13 special forces brigades. The Soviet people did not even suspect what kind of active military work these highly classified troops were conducting in Mozambique, Angola, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Cuba, and Vietnam.
And then the war began in Afghanistan. Many people already guessed that Soviet special forces fought there, but they are unlikely to present what they were doing there now. But as a part of the Soviet military contingent in Afghanistan, as many as eight spetsnaz detachments fought, which were organized into two brigades.
Many years later, we slightly lifted the veil of their secret activities: they conducted reconnaissance in Afghanistan, destroyed detachments and caravans of Mujahideen, discovered and inspected caravans, mined caravan trails and routes for the movement of Afghan gangster formations, installed reconnaissance and signaling equipment.
It was during this period of the conduct of hostilities in Afghanistan that the special forces personnel received literally colossal combat experience, combining not only the versatile use of special forces, but also actions in the most difficult climatic conditions. It was during these years that the training of fighters for special forces units was systematized and debugged. Yes, experience and knowledge were obtained, but at what cost. How many heroes did not count the country in this war, not ours. But that's another story.
And in our years, it was the special forces who helped the Nord-Ost hostages, it was the special forces who risked saving the children in Beslan, it was the special forces who fought in Chechnya, killing terrorists.
Russian commandos are the so-called operatives of directorates A and B (Alpha and Vympel). And they are also called “Russian ninjas”, called for stealth, speed and very high special skills. In Chechnya, they wear the official forest camouflage "flora", in Asia, a special fire-resistant camouflage "desert".
Usually, special forces personnel wear standard uniform of airborne troops with light blue berets and stripes; however, they can wear the most diverse form, it all depends on which units are located nearby, so as not to give out their belonging to special forces.
The best-trained, the best-equipped ...
They use state-of-the-art equipment and state-of-the-art electronic and technological countermeasures to counter terrorists. The overwhelming majority of special forces soldiers are specially trained in various types of hand-to-hand combat and owns the technique of modern combat with snipers. This is just a small listing of what the special forces can do.
A great number of stories have already been told about special forces today, a lot of books have been written, many documentaries or feature films have been shot, but all of these are only specific and fragmentary episodes, because no one can give a complete picture of such a phenomenon as special forces except those who are considered the most close to this unit around.
People joke that special forces are classified more than nuclear weapon our country. Under the secret of all: names, places of preparation, operations. Even the methods of training ordinary special forces soldiers remain under the heading "top secret".
Many professionals will identify special forces in one single word - prohibitively. However, the ultimate mode of life and work - this is only the norm for a special forces soldier. Many years of grueling workouts in one, but the decisive moment will turn into a short three minutes, for which they will have to find the inner strength in themselves and just as quickly win.
But, unfortunately, the country can not know their heroes either by name or in person. Their faces and work is a strict state secret. But the special forces fighters themselves are real and, at the same time, real heroes, appearing now in the North Caucasus, now in Kosovo, now in Tajikistan, now in Afghanistan, now in Moscow, now in St. Petersburg.
In the entire history of the special forces were periods of recession and recovery. But one thing can be said with complete certainty: these people, who devoted their lives to serving the people, serving in special forces, are true patriots of their country, fighters of that invisible front.
And while there are special forces, while they are in the ranks, there is some certainty that they will be at the right moment nearby and will save, if not yours, then someone else's life, or simply prevent the danger.
Materials used:
http://www.voin.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=58
http://www.agentura.ru/dossier/russia/svr/specnaz
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%FB%EC%EF%E5%EB_(%F1%EF%E5%F6%EF%EE%E4%F0%E0%E7%E4%E5%EB%E5%ED%E8%E5)
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