Strong-willed
The magazine "Brother" already wrote that at the end of winter 2012, in Ufa, on the territory of the hippodrome complex "Akbuzat", the ceremony of handing over the Lada Priora cars to five servicemen of the detachment took place ...
Royal special forces competition
From March 21 to March 28 in Jordan, on the territory of the Royal Special Operations Training Center (The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center - KASOTC) ...
SWAT, not knowing victories: American "Delta Force"
There is no error in the title of the article. The most expensive, most pretentious detachment of special forces in the world - the American "Delta Force" - "Force Delta" - is at the same time the ...
There are special forces in the transport too ...
According to statistics, more than a million passengers and 60% of all cargo are transported by Russian railways. It was believed that rail transport was the safest and most reliable form of transport. But the explosions ...
On Capture - 95 seconds
The small town of Eckernförde, located in the north of Germany, is one of the most important German ports on the Baltic Sea. Here is the naval base of the German Navy, the location of the entire ...
Soviet intelligence legend
Most of the information about the activities of this person is kept secret to this day. His collection of surnames, codenames, operational aliases and illegal covers would be the envy of anyone ...
NOCS Group: Anti-terror in Italian
The elite anti-terrorism unit of NOCS, or “Teste di cuoio”, which literally means “leather heads” in Italian, and everyone on the Apennine peninsula is equally understood as ...
East march KSK
At first, the Bundeswehr special forces in Afghanistan were not allowed to work, and then they were not allowed to shoot. And he learned to take the enemy with his bare hands. October 19 Night 2012 of the year. North of Afghanistan. In the village...
Resident in Israel
It has long been assumed that an imperceptible person of an unobtrusive appearance who is not attracting outside attention on the streets of other cities, who is capable of them ...
Tail spetsnaz
The use of combat animals in the naval special forces of the US Navy On one of the days in the first half of 1960's in sunny Florida, yachtsmen and shipowners unexpectedly discovered on their yachts and ...
Scout Alexey and Manhattan Project
On April 1945, XNUMX, shortly before the death of US President F. Roosevelt, the Secretary of War handed him a secret note, which said: “In four months, we, in all likelihood, ...
Sniper craft basics
Today, most armies have two basic sniping concepts: 1. Sniper pair or single shooter work in the “free hunting” mode, i.e. their main task is ...
Some examples of actions by US and British Special Forces in the 90s of the 20th century
The end of the 20th century was marked by the US returning to a more aggressive practice of using armed forces abroad. A key role in this was played by special forces. The first American ...
CANSOFCOM - Canadian Special Forces
Canada is one of the most influential members of the NATO bloc. Since 1989, the Canadian Forces have been involved in virtually all operations of the North Atlantic bloc. The most noticeable ...
The 7 airborne assault brigade of Tajikistan is the most experienced special forces of Central Asia
It is recognized that the armed forces of Tajikistan were formed in February 1993, at a time when the country was experiencing an extremely complex military and political situation. When ended ...
Hungarian Special Operations Forces
Not much is known about the special forces of Hungary. This is most likely due to the legacy of the Soviet period. Nevertheless, we tried to collect and summarize information obtained from open ...
The share of "Angels"
The 12 raid of the French special forces in January 2013 in Somalia was supposed to be "a beautiful and first of its kind major joint action by special operations forces of several countries." But did not. Today at...
Features of power intelligence in the zone of military conflicts (Part I)
"In order for a soldier to fight well, he must first be dressed, shod, fed, trained, and only afterwards sent for the task."
Damask blade of law
The employees of this unit were among the first to face the powerful wave of organized crime that swept the country in the early 90s. They got the most difficult section ...
Mountain motorized rifle special forces
The formation of two mountain separate motorized rifle brigades was almost completed on the territory of the North Caucasus. They began as early as 2005, when in Karachay-Cherkessia, not far from ...
Amphibian Man. Special Forces of the Soviet Navy
Those who served in the Mediterranean squadron of the Navy, sometimes have seen how in the area of the ships' staying, now hiding, then appearing among the waves, inflatable boats with camouflage easily slid ...
Bosna: Police Special Forces
The special police unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed as part of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, is historically associated with the special group "Lasta", founded back in 1982 ...
Aliens against predators
"Special raid special forces." So a veteran of the British SAS called the Taliban raid 14 September 2012 on the British base in Afghanistan. The first grenade exploded behind him, when that evening he ...
And for the landing, and for special forces
Numerous insurgencies have shown that formations using guerrilla tactics and organization are best able to fight against partisans. Also, dominance itself ...