Spetsnaz

The Spetsnaz (Russian: спецназ), contraction of Podrazdeleniya spetsialnovo naznacheniya (подразделенияспециальногоназначения), “units for specific missions”, are units of the Russian Armée , created during the Cold war and specifically formed, educated and trained to carry out a range of particular missions, energy of special operations within the framework of a concerning Conflit traditional with those the not-conventional war. The only watchword of these special forces is the absolute effectiveness in their missions by all the means available. The Assassination of the Afghan president Amin in 1979, their role in the war of Afghanistan, the release of the Soviet diplomats removed in Beirut in 1985, the spectacular release of the journalist French Vincent Cochetel in 1998 and the payment of recent the taken hostages with the Theater of Moscow and in Ossétie of north counts among the prestigious ones but bloody feats of arms of this crack corps. Historically, they go down from the motorized troops of NKVD, which fulfilled the same missions against the Nazis at the time of the Second world war.

Role and formation

Their role, particularly in Chetchnia, remains discussed because these warriors are seen by certain like true death squads, at which them methods of resistance to the Torture are taught as well as the Topographie or the Camouflage. They do not remain about it less units feared and respected for their knowledge to make specific.

They are divided into two groups, Alpha and Beta, first is charged with the interior counter-terrorism and the second of the external counter-terrorism.

Recruitment and drive

The selection of Spetsnaz is extremely hard and difficult. Different mentalities in the Russian army oblige, certain treatments inflicted with the new recruits would quite simply not be tolerated in Occident. A large accent is related to aguerissement and the rusticity of the troops, namely their capacity of adaptation in hostile environment under difficult conditions. Nevertheless, the material taught in Spetsnaz are overall common with those their counterparts of Western Europe. Namely:

Handling of weapons including the use of foreign weapons and the address with the shooting.

physical Health with a emphase on resistance and the force.

Advance, patrols, camouflage, and techniques of monitoring including survival in a large variety of hostile environments.

Combat with the body with body, naked hands and with knives or shovels ditching (out of handgun or with launched). See the articles on the Sambo and the Systema.

Sabotage and demolition of vital strategic objectives for the enemy.

Technical of interrogation : This formation is strongly décriée because it also comprises the training of techniques of torture.

Formation with the foreign languages : Given to the University of Moscow, the purpose of it is to learn in Spetsnaz the bases certain foreign languages like English, French, but also certain Arab languages and of the Middle East.

Organization

Initially, the unit of the spetsnaz was a small unit of elite made up of about thirty combatants. Today, the organization of the spetsnaz is done in 2 groups. The Alpha group is in charge of the interior counter-terrorism (for example, the taking of hostages at the school of Beslan) and Béta in charge of the external counter-terrorism groups it (several operations in Afghanistan).

Armaments and equipment

The armament of Spetsnaz is always founded on the system Kalaschnikov : rifles of attack AK-74 and its alternatives with foldable stick AKS-74, and compacts AKS-74U, light Mitrailleuse S RPK, rifles of precision SVD Dragunov. The lance grenade S single stroke for rifle of attack is the BG-15 while the automatic model remains celebrates it AGS-17.

However, as a unit of elite, Spetsnaz have access to armaments more specific and produced in small series. It is in particular the case of the new rifle of attack AN-94 Abakan, intended for the origin to replace one day the AK-74, rifles of quiet precision VSS Vintorez, antimateriel rifle OSV-96, barrel grenade thrower RG-6, machine pistols Vikhr, SR-2, Bizon, PP-90, PP-93, Pistolet S semi-automatic Giourza…

To note that Spetsnaz of the maritime units have two rather interesting weapons, the rifle of watery attack APS and watery gun SPP-1.

The first car of steel the darts of 5,66 millimetres of gauge and long of 120 Misters This weapon can draw step by step or by gusts. The charger contains 26 darts. The SSP-1 is a gun with four guns also drawing from the darts.

See too

External bonds

le.cos.free.fr
Site on Spetsnaz
Site on the Russian special forces
Site on the Russian and foreign special forces

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