special forces operations in Switzerland

The Switzerland is full of Supercops
by Annette Hirschberg - The secretly built up special unit "Tigris" of the Federal Judicial Police in Switzerland provides for red heads. Because Supercops, find the critics, there is already enough in Switzerland. 20 Minuten Online has compiled the Swiss elite troops.

This is the elite unit of the AAD Armee.Das 10 was created for command actions. 2012 There is to guard the Swiss embassy in Tripoli in Einsatz.Gut 90 special soldiers are currently part of this task force sein.Im August 2007, the Group presented during an exercise on the Grenadier Waffenplatz isone of the first Medien.Darüberhinaus have numerous cantons elite units : The in training. All members are full-time special police officer. Take no mehr.Wer patrol in the GI wants to have the basic police training are a hard test. It consists of personal, sports and Schiesstests.Die Ticino GI works closely with the zusammen.Die Giggs pictured here train daily: you jog, swim, practice arrest techniques and shooting with various

German special forces GSG 9 border guard group 9

Border Guard Group 9 (GSG 9)

The border guards 9 (GSG-9) is founded in Munich in 1972 after the hostage drama of the Special Olympics organization of the federal police to combat terrorism.

Despite renaming of the Federal Border Guard (BGS) in federal police on 01.07.2005, GSG 9 retains their name.
The then Interior Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher called the GSG 9 in life as it at the time, no specially trained and equipped task force in Germany was that the hostage drama could have prevented without dilemma.
Starting with 180 men, the GSG 9 now includes over 240 active forces with different specializations, including divers, snipers and paratroopers.
They are especially put to use when it comes to aviation and maritime piracy, attacks on foreign guests of state or organized crime.
Border Guard Group 9 (GSG-9) - History
Similar to the German police Seks the GSG 9 of the Federal Police found their birth in the Geisedrama during the 1972 Winter Olympics in Munich.

Hostage crisis Alabama: Special Forces stormed Hell Bunker

ETHAN (5) FREED, kidnappers TOT
Special Forces stormed Hell Bunker

HOSTAGE DRAMA OF ALABAMA
Boy (5) in force from kidnappers
The first pictures from the night: FBI agents and police officers inform the attending reporters about the liberation action
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Russian special forces to get new combat helicopter

Tags: News, Society, Ministry of Defence, helicopters, GLONASS, Russia
 01/21/2013, 13:11

Russia's Defense Ministry has prepared a technical task to develop a Mi-8 helicopter with a new navigation and complex struggle for the Special Forces. Already in 2013, the new Mi-8 to go into series production.

Weapons and Equipment of special forces

Weapons & Equipment

The Green Berets use a variety of weapons. In addition to U.S. Army weapons in use but also quite foreign weapons are used. The following list includes most likely not all the weapons, since they frequently can change pretty quickly:
BB guns:
Beretta M9 (9mm x 19)
Colt M-1911A1 (11.43 mm x 23)
H & K Mk.23 SOCOM (11.43 mm x 23)
Ü SMGs & PDW's:
FN P90 (5.7 x 28)
H & K MP5, different variants, for example PDW/A3/A5/SD (9 mm x 19)
Ü assault rifles:
M16A2/A3 Colt (5.56 mm x 45)
Colt M4A1 SOPMOD (5.56 x 45 mm)
BB guns:

Structure of the special forces detachments

Structure

Ü The "Special Forces Operational Detachment (SFOD) Alpha"
The so-called "A-Team" is the smallest unit in the Special Forces concept. This group can operate fully autonomous and is composed of 12 soldiers. The team leader is usually a captain, his deputy is a Lieutenant or Warrant officer (specialist service officer). Other facilities include a master sergeant serving as the highest non-commissioned officer, a sergeant first class as a news and defense expert, and two weapons specialists, two paramedics, two radio operators and two pioneers of the team. All team members have at least the rank of sergeant (NCO) and thanks to the double occupation of the A-Team can again be divided into two groups, each with 6 man.

Training of special forces candidates

Training In order to even get to the Special Forces candidates must meet the following conditions:

Ü 100 or more points in a test setting
Ü suitability for transfer to a higher security level
Ü 50 m swimming in full combat gear and equipment
Ü high school completion
Ü Successful completion of the performance test
Ü pass the psychological test
Ü Concluded parachute training
If the applicant meets these conditions, it starts for the first phase of training. Here he learned and consolidate their knowledge in infantry combat and the driving of smaller units.