Spetsnaz GRU GSH (Wolfhounds) - Above Us Only The Stars.
216th Separate Battalion Special Operations "TSSN Senezh Team GRU".
Spetsnaz GRU an elite Army special forces since the late 1960s successfully perform the most complex and seemingly inconceivable task command. Spetsnaz GRU taking participated in military operations in Angola,Mozambique,Ethiopia,Nicaragua,Cuba ,Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Spetsnaz GRU secretly worked in countries Asia, Latin America and Africa.
Task Spetsnaz GRU conduct sabotage on the territory of other countries or in the enemy's rear, conduct special reconnaissance of and sabotage, counterterrorism and counterinsurgency, as well as the organization of the guerrilla movement in the rear of the enemy.
In Spetsnaz GRU taking citizens of the Russia who previously served in the army having good physical and mental health,have no criminal record,owning a foreign language (English,French,Arabic,Chinese,Farsi) taken in these troops only on a contract basis.
In May 1968, a group of Spetsnaz GRU of up to 10 people made an attack on the American secret facility, which was located on the territory of the Republic of Cambodia, 30 kilometers from the border with Vietnam. Americans used this base for getting to Vietnam it's reconnaissance and attacks. The purpose of these attacks were helicopters that had at that time a unique system of targeting and controlled missiles. After 25 minutes of the attack, one helicopter "Cobra" was hijacked in Vietnam and the rest destroyed. The fact that the operation had special forces of the Soviet Union, the CIA learned a few years later, as a result of internal leakage from the KGB. After were covert operations in Angola. It is Spetsnaz GRU received at its disposal the secret weapon of the Mujahideen (During the war in Afghanistan) - American MANPADS "Stinger". Spetsnaz GRU in 1999 took the airport in Pristina (Serbia) faster than NATO Troops. Similar problems Spetsnaz GRU solved on war with extremists in Chechnya. One of the most successful operations It was seizure villages Komsomolsk 20 March 2000 year as well as the elimination of one of the most famous warlords terrorists in Chechnya, Ruslan Gelayev known as the "Black Angel". In August 2008 Spetsnaz GRU accepted participated in operation to force Georgia to peace (In particular, made a successful sabotage in Navy Georgia). In 2014 Spetsnaz GRU conducted a successful operation to capture military bases and the Ukrainian Navy ships in Crimea.
Detachments Special Purpose GRU:
2th Separate Brigade Special Purpose
10th Brigade Special Purpose
14th Brigade Special Purpose
16th Brigade Special Purpose
22-th Guards Separate Brigade Special Purpose
24th Separate Brigade Special Purpose
216th Separate Battalion Special Operations
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