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Heliborne training (2000 ILA Berlin Air Show). The Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) (English: Special Operations Forces (SOF), [1] [3] alternatively Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM) [4]) is a unified combatant command and a large brigade-level unit of the German Army (Heer) for black operation, capture or kill high-value targets, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management ...
NATO military symbol for the Kampfschwimmer. Naval Special Forces Command, also called the Kampfschwimmer (KSM; English: Combat Swimmers, lit. ' combat swimmers" ') [1] or Verwendungsgruppe 3402 (Deployment Group 3402), are an elite special operations unit of the German Navy, specializing in commando and amphibious warfare operations.
The specific reason for the establishment of the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) was the evacuation of German citizens by Belgian Para-Commandos during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. This task was carried out by special forces of the Para-Commando Brigade from Belgium, the former colonial power, as agreed upon in advance by NATO partners.
A proper cotton combat uniform was introduced in 1947 (Modèle 47) based on a jacket inspired by the US 1943 pattern and loose trousers with two big cargo pockets on each side of the thighs. The same year, a special uniform, also called Modèle 47 was issued to airborne units composed of a large jacket with two breast and two hip cargo pockets.
The Fallschirmjägerkompanien B1 (English: Paratroopercompanies B1) were paratrooper commando specially trained units of the German Bundeswehr and the predecessor of the current German army's special operations unit Kommando Spezialkräfte. [1]
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SEK operators raid a hijacked ship during a public exhibition. In 1974, the first SEK unit was raised in police forces of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. [3]After West and East Germany were unified in 1990, some ex-officers of the Diensteinheit IX (DIX) in the Volkspolizei were merged into the SEKs after thorough political evaluation procedures, such as with SEK units in Mecklenburg ...
Soldiers may also wear a distinctive dark green beret with a badge depicting the Eagle of the Polish Special Forces, though it is not mandatory except for a formal ceremony or with the dress uniform. Apart from Command personnel, all other personnel wear uniforms and berets that bear no name or rank so as to conceal and protect their identities.