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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 ...
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.
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.
Kampfschwimmerkommando 18 [2] (English: Combat Swimmer Command 18), or KSK-18, [3] was a naval special warfare unit in the Volksmarine that specialized in amphibious warfare, clandestine operation, commando style raids, defusing and disposal of naval mine or various types of bombs, irregular warfare, marine salvage, maritime search and rescue, naval special warfare operations, personal ...
This is a list of military special forces units, also known as special operations forces (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that are specially organized, trained and equipped to conduct special operations.
EGB Forces (Specialized Army Forces with Expanded Capabilities) (German: Spezialisierte Kräfte des Heeres mit Erweiterter Grundbefähigung) is a specialized operations force of the German Bundeswehr, organized under the Rapid Forces Division.
The Rapid Forces Division (German: Division Schnelle Kräfte), formerly Special Operations Division (Division Spezielle Operationen), is an airborne division of the German Army that was activated in 2001 and received its current designation in 2014. Its headquarters staff is based at Stadtallendorf. It was created as 1st Airborne Division (1.
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]