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Comandos servicemen in training, 2011. Brazilian Special Operations Forces trace their history back to the Pernambucan Insurrection of the 17th century, when Portuguese-Brazilian fighters such as António Dias Cardoso and Captain Francisco Padilha, leading irregular forces and using guerrilla tactics, led a series of successful ambushes against the Dutch occupiers in the region.
These components occasionally operate alongside the special forces of other Brazilian Armed Forces branches or police units, although there is no permanent joint command structure. The first Brazilian special operations course was established in 1957, and the first operational unit in 1968, both within the current Paratrooper Infantry Brigade ...
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GRUMEC operators during ASPIRANTEX 2019. GRUMEC's history dates back to 1964, when two officers and two seamen of the Brazilian Navy passed the US's UDT-SEALs course. From their experience, the Divisão de Mergulhadores de Combate (Combat Divers Division) was created in 1970 at the Almirante Castro e Silva Base.
During MINUSTAH, a force of around 20 men from the 1st Special Forces Battalion and 1st Commando Actions Battalion made up the Destacamento de Operações de Paz (Peace Operations Detachment) or Dopaz, a special operations unit responsible for high-risk missions such as special reconnaissance and direct action against leaderships of Haitian ...
Pages in category "Special forces of Brazil" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (Portuguese: [bataˈʎɐ̃w dʒi opeɾaˈsõjs poliˈsjajz ispeˈsjajs]; literally "Battalion of Special Police Operations") is the tactical police unit and gendarmerie of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (PMERJ) in Brazil.
The Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion, also known as Tonelero Battalion/ Toneleros or Amphibious Commandos (COMANF), is a special operations battalion of the Brazilian Marine Corps. Its attributes include planning, conducting and executing special reconnaissance , direct action , counterterrorism and hostage rescue operations in support ...