In this respect, according to knowledgeable, media sources, the unit is somewhat similar to the mysterious, U.S. KSSO is a strategic-level asset, created for foreign-intervention missions and counter-terrorism duties.
In 2013, the new Special Operations Forces Command (KSSO) was added to this expanding list of troops, assigned to the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. They’re also available in olive-green suede, for woodland operations. In addition, “Cobra” brown-suede, assault boots are now available to begin replacing the traditional, VKBO black-leather, combat boots in desert environments. SpetsNaz troops and Russian paratroopers wear light blue berets (recon paratroopers wear green berets, as photographed in Syria) and camouflage uniforms in a wide variety of patterns, including the standard, Digital Flora/Tetris pattern, Survival Pattern (SURPAT), Spekter-S, and many others, while Naval SpetsNaz and regular, naval infantry units wear black berets, and a similarly wide array of camouflage patterns. Army Rangers or Navy SEALs, trained primarily for direct-action, commando missions. In general terms, SpetsNaz troops are not “Special Forces” in the American sense of the term, because their role is not to train and organize foreign, allied units, like our own Special Forces groups. There are also four Naval Special Reconnaissance, or Naval SpetsNaz units, the 42nd, 388th, 420th, and 561st Naval Reconnaissance Points, assigned to the four Russian naval fleets.
In addition, the 45th Guards Special Purpose Airborne Brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops is considered to be a crossover, SpetsNaz/paratrooper unit, even though virtually all SpetsNaz commandos are fully-qualified paratroopers. Certainly, the most well-known of these are the Spetsialnovo Naznacheniya (“Special Purpose”) units, more-commonly referred to by their abbreviation of “SpetsNaz.” These are under the command of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the armed forces, and they first came to widespread, international attention during the Soviet-Afghan War of 1979 to 1989.Ĭurrently, there are eight SpetsNaz brigades of various sizes (the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 14th, 16th, 22nd, 24th, and 346th Special Purpose Brigades), and one SpetsNaz regiment (the 25th Special Purpose Regiment), totaling approximately 16,000 men. The Russian Federation is geographically the largest nation on Earth, and it has a correspondingly vast array of special operations forces. It isĪ riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” “ I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia.
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