02-13-95 ViPer012. ÜÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÜ ÞÛÛÝ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛ ÛÛÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛ ÛÛßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ÞÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ßÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛ ßÛÛÛß ßÛÛß VIOLENT PERFECTION (A Group which is doing this and that, while trying to find itself...) Disclaimer: Neither the group nor the author of this paper can be held accountable for any misunderstandings, misinformation, misdirection or any other ill things which have come about as a result of reading, having, modifying, or carrying this file. SPECIAL FORCES - SPETSNAZ Part II (viper012.) by HS Stuttman, INC. Edited by Staff of Viper. The very best are selected for officer training, at a special Spetsnaz faculty at the higher airborne command school at Ryazan. They begin four years of grueling training, which will continuously test them. Those who do not make the grade will be re-assigned to airborne VDV units or the air assault troops. Those who complete the training are aware that they are in an elite organization. [It is only among officers that the word 'Spetsnaz' is used.] Leadership and loyalty are the characteristics of these officers, who will lead equally hardened men against well-defended targets within NATO and further afield, with little or no support from their own military command. Other recruits who have done well are sent to be trained as sergeants. The six-month course is equally demanding and many candidates will be sent back to heir units as privates. Conscripts not selected for officer or NCO training, join sections and platoons of operational Spetsnaz and, like their colleagues destined for command, will continue to learn the skills of special forces. The unofficial badge of the Spetsnaz is the 'wolf', for the wolves hunt in packs and defeat pray much larger than themselves. Spetsnaz too operate in small groups, seeking out the enemy, gathering intelligence and then, when ordered to move, killing or destroying a much larger target. The ability to do this comes from months of training and exercises, where the men are pushed to their limits. Parachute training will have covered the use of the RS-1 parachute, which has a reasonably slow decent that allows it to be steered. Once skilled in basic parachuting, they move on to advanced training with a military version of the high-performance competition parachute, the UT15. This requires a high level of competence and is used to deliver troops in HALO (high altitude low opening) operations. Because Spetsnaz may need to operate anywhere in the world and in any terrain or climate, they are regularly parachuted into the northern USSR to survive and operate in Arctic conditions, and into deserts and mountain regions too. On the ground the Spetsnaz soldier is equipped with either an AKS-74 rifle or an AKSU sub machine-gun. Snipers carry the SVD sniper rifle. Every soldier carries the P6 pistol for close-quarter work. Grenades and additional ammunition for machine-guns as well as SA-7 SAMs and RPG-7 or RPG-18 anti-tank missiles are issued as appropriate. A knife and the non-folding spade are standard issue. The latter doubles as a hand-to-hand combat weapon. Hours of martial arts training teach the soldier to swing, slice, stab, and parry with it, so that it becomes lethal in his hands. Apart from the anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, neither heavy weapons nor vehicles are used, unless the group captures them from the enemy. Support may come from aircraft in the form of ground strikes or helicopter gunships or, for naval Spetsnaz, gunfire from warships. Radios are carried to maintain contact with headquarters and to intercept enemy radio nets. Signallers carry portable direction finders to help locate enemy transmissions. Those fluent in the language being listened to may be able to identify a target suitable for attack. During an exercise in the far eastern military district, the attacking force drew up a plan to attack both the HQ and an important missile unit belonging to the 5th Army. Spetsnaz troops were parachuted in to attack but the defenders, aware of the possible use of special forces, directed motorized infantry to find them. Some of the Spetsnaz came up against a canny adversary. The commander of a missile regiment ordered his vehicles to be positioned around the perimeter, pointing outwards at an angle. The trap was set. When, in dead of night, the Spetsnaz attacked, all of the vehicles' lights were switched on at the same time, leaving raiders illuminated and exposed in open ground, unable to see their target. The defending commander then ordered the guard dogs loose! Soldiers of the Spetsnaz are not accustomed to luxuries such as central heating and the trappings of the good life found in the West. It is generally accepted that the Soviet soldier is more accustomed to hardship than his Western counterpart, although that does not necessarily make him a better soldier. Spetsnaz are trained from the beginning to live rough and become animal-like. They carry no sleeping bags, and have only a poncho for shelter. Each soldier begins operations with a loaf of bread and tins of meat. No pre- packed rations are issued. However, combat suits and boots are the best available. Spare clothes, socks, mess tins, spoon, wire saw, additional camouflaged jacket and a survival kit are all stowed into the haversack. Ammunition, grenades and explosives are carried in volume as re-supply behind the lines may not be possible, and troops will have to use captured enemy weapons and ammunition if the situation demands. Each man carries a water bottle and sterilizing tablets, along with a knife, spade and pistol. Once the soldiers have used their food, they have to obtain it in their operational area, either from Soviet/Spetsnaz agents or by living off the land. Survival training requires troops to be dropped in remote areas with no food and the option only to survive or die. Spetsnaz expect to operate behind enemy lines - for example in West Germany or Scandinavia - wearing the uniforms and carrying the weapons of the country. Army Spetsnaz will undertake deep penetration of enemy lines, attacking ammunition dumps, support bases, headquarters and fuel stores. Disruption and intelligence gathering are priorities. (to be continued) February 13th, 1995. 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