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REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
At the turn of the 80-90s. of the last century, the rapidly developing instability greatly influenced all aspects of society. One of the important tasks was to bring down the wave of crime, to ensure order in society. Therefore, in the Republic of Belarus there are many special forces, and at each power ministry.
ARMY SPECIAL FORCE
5th SEPARATE SPECIAL PURPOSE Brigade
STORY
Formed in 1962 as an airborne reconnaissance unit, it has a high level of combat training and vast combat experience. Stationed in Maryina Gorka, Pukhovichi district, Minsk region. Participated in hostilities as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, conducted special events in the Transcaucasus during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The appearance of such military units and formations in the Soviet army is caused by the presence of, as it was customary to call it, our probable enemy in Europe, tactical nuclear weapons. The tasks of the airborne brigades included the destruction of command posts and missile launchers, fuel and ammunition supply bases, the collection of intelligence, sabotage on communications, and in the future - and the organization of a partisan movement on enemy territory. Spetsnaz was designed to carry out operations in the rear in small groups. All brigades were directly subordinate to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff. Soon a unique unit appeared - a company, consisting only of officers and ensigns, well-trained professionals. The best of the best were selected, who flawlessly mastered various styles of martial arts, shooting from all types of small arms, including Western models. Knowledge of foreign languages was a prerequisite. The servicemen also took a course in light diving training under the program of naval special forces, mountaineering and piloting a trike. The company was intended to carry out especially important tasks in the interests of the GRU of the General Staff.
PREPARATION
The main direction of training is reconnaissance and sabotage activities. Scouts are taught to overcome swamps, water barriers. "Field is a soldier's academy" - fighters spend about seven months a year at the training ground.
In order to complete the task without losses away from the main forces, the commando must be a universal soldier. In his arsenal - tactics of covert movement, knowledge of engineering, possession of hand-to-hand combat techniques and first aid skills. Distinctive features - skillful management of all types of army vehicles and the ability to shoot accurately from various types of small arms, including captured ones.
There are no mountains in Belarus, but there are many high-rise buildings. Therefore, the basis of training is urban mountaineering. Classes are held not only on the territory of the brigade, they are also organized jointly with colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the KGB. Diving training is also provided.
Special forces are landing from the sky, and in a variety of ways. Landing with high precision day and night, in all weather conditions. To do this, new parachutes were put into service here, which allow scouts to jump from any height and at any speed of the aircraft. In addition to parachutes, there are in the arsenal of special forces and motorized hang gliders.
WEAPONS
Like many special forces of the former republics of the USSR, the army special forces of Belarus are equipped with weapons and equipment of Soviet and Russian production.
KGB Special Forces "Alpha"
The Alfa group under the USSR State Security Committee was established in 1974. In March 1990, the then chairman of the KGB V. Kryuchkov signed an order to create the 11th group of the KGB of the USSR with deployment in Minsk. The document listed the tasks of the operational-combat unit being created: localization and suppression of terrorist and extremist actions, especially dangerous criminal manifestations. Area of activity - Belarus and the Baltic republics.
From October 1991 to January 1992, the group was at the disposal of the main security department under the apparatus of the President of the USSR. Then she entered the structure of the central apparatus of the KGB of the Republic of Belarus. The fighters of the group carried out special operational tasks, and in 1992-1994. was involved to ensure the physical protection and security of the leadership of Belarus and members of foreign delegations. The range of tasks gradually expanded; now it also includes the fight against organized crime, as well as the illegal export of precious metals, material and historical values outside the country.
SELECTION
When creating Alpha, preference was given to officers with combat experience, former paratroopers, and professional athletes. Today, candidates must have higher education and military service. Particular attention is paid to the ability to endure great psychological and physical stress. The average age of the fighters is 30–35 years.
For some time, there were rumors that the Alpha fighters received military experience in Chechnya, but the group's leadership stubbornly denies this.
SPECIAL FORCE OF THE BORDER TROOPS
A separate service of active measures (OSAM) is a unit whose task is anti-terrorist activity in the border zone.
The history of the special forces of the border troops of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR began in 1981. The purpose of the group operating in Afghanistan was to fight the counter-revolutionary underground and agents of enemy special services.
OSAM appeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1993. Its first commander was Gennady Nevyglas. One of the primary tasks of the special forces was the fight against illegal migration. Later, new tasks appeared - the fight against economic crime and drug smuggling, countering terrorism and human trafficking.
On the uniform chevron of the OSAM fighter there are two crossed balls and a wind rose against the background of the contour of the country.
At one time OSAM was headed by the Chairman of the Border Committee Igor Rachkovsky. And the eldest sons of the President of the country, Viktor and Dmitry Lukashenko, served in the special forces.
TASKS
The following tasks are assigned to the special forces units of the border service:
Carrying out operations related to the implementation of operational information about hostile activities on the state border and at checkpoints through it of special services of foreign states, extremist and criminal groups;
Protection in extreme conditions of premises, vehicles and other objects of operational bodies;
Implementation of reconnaissance and search activities;
Ensuring the security of activities carried out by the leadership of the border service;
Release of hostages from among the military personnel of the troops, bodies and organizations of the border service;
Studying the operational situation in the areas (places) of the alleged actions of the group, conducting reconnaissance of these areas (places);
Participation in the holding of special events related to the implementation of specific operational information, information of interacting law enforcement agencies;
Participation in the search and detention of armed groups and persons who have crossed or are trying to cross the border;
Ensuring the security of the leadership of the border service during trips around the country and abroad;
Ensuring the security of the operational staff of the border service during activities at the state border;
Ensuring the personal safety of PS servicemen and members of their families in cases provided for by law;
Ensuring the group's own security.
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT
Armament - mainly Soviet and Russian production. The unit is equipped with modern radio stations. For cross-country vehicles, bumpers are additionally reinforced with rails, a steel bottom is welded, and a rubber mixture is poured into tires.
SPECIAL FORCE OF THE INTERNAL TROOPS OF THE MVD
3rd Separate Red Banner Special Purpose Brigade
The third separate Red Banner Special Forces Brigade (military unit 3214, Uruchcha) was formed on the basis of the 334th regiment of the 120th division. It is prepared both to disperse street actions and to participate in special operations. This is the shock part of the internal troops. The number of personnel is 1500–2000 people. The brigade includes special-purpose battalions, a special rapid reaction detachment (SOBR) and support units.
The main tasks of the brigade are the fight against terrorism, actions in case of emergencies, preparation in case of a military threat.
In peacetime, the fighters of the brigade participate in the protection of public order in the capital of the republic, often go on missions outside of Minsk. During opposition street actions, the brigade is usually kept in reserve and used only in the most extreme cases.
Soldiers receive comprehensive and varied training. The program includes acrobatics, hand-to-hand combat, strength training, athletic gymnastics, crosses. A lot of attention is paid to shooting from different types of weapons, as well as tactical and special training for actions in various situations.
In fact, the special forces of the Ministry of the Interior began with Almaz. True, then this unit was called "Berkut", and its main purpose was the organization of prison anti-terror. Similar detachments were created in other Soviet republics.
Today it is a rapid response unit. In 1994, the then head of Berkut and the future Minister of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Naumov, took the initiative to rename the special unit to Almaz. On the basis of the department for correctional affairs of the former republics of the USSR, they urgently began to form a prison anti-terror unit. The order was signed on January 2, 1992. Vladimir Naumov, then the commander of a patrol company, was appointed the first commander of the unit.
The main tasks to be solved at that time were:
Release of hostages;
Detention of armed criminals;
Elimination of riots in places of deprivation of liberty.
The forces of the then still small special forces carried out a number of operations to search for and detain dangerous criminals who had escaped from the pre-trial detention centers in Minsk and Brest. The hostages captured by recidivists in the penal colonies of Orsha and Minsk were released, and a mass escape from the colony in Shklov was prevented.
As the nature of crime changed, so did the unit. At this time, many different criminal gangs appeared. They started talking about the mafia, thieves' authorities, about the division of territories and spheres of influence. Not limited to the walls of the colonies and Belarusian terrorism. More extensive use of special forces was required. The question of reorganization arose. A review of all special forces units was held, and the best one was chosen - "Almaz".
Since the autumn of 1994, the unit has been transformed into a special unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus with subordination personally to the minister. The fighters are responsible for carrying out the most difficult tasks: the elimination of terrorist attacks, the release of hostages, the detention of various criminal armed groups.
The history of the name of the special unit is unique - in many countries such formations are still called "Berkut" or "Falcon", and Belarusians have chosen a different path. The new name was not chosen by chance - the diamond symbolizes hardness, purity, nobility. In a memo for fighters, their commander once wrote: "Always remember that a special forces officer must be clean and hard as a diamond."
Over the years of its existence, Almaz SPBT has accumulated vast practical experience, thwarted terrorist attacks and released about 100 hostages, together with the operational units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, more than five and a half thousand special operations have been carried out to search for and suppress the activities of organized criminal groups and organizations. One of the most resonant events of Almaz was the detention in Minsk of suspects in the murder of Russian journalist Paul Khlebnikov.
TASKS
The main tasks are:
Prevention of terrorist acts;
Detection and neutralization of explosive devices;
Carrying out special measures to detect and detain dangerous armed criminals, to seize counterfeit banknotes, narcotic, chemical and radioactive substances and ammunition;
Ensuring the physical security of the operational staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
Carrying out search and reconnaissance activities;
Protection of judges and persons of the controlling composition of the republic, high officials of the state and foreign delegations.
The combat readiness of the unit is evidenced by the following fact: in the event of an alarm, the "Almaz" must arrive at the base within 5-7 minutes. And within 20 minutes, reconnaissance and a combat group are sent to the scene anywhere in the country. After another 20 minutes, the second group leaves.
Basically, officers from similar units of the Ministry of Defense, police special forces, the security service of the head of state, and border troops come to Almaz. As a rule, these are people who have served at least five years and have already participated in special operations. Women also serve in Almaz - negotiators and snipers.
The armament corresponds to the armament of other special forces of Belarus.
Minsk Special Purpose Police Regiment
The regiment was formed in the fall of 2005 on the basis of a special police detachment. Both then and now, the main task of the regiment is the protection of public order during various mass actions.
Other tasks were:
Ensuring the personal and property security of citizens on the streets and in other public places;
Prevention and suppression of offenses, group violations of public order and riots;
Participation, together with other services and divisions of the internal affairs bodies, in the detention of armed criminals, the suppression of the activities of organized groups and criminal organizations;
Participation in special events and operations carried out by internal affairs bodies.
In addition, the fighters of the unit must be prepared for cataclysms, disasters, natural and man-made accidents.
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The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (SSO Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus) is the youngest branch of the armed forces. On August 1, 2007, the command of the SOF of the Armed Forces was created. The MTR command reports directly to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
The command is a body of military control of the Armed Forces and is intended to control subordinate formations and military units, to manage their combat and mobilization training; planning the activities of the special operations forces of the Armed Forces, organizing their construction and development, as well as solving other issues related to the competence of the command.
Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus - Major General Vadim Denisenko
The Special Operations Forces include:
- 5th detachment of Special Forces (Maryina Gorka),
- 38th separate mobile brigade (Brest)
- 103rd separate mobile brigade (Vitebsk)
- 33rd separate detachment of Special Forces (Vitebsk).
The organizational structure of the mobile brigades is as follows:
brigade management: headquarters, services;
combat military units and divisions
airmobile battalion;
2 independent mobile battalions
(in each BTR-80, MAZ vehicles, 82mm mortars, 40mm AGS-17 automatic grenade launchers);
artillery battalion (122 mm D-30 howitzers);
anti-aircraft missile and artillery division (BTR-ZD "Screeze", MANPADS "Igla");
combat support and communications units;
logistic and technical support units.
OBRSpN organizationally consists of:
Brigade management
-headquarters; services.
Combat military units and divisions
Special Forces units (detachments);
- communications department.
Support units
MTO division;
- headquarters company;
- medical company.
Based on the analysis of trends in the development of the armed forces of foreign states, the experience of military conflicts of the last decade and the exercises, it was determined that the special operations forces of the Armed Forces are designed to perform various tasks using special methods and methods, in order to prevent the escalation or cessation of the armed conflict against the Republic of Belarus from any aggressor, and are one of the main elements of strategic deterrence. Formations and military units of special operations forces are in constant readiness for timely use both in peacetime and in wartime. They can perform tasks independently or in cooperation with formations and military units of the Armed Forces, internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and internal affairs bodies, the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus, newly formed operational detachments of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus.
Almost everyone knows that there are special forces in Uruchcha, Maryina Gorka, Minsk, there are Alfa and Almaz groups. However, few people know how these structures differ from each other, who manages them, what is included in their functions.
"Nasha Niva" presented a brief overview of the main Belarusian special forces.
Uruchensk Special Forces Brigade
The third separate Red Banner Special Forces Brigade (military unit 3214, Uruchcha) was formed in the 1990s on the basis of the 334th regiment of the 120th division. It is prepared both to disperse street actions and to participate in special operations. This is the shock part of the Internal Troops. Its number is about 1500-2000 people. The unit includes several units - special-purpose battalions, a Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) and support units.
The main tasks of the brigade are the fight against terrorism, actions in case of emergencies, combat training in case of a military threat.
In peacetime, the fighters of the brigade perform the functions of protecting public order. Often representatives of the brigade go on assignments outside of Minsk. For example, they guard the "Slavianski Bazaar".
During the street actions of the opposition, the Uruchen brigade is usually kept on a safety net. They are used only in extreme cases, when the PMSN cannot cope with the demonstrators. Pavlichenko's fighters were seen several times during the last presidential elections.
Pavlichenko himself, being the commander of the brigade, repeatedly stated that he was trying to educate the fighters in the "spirit of Orthodoxy." There is a temple on the territory.
Combat training is of great importance; it is several times stricter than in other military units. The program includes acrobatics, hand-to-hand combat, strength training, athletic gymnastics, crosses. Great importance is attached to shooting from different types of weapons, as well as tactical and special training for actions in various situations.
It is worth noting that most of the ordinary fighters are in the brigade for a year or a half. This is a normal term of service in the army.
It was Pavlichenko who figured in the cases of Zakharenko and Gonchar - while those cases were being investigated by the KGB. In 2000, Lukashenka dismissed KGB chairman Matskevich and Prosecutor General Bazhelko, and everything fell into place.
Minsk Special Purpose Police Regiment
The regiment was formed in the autumn of 2005, shortly before the presidential elections. The PMSN was created on the basis of the OMON, and Yuriy Podobed headed it. As Anatoly Kuleshov (today's Minister of the Interior), the then head of the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, explained, the main purpose of creating the regiment was to protect public order during various mass actions.
According to him, the fighters of this unit must be prepared for cataclysms, disasters, natural and man-made accidents. Kuleshov called the third reason that the creation of the regiment would enable other police officers to perform their immediate duties. The officers of the regiment wear black uniforms. It was they who mainly participated in the dispersal of street protests, including on October Square.
The PMSN was created at the personal request of Yuri Podobed, who complained that the number of events that needed protection was constantly growing in the country. The staff has also been increased a lot.
Now Alexander Lukomsky manages PMSN. He graduated from the Leningrad Higher Political School of Internal Troops (1992), the Police Academy (1998), the command and staff faculty of the Military Academy (2002). Prior to that, he headed the capital's police brigade of internal troops (military unit 5448).
Maryina Gorka
Near Minsk, in Maryina Gorka (Pukhovichi district), there is a 5th separate special-purpose brigade. But this is not the Internal Troops. This special forces belongs to the Ministry of Defense.
The formation of the brigade began to take place in 1962.
During Soviet times, the fighters reached a level of training that corresponded to the Vympel detachment of the KGB of the USSR. Fighters from Maryina Gorka took an active part in the Afghan conflict. Two years after the withdrawal from there, the paratroopers from Maryina Gorka again went to war. Almost the entire brigade (805 people) under the command of Colonel Borodach was in Armenia.
On December 31, 1992, former Soviet special forces swore allegiance to Belarus. The main areas of training for today's fighters in the unit are sabotage and reconnaissance. Scouts are taught to overcome swamps, water barriers, forests. For this, exercises are often held in the forests. For ten days they are in an unknown area for themselves.
Maryina Gorka believes that their unit is the most elite in the country. There is an unofficial competition and confrontation between the special forces from Uruchcha and Maryina Gorka. Both there and there believe that their part is the best.
In 1996, the former head of the unit in Maryina Gorka, Colonel Borodach, took the side of the Constitution, against Lukashenka.
"Diamond"
In fact, the Belarusian special forces began with Almaz in the late 1980s. True, at that time this unit had the name "Berkut", and the main purpose was the organization of prison anti-terror detachments. They were also created in other Soviet republics.
Now it is a kind of rapid reaction squad. In 1994, the then head of Berkut and the future Minister of Internal Affairs, Vladimir Naumov, took the initiative to rename the special unit to Almaz. In a memo for fighters, Naumov once wrote: "Always remember that a special forces officer must be clean and hard as a diamond."
In 2002, Alexander Lukashenko personally opened the Almaz base.
In the event of an alarm, the "Almaz man" should arrive at the base within 5-7 minutes. And within 20 minutes, reconnaissance and a combat group are sent to the scene anywhere in the country. After another 20 minutes, the second group leaves.
The functions of the "diamond man" include the fight against terrorist activities, the release of hostages, and the disposal of explosives. "Almazovtsy" once detained suspects in the murder of Russian journalist Paul Khlebnikov in Minsk.
"Almazovets" must train at least three times a week. These are not only sports exercises, fighters also go to barriers, manholes, ladders in full gear.
Basically, officers from similar units of the Ministry of Defense, police special forces, the security service of the head of state, and border troops get into Almaz. As a rule, these are people who have served at least five years and have already participated in special operations. Serve in the "Almaz" and women - negotiators and snipers.
It was Almaz employees who on March 2, 2006, beat up presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin. Soldiers of the same detachment detained Mikalai Autukhovich and his supporters this year. It was the former "Almazovites" who were convicted in the case of the disappearance of cameraman Dmitry Zavadsky.
Almaz is headed by Colonel Nikolai Karpenkov. He was still in Berkut, when from 1992 to 1994. He was the commander of the combat group of the unit. In 2003, Karpenkov returned to Almaz as a commander.
"Alpha"
The Alfa group under the State Security Committee of the USSR was created back in 1974. In March 1990, the then chief Chekist of the Union Kryuchkov signed a decree on the additional introduction of the Alpha group with a deployment in Minsk. Among the goals of the creation of the group were the localization and prevention of terrorist and extremist actions, especially dangerous criminal manifestations that threaten the security of the country. Initially, the group also acted on the Baltic countries.
Interestingly, until January 1992, Alfa was directly subordinate to the main department under the President of the USSR. Only then did she enter the structure of the Belarusian KGB. Alpha fighters ensure the physical defense and security of the Belarusian leadership and distinguished foreign guests. The new duties also included the fight against the illegal export of valuable metals, material and historical values outside the country.
When creating Alpha, preference was given to Afghan officers, vedeveshniks, and professional athletes. Now higher education and military service are mandatory for candidates. Also, attention is paid to the ability to endure great psychological and physical stress. The age of the fighters is 30-35 years.
It is noted that staff turnover at Alpha is very low. It takes four or five years to become a true professional. All this time the fighter is on the second or third roles. One full outfit of the "alpha" (body armor, helmet, weapons, ammunition) weighs more than 20 kilograms.
Sergei Naumchik, deputy of the Supreme Council of the 12th convocation from the Belarusian Popular Front, in his memoirs claims that it was Alfa employees who beat up opposition deputies who went on a hunger strike in the oval hall.
For some time there were rumors that the Alpha fighters received military experience in Chechnya, but the group's leadership stubbornly denies this. The head of the Alpha group is Colonel Nikolai Ivinsky.
Border Special Forces
The border guards also have their own special forces. This is the Separate Service of Active Measures, perhaps the most closed and little-known special unit.
OSAM appeared after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1993. The first chief was Gennady Nevyglas.
First of all, the creation of a special unit was explained by the fight against illegal migration. Mostly, citizens from Asian countries to Europe. That was the first task.
Later, new ones appeared - the fight against economic crime and drug trafficking, countering transit terrorism and human trafficking.
Checking the future Osamo resident lasts from a year to two. During this time, the service record of the fighter, all close and distant relatives are checked with special attention. The average age of officers is 33 years. On the uniform chevron of the OSAM fighter there are two crossed balls and a wind rose against the background of the contour of the country.
At one time, OSAM was headed by the current chairman of the Border Committee, Igor Rachkovsky. And the eldest sons of Lukashenka, Viktor and Dmitry, served in the special forces.
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In addition to them, MTRs use the latest Russian assault rifles - for example, . This assault rifle has a buttstock made of shock-resistant glass-filled polyamide, which obviously lightens the weight of the weapon. Its weight is 3.6 kg, rate of fire is 650 rounds per minute, aiming range is 50 m.
Now MTRs have the latest sets of special clothing and weapons for different habitats of fighters. With a flag of the Airborne Forces, an “underwater paratrooper” coquettishly sits in a set of underwater equipment “SKUBA”. It is equipped with a breathing apparatus with a buoyancy compensator, a neoprene wetsuit with gloves and boots, fins and a diving mask. There is a "paratrooper" with a set of diving equipment SLVI-71, allowing you to work at a depth of up to 40 m.
The "beekeeper" is dressed in a "summer special" set.
And the sniper is dressed in a camouflage Leshy. To the right of it is the Gorka-E windproof kit.
The lyricism of the army names is continued by the set of winter paratroopers' uniforms "Melted Snow".
Patch of the Special Special Forces Detachment of the 5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic Belarus
Options
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Joint Belarusian-Chinese tactical 2011 workout
Muted version (embroidery)
muted version
Patch stripe 5th ObrSpN of the Armed Forces of the Republic Belarus. Model 1994
Belarus
In 1994, for the 5th separate brigade, the commander of the brigade, Colonel Vilchkovsky I. B., developed a sleeve insignia with the image of a wolf against the background of an open parachute. The sleeve insignia lasted from 1994 to 2002.
Patch of the Special Special Forces Detachment of the 5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic Belarus
22nd Special Purpose Company of the Western Operational Command of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
33rd Guards Separate Special Purpose Detachment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
original stripe The 33rd detachment looks exactly like this. Three colors on the field of the shield symbolize 3 elements in which the fighters of the detachment carry out their operational and official activities; blue-sky, green-earth, blue-water.
Reconnaissance Patch of the 38th Guards Separate Vienna Red Banner Mobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus
Special Forces of the Republic of Belarus
5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Special Operations Forces MO Republic of Belarus (inscription in Latin: "Leaving into the night").
38th Guards Separate Mobile Brigade of the Special Operations Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus (ceremonial version)
chevron of a special detachment ("officer company") of the 5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Special Operations Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Special Operations Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Belarus, ceremonial version (inscription in Latin: "Leaving into the night").
chevron of the 5th Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Special Operations Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus (inscription in Latin: "Leaving into the night").
chevron of the 103rd Guards Separate Mobile Brigade of the MTR Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (Vitebsk)
chevron of the 38th Guards Separate Mobile Brigade of the MTR Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (Brest)
In the center of the sleeve insignia is a "walking fox" against the background of a stylized red arrow. The fox is a cunning and cautious animal, acting secretly, assertively but prudently, a small but dangerous predator - it symbolizes the specifics of the actions of special forces scouts. The arrow, as an element of the heraldic sign, is an ancient symbol of intelligence - it symbolizes the ability to penetrate deeply behind enemy lines and the readiness to perform important tasks at the point of impact. In addition, the sign has the constellation Ursa Major and the North Star, which symbolize accuracy in the choice of targets, control and orientation of special intelligence scouts.
In 1989 Minister of Defense of the Republic Belarus allowed a special company of the beaver of the Special Forces to have its own personal sleeve insignia - "Black Fox" and Chest sign. The sleeve insignia with this symbol in the form of a Gothic shield was developed by servicemen of the 5th arr. Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
From 1994 to 2002, the brigade had a badge with the image of a wolf, developed by the former commander of the brigade, Colonel I. Vilchkovsky.
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