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- The following is a small, lightly edited
- text taken from "Combat and Survival"
- magazine.
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- SPECIAL FORCES - SPETSNAZ Part I
- (viper011.)
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- by H.S. Stuttman, INC publishers.
- Edited by: ViPer Staff
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-
- Mobilized at short notice, to penetrate a
- defense base, troops are parachuted at night into a
- desolate region - such as Siberia - and are pursued
- by motorized infantry over vast distances. But the
- target is prepared for an attack and, during the
- raid, it is not unknown for young conscripts to be
- killed. The government of the Soviet Union is not
- answerable for deaths in realistic exercises, even
- in peacetime. The troops on exercise are members of
- the Spetsnaz, the world's largest special forces
- organization.
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- Spetsnaz (Spetsalnogo Naznacheniya), the
- Soviet's special purpose troops, come under the
- direction of the GRU and consist of 16 Spetsnaz
- brigades, four Spetsnaz companies and the Spetsnaz
- regiments - the latter being available for senior
- commanders to use as the situation demands. In
- peacetime, Spetsnaz number some 30,000 men; in the
- event of war or crisis those ranks can be expanded
- to 150,000.
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- All Spetsnaz soldiers are conscripts and
- undertake a minimum of two years' military service,
- with a further five years in active reserve. Those
- selected will have been earmarked long before they
- gather at the conscript collecting centers for their
- compulsory military service. They will not be new to
- military life. First, they will have been members of
- the Young Pioneers (YP). This is roughly equivalent
- to the Boy Scouts. Many of their activities involve
- traditional field crafts such as hiking, swimming,
- camping and map reading. Membership is open to all
- boys and girls between nine and 14 years of age. The
- end product is a politically prepared individual who
- has basic military skills. The Young Pioneers are
- linked to schools and are particularly active in
- Soviet cities and towns.
-
- At 14, young people can join KOMSOMOL, which
- trains both physical and mental capabilities in
- military and political activities, to produce a good
- communist. A year later the young person can elect
- to join the DOSAAF, the Voluntary Society for Co-
- operation with the Army, Navy and Air Force. This is
- a para-military organization of some 15 million
- members, run by former military personnel and
- equipped by the Soviet armed forces.
-
- Compulsory school finishes at 16 in the USSR.
- Those not destined for military careers take up
- civilian jobs but can remain in the DOSAAF, where
- they will receive further military training -
- including shooting, parachuting, scuba diving and
- outward bound training. This will help them when
- they are called for their two years' military
- service.
-
- When they are called up, those who excelled in
- the DOSAAF are offered places at officer candidate
- school. Those who don't meet the highest standards,
- but who do want a military career, are taken into
- armed forces as NCO candidates. Anyone going to
- university must join DOSAAF and continue with
- military training until they have finished their
- studies, when they are required to undertake their
- two years' of service.
-
- The conscript collecting centers take in
- newcomers, twice a year - in the 'winter period' or
- the 'summer period'. Your birthday dictates which
- one you attend as you are liable for service
- immediately after your 18th birthday. Women are not
- subject to compulsory military service, but are
- selected through the KOMSOMOL and DOSAAF if they are
- interested in joining Armed Forces.
-
- At the center, the conscript is interviewed and
- his documents scrutinized. Everything about a person
- is recorded. How did he do at school? Does he have
- any special abilities? Was he good at sports? The
- all important KOMSOMOL and DOSAAF reports give
- details of his fitness, military skills and
- determination.
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- At the top, the best are selected for the KGB,
- airborne, missile, and intelligence units. A small
- number are selected for a unit they have never heard
- of - the Spetsnaz.
-
- The young man who leaves the collecting center
- will be one of about a hundred others. They will
- travel to a Spetsnaz fighting unit to join other
- groups from other centers and begin a brutal
- training course that lasts several weeks.
-
- The conscript will train for either Army or Navy
- Spetsnaz. His training unit will be within, but
- separate from, an airborne or naval infantry
- regiment. His uniform will depend on the service his
- Spetsnaz brigade is attached to. Army Spetsnaz wear
- the pale blue beret and blue and white stripped T-
- shirt of the airborne VDV, while Navy Spetsnaz wear
- Soviet Naval Infantry uniform, a black beret and
- blue and white stripped T-shirt.
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- The training cadre is made up of officers,
- warrant officers, sergeants and corporals, with some
- private soldiers for administrative duties.
- Conscripts are kept away from trained Spetsnaz
- soldiers.
-
- For the conscripts there are no weekends, and
- their day will begin at 0600 hrs with reveille,
- followed by strenuous exercises and an inspection
- before breakfast. Fit, strong, elite soldiers need
- food, and they are well fed. Training then begins in
- earnest, with the teaching and honing of military
- skills, including assault courses where the Soviet
- obsession with live firing will test the new
- soldier's mettle. From the very beginning live
- ammunition is used, and accidents, even fatal ones,
- are considered acceptable.
-
- Physical training and unarmed combat are high on
- the agenda. Political indoctrination is also
- important, for these troops will be inserted deep
- behind enemy lines to carry out their missions, so
- reliability is paramount. The day may end at 2300
- hrs, depending upon how well the group has
- performed.
-
- In one test, conscript undertake a cross-country
- run of 30 km, with full kit and weapon and wearing a
- gas mask, all within a set time. If anyone weakens
- and removes his mask, everyone has to return to the
- start and begin again.
-
- Those who fail to pass Spetsnaz training are
- sent to other units to complete their military
- service, knowing nothing f the elite unit they
- almost joined. At the end of the basic selection
- training course about 20 recruits will be left from
- the original hundred in each group. The conscript is
- now a Spetsnaz soldier - but still with much to
- learn. He is constantly scrutinized by officers and
- senior NCOs.
-
-
- (to be continued)
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-
- February 10th, 1995.
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