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The GP-25 Kostyor ("Bonfire"), GP-30 Obuvka ("Shoe") and GP-34 are a family of Russian 40 mm under-barrel muzzleloaded grenade launchers for the AK family of assault rifles. [3] The acronym GP stands for Granatomyot Podstvolnyj , [ 3 ] "under-barrel grenade launcher" in Russian, and was adopted by Soviet forces in 1978.
The Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade (Kyrgyz: 25-чи Атайын Багыттагы "Скорпион" Бригадасы) or known simply as Scorpion Spetsnaz (Спецназ Скорпион) is a specialized Kyrgyz military unit in the country's Ground Forces. It is now considered to be one of the best armed formations in the armed forces.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Used by Spetsnaz. [6]: 57 ... GP-25 Kostyor: Grenade launcher:
The BS-1 RGA-86 "Tishina" (БС-1 "Тишина" [1]) / BS-1M 6S1 "Kanareyka" is a silenced Soviet 30mm grenade launcher.It was developed specifically for the Spetsnaz.It uses a bolt-action mechanism to load blanks into the chamber along with the 30mm grenade VOG-T (ВОГ-Т).
Kontsevoy at the Ryazan Airborne Command School, 2013 Kontsevoy with President Vladimir Putin, 2022. Between 1989 and 2001 he held commands at the platoon, company, and battalion level, before being appointed as the commander of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, a post he held from 2002 to 2006.
Until 2008 [3] or 2013, Dmitry Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade. [4] [5] [6] The Brigade is taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7]
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Ukraine relies on Spetsnaz forces for various activities like intelligence gathering, fighting fraud and organized crime, responding to terrorism, electronic warfare, as well as responding to mass protests. Spetsnaz units were extensively used during the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution by the Yanukovych regime to suppress Euromaidan protesters.