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GSG 9 der Bundespolizei, formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (German for 'Border Protection Group 9'), is the police tactical unit of the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei). The unit is responsible for combatting terrorism and violent crime , including organized crime . [ 1 ]
GSG-1911, a .22 copy of the Browning M1911 pistol [7] GSG-StG 44, a .22 copy of the StG 44 [5] GSG-MP40P, a 9mm, semi-automatic pistol lookalike of the MP 40 submachine gun [8] GSG Firefly in 22 LR. GSG FireFly, license produced SIG Sauer Mosquito, a downsized copy of the SIG Sauer P226 chambered in .22 lr. GSG-themed clothing [9]
The counter-terrorist unit GSG-9, which was established after the incident, adopted the H&K MP5 as their service submachine gun instead of the Walther MP. As the MP5 became more prevalent, it would begin to eclipse the Walther MP's sales until the Walther product was discontinued.
An article on the DSR-1 in the French gun magazine Armes & Tir November 2001 edition corroborates the German Visier results. The Armes & Tir test shooters used RUAG target cartridges and could shoot 200 x 300 mm (0.69 x 1.03 MOA ) groups at 1,000 m distance with a .338 Lapua Magnum chambered DSR-1 rifle.
The Munich massacre in 1972 and the increasing crime in East German cities led to initial attempts to create specialized police units in East Germany. [4] With the establishment of the GSG 9 and Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) in the early 1970s in West Germany, the Government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) initiated the creation of a similar unit.
The CTC was initiated in 1983 by the former GSG 9 commanders Ulrich Wegener and Uwe Dee in order to improve cooperation among the different units and to encourage the exchange of ideas and experience.
The German government chose not to intervene directly because neither the Federal Border Guard (Bundesgrenzschutz) GSG 9 unit, established in 1972 after the Munich Massacre, nor the German Army Paratrooper Companies B1 (Commando) were trained for guerrilla warfare situations. Additionally, the necessary technical means for transporting and ...
Germany: Issued to the Bundeswehr in 1992. [1] Used by GSG-9 with black covers. [2] Indonesia: Used by certain military unit. Refitted with local standard liner. [20] Netherlands: Used both Schuberth and Induyco-made version for the Dutch military, [21] under the name komposiet Gevechtshelm M95. [22] Issued in 1995. [23]