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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 ]
Bundesgrenzschutz patch (1952 to 1976) In 1951 the West German government established the Federal Border Protection (Bundesgrenzschutz or BGS) composed of 10,000 men under the Federal Interior Ministry's jurisdiction. The force replaced allied military organisations such as the U.S. Constabulary then patrolling West Germany's borders. The BGS ...
From 1973 until the KSK's formation in 1996, the West Germany (and later Federal Republic of Germany) government assigned all anti-irregular military, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, long-range penetration, and special warfare operations activities to GSG 9, a highly trained police force created shortly after the Munich massacre that transpired during the 1972 Munich ...
The GSG 9 was not integrated into any of the existing groups. It won world attention when it rescued ninety passengers on a Lufthansa Flight 181 airliner hijacked to Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1977. BGS canteen made in 1957 BGS Cap, in use until 1976. June 1990 saw the elimination of border patrols and control of persons at the Inner-German border. [1]
As a consequence from the terrorist attacks in Paris 2015, each of the five BFE units of the Federal Police was tasked with enhancing one of its squads to a BFE+ unit. The purpose of the BFE+ units is to close the gap between the regular BFE units and the GSG 9, thus reducing the response time and workload for the GSG 9 or the SEK units.
A select group who had been months before in the GSG 9 base in San Agustín del Guadalix was selected to train this new unit. Colonel Ulrich Wegener , along with some members of his unit, took care of the equipment, the training and techniques which this new special unit in Spain would use.
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.
NATO military symbol for the Kampfschwimmer. Naval Special Forces Command, also called the Kampfschwimmer (KSM; English: Combat Swimmers, lit. ' combat swimmers" ') [1] or Verwendungsgruppe 3402 (Deployment Group 3402), are an elite special operations unit of the German Navy, specializing in commando and amphibious warfare operations.