{"id":448,"date":"2014-04-26T17:19:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=448"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:42:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:42:46","slug":"about-the-russian-2nd-independent-spetsnaz-brigade-of-gru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/about-the-russian-2nd-independent-spetsnaz-brigade-of-gru\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Russian 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade of GRU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">According information from <\/span><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><strong>Dmitry Tymchuk<\/strong><\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"> (<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em\" href=\"http:\/\/sprotyv.info\/\">&#8220;Ukrainian Informational Resistance&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">) subversive groups of the Russian Special Forces currently operate in the South-East Ukraine, including personnel from 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade\u00a0of the Russian <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">. So I would like to present a small review about this brigade to my readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-449\" alt=\"2o\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o.jpg\" width=\"825\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o.jpg 825w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o-768x653.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/a>The 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade\u00a0of GRU was formed in 1962, and has operational records in wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Georgia. In August 2008 during the Russian-Georgian war and the post-war period the brigade performed &#8220;combat missions&#8221; in the occupied territory of so-called &#8220;South Ossetia&#8221;\u00a0(Samachablo \/ Tskhinvali region, Georgia).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2nd Independent Brigade is based in Prome\u017eicy settlement near Pskov city and assigned to the Western military region, but operationally subordinated the GRU. The Brigade is operationally focused on the Baltic States and Scandinavia, although it can be used at the discretion of the Russian General Staff and assigned to other destinations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the past few years, the unit has had its infrastructure and training facilities upgraded, and also its reconnaissance units re-equipped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-451\" alt=\"op\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op.jpg\" width=\"839\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op.jpg 839w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op-768x613.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/a>The Brigade structure is standard and it is not different from other Russian units of the GRU. In particular, the Intelligence Unit has 3 major combat units (battalions) with multiple sub-units. There is also a squadron of officers, a special communication troop, a training squadron and other sub-units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Currently the Commander of the Brigade is Colonel Constantine Bu\u0161uem, who had previously commanded the 16th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade\u00a0and was the Commander of the 1071 Training Regiment of the GRU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2nd Brigade was brought up to strength with conscription and professional contract troops, the later number have increased considerably in recent times. On the ethnic composition in the brigade are mainly Slavs from the central Russian regions and a small number of Asians &#8211; Bashkir, Kalmyk Mongols and Tuvinians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Combat and special education programs include both normal subjects (tactics, fire, etc,) and special training (paratroopers, wireless communication, etc.). Units of the Brigade often undertake field training, honing skills in deep penetration, raids, and mine (UAV) disruptive tactics.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-450\" alt=\"ok\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok.jpg\" width=\"829\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok.jpg 829w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Brigade is equipped with small arms, and both conventional and special equipment. Combat vehicle equipment includes motor-cars and armoured vehicles type of various modifications &#8220;Uaz&#8221;, &#8220;Gaz-Tiger&#8221;, also `freaks\u2019 \u201cGaz-Vodnik\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>(c) Irakli Komaxidze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Translated \u00a0by Victoria Field<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According information from Dmitry Tymchuk (&#8220;Ukrainian Informational Resistance&#8221;) subversive groups of the Russian Special Forces currently operate&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[528,5],"tags":[9,173,204],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-inforesist","tag-russian-military","tag-spetsnaz-gru"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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So I would like to present a small review about this brigade to my readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-449\" alt=\"2o\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/2o.jpg\" width=\"825\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a>The 2nd Independent Spetsnaz Brigade\u00a0of GRU was formed in 1962, and has operational records in wars in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Dagestan, and Georgia. In August 2008 during the Russian-Georgian war and the post-war period the brigade performed \"combat missions\" in the occupied territory of so-called \"South Ossetia\"\u00a0(Samachablo \/ Tskhinvali region, Georgia).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2nd Independent Brigade is based in Prome\u017eicy settlement near Pskov city and assigned to the Western military region, but operationally subordinated the GRU. The Brigade is operationally focused on the Baltic States and Scandinavia, although it can be used at the discretion of the Russian General Staff and assigned to other destinations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the past few years, the unit has had its infrastructure and training facilities upgraded, and also its reconnaissance units re-equipped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-451\" alt=\"op\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/op.jpg\" width=\"839\" height=\"670\" \/><\/a>The Brigade structure is standard and it is not different from other Russian units of the GRU. In particular, the Intelligence Unit has 3 major combat units (battalions) with multiple sub-units. There is also a squadron of officers, a special communication troop, a training squadron and other sub-units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Currently the Commander of the Brigade is Colonel Constantine Bu\u0161uem, who had previously commanded the 16th Independent Spetsnaz Brigade\u00a0and was the Commander of the 1071 Training Regiment of the GRU.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2nd Brigade was brought up to strength with conscription and professional contract troops, the later number have increased considerably in recent times. On the ethnic composition in the brigade are mainly Slavs from the central Russian regions and a small number of Asians - Bashkir, Kalmyk Mongols and Tuvinians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Combat and special education programs include both normal subjects (tactics, fire, etc,) and special training (paratroopers, wireless communication, etc.). Units of the Brigade often undertake field training, honing skills in deep penetration, raids, and mine (UAV) disruptive tactics.<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok.jpg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-450\" alt=\"ok\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/04\/ok.jpg\" width=\"829\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Brigade is equipped with small arms, and both conventional and special equipment. Combat vehicle equipment includes motor-cars and armoured vehicles type of various modifications \"Uaz\", \"Gaz-Tiger\", also `freaks\u2019 \u201cGaz-Vodnik\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>(c) Irakli Komaxidze<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Translated \u00a0by Victoria Field<\/em><\/p>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7055,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions\/7055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}