Spetsnaz GRU - 5 OBr SpN

[16 OBr SpN]

The famous 5th Brigade of Spetsnaz GRU.
Currently within the Ministry of Defence of Belorussia.

http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/photo/images/photo_01b.jpg
http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/photo/images/photo_02b.jpg
http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/photo/images/photo_05b.jpg
http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

Photos: courtesy of www.vrazvedka.ru
The website is the gathering place for many of us, veterans of Soviet/Russian armed forces.

Regards,
16 OBr SpN

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Any chances that there will ever be an "english" version? :|
Great pics by the way

[16 OBr SpN]

Any chances that there will ever be an "english" version? :|
Great pics by the way

I don't think so. At least in near future, there won't be any English version.

But that website contains WEALTH of information, beginning from WWII to operations in Chechnya! ;)
Of course, that info is filtered, but still provides insight to our Ops, that you'll never find anywhere else! ;)

Regards,
16 OBr SpN

[intelligenzija]

Doesn't work :(

[-Max2-]

Me too... :(

[intelligenzija]

they work now :)

[ikurinturbiini]

http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

Allright, so these guys can fly. Big deal. Where's the firy hoop?

Are they interrogating the rabbit or just going to eat it?

Just joking. Nice pics.

[pipaz]

http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

He has no idea...

[MEGR]

http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

He has no idea...

We should photoshop this pic with "pwned" written on the bottom.

[pipaz]

He he he .... you gave me idea

[Dennis G]

very cool photos 16 OBr SpN woot

[Dennis G]

what makes this unit famous??

[MolliG]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7792/spetpwned.jpg

:P

[MolliG]

Double Post

[tiger-unit]

its ****in OWNED, not PWNED u **** !

[anonymous individual]

they are the same thing

[MaDuce]

His parachute bag fell off that is a pic of him before he splaters, Either that wor he has trained with acient Chinease acient zen grandmasters that you must climb some mountain with a funny name to get to.

[chauncy republicans]

its f*** OWNED, not PWNED u f*** !
Damn man...chill out. You should probably get some sleep or something...

[OzMan]

I never understood the purpose of "pwned" as opposed to "owned". Probably the same reason why I never understood people in my area putting "izzle" in at least 3 words in every sentence, especially after watching MTV.

[Ratamacue]

I never understood the purpose of "pwned" as opposed to "owned". Probably the same reason why I never understood people in my area putting "izzle" in at least 3 words in every sentence, especially after watching MTV.

"Pwned" started as an inside joke on a gaming forum and basically spread throughout the internet until it came to common usage on forums and whatnot.

[OzMan]

Roger, gotcha... ;)

[GazB]

pwned sounds like Pawned... ie sold... the opposite of owned...

ie the English language yet again being altered by the ignorant youth... or should that be youf?


Anyway... Nice Pics.. thanks.

[tiger-unit]

where the hell did the P come from anyways ?

[Hydro]

It's an intentional typo. People wrote "owned" in CS etc so quickly, it commonly came out as "pwned". It's like "teh".

[ShotOver]

Wow, my IQ just went up 2 points. haha

[Saranof]

Wow, my IQ just went up 2 points. haha

That makes a new high level of 3 then... ;)

[MolliG]

its f*** OWNED, not PWNED u f*** !


http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

He has no idea...

We should photoshop this pic with "pwned" written on the bottom.
;)

[Marmot1]

its f*** OWNED, not PWNED u f*** !


http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

He has no idea...

We should photoshop this pic with "pwned" written on the bottom.
;)

One question!!! why this guy wear german helmet??? and what flag is on his armpatch???

[koster]

He is supposed to be an enemy soldier, so he has a diffirent uniform, arm patches, etc..

btw, nice pictures.

[Marmot1]

He is supposed to be an enemy soldier, so he has a diffirent uniform, arm patches, etc..

btw, nice pictures.

Yeah but why WW2 era helmet and not some old soviet one. I dodn't know that they have german helmets even for "opfor"

[Osiris]

Had a chance to play op-for recently on an exercise, we were given German uniforms too. This was about a month ago.

http://industrial-music.equat.net/gallery/Co186.jpg

http://industrial-music.equat.net/gallery/Co182.jpg

I'm in the bottom pic, right hand side, sitting on my ruck.

[16 OBr SpN]

what makes this unit famous??

The 5th Brigade was the elite among the elite of the Soviet Army. It's based in Mar'ina Gorka. There is a saying among us, "There is Mar'ina Gorka, and there is the rest" :)

The core of this brigade were NCO's and warrant officers, which had graduated from the various military academies (RVVDKU; KVOKU; AVVKU; Frunze Academy; etc.), with the strong knowledge of foreign languages. Later, the legendary officers Company was established. It consisted strictly of NCO's, and was prepared to carry out the most critical missions of the Soviet military intelligence, ready to operate in ALL geographical areas. Although, their main area of responsibility was the Western Europe.

5 OBr SpN was the first to test all new pieces of weaponry and gear of Soviet SF. Special procedure was set for them to offer required fixes and modifications.

They were the first ones to intensively employ hang-gliders in the operations. First parachute jump from a hang-glider was performed by the soldier of the 5th Brigade.
This was the only unit which was allowed to have its own patch, which was different from the rest of brigades.
As far as I remember there were 6 women. One of them had 2,500+ jumps on her record! ;)

Their training program included naval program (underwater warfare, demolitions). Interestengly, in 1981, during one of our excersises, soldiers of the 5 OBr SpN, beat the guys from Halulay (42 OBr SpN), and Stariy Krym (17 OBr SpN) in an attack against "enemy" submarine! Basically, the Army spetsnaz beat the Naval spetsnaz in their own "backyard". :)

Yuriy Sapalov was from this brigade, and later became its commander.
I was there once, when we went for jumps. We took off from Machulishi airport in Il-76, and landed not far from Izbishe.

Listing all their achievements will take a lot of time.
In other words, it is a LEGENDARY unit.

Regards,
16 OBr SpN

[MEGR]

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7792/spetpwned.jpg

:P

:) Nice!!!

[Vintendo]

http://www.vrazvedka.ru/obrspn5/exercise/images/photo_01b.jpg

So the Russians are training to fight French/Columbian Nazis?

[Celareon]

:lol:

It does appear that way doesn't it?

[GazB]

Geez, can't you guys get over the guards uniform?


Yeah but why WW2 era helmet and not some old soviet one. I dodn't know that they have german helmets even for "opfor"

Because Soviet equipment is familiar, German is not... ie the bad guys wearing different colour hats.