Naval Special Operation Force

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Coat of arms of the Naval Special Force, Vietnam People's Navy.

The Naval Special Operation Force (Vietnamese: Lực lượng Đặc nhiệm hải quân) also known as water commando (đặc công nước) is an elite special force of the Vietnam People's Navy trained to attack enemy water targets such as harbors, ships, etc. and targets that can only be accessed via water: Isolated bases, naval bases, etc. Compared to the ground commando, the naval special forces are even more special, because fighting in the water is much more difficult than on land, and the equipment and weapons are also different. This is the most elite special forces of the Vietnam People's Navy.^[1][2]

History[]

During the First Indochina War, the river operations of the French army accounted for an important part of the battlefield. Taking advantage of Vietnam's territory with a long coastline, many rivers, and interlaced rivers like the Southwest region, the French army deployed a rather strong navy. The French Navy focuses on three main activities:

• Use combat ships to support infantry to sweep.
• Raiding the base, preventing the Viet Minh's supplies and transportation.
• Using waterways to provide supplies to the French on land.

To counter the activities of the French Navy, the armed forces of the Viet Minh built French ship hunting squads, including naval special forces, in the riparian and coastal areas, ready to against the French on the river front.

During the Battle of the Day River (June 1951), a task group led by Nguyễn Quang Vinh (of 36th Regiment, 308th Battalion) used bamboo boats with 300 kg of explosives to sink LCD ships carrying weapons of French army. This is the opening battle for how to fight warships on the Northern battlefield, creating a premise for the use of special forces to hit targets named rivers and seas. In the South, in early 1949, the Long Châu Sa ship hunting team used homemade mines to sink the Glycin ship on the Sài Thượng River, killing hundreds of enemy troops.

In the Rừng Sác area, in September 1950, special teams were formed from the 300th Regiment, operating in the areas of Nhà Bè, Thủ Thiêm down to Cần Giờ, Soài Rạp. This force fought very bravely, daringly, known as "suicide troops", killing many French commanders and henchmen. Thus, in the early stages of the resistance war, along with the fighting style of the special forces, the fighting style of the Naval Special Force also began to develop. Based on the progress of weapons research and improvement, localities in the North and the South have organized a specialized force to hit ships and boats by special operations.

Organisation[]

Naval Special Force, also known as Đoàn 820, or Division 2, formerly based in Haiphong.

Current equipment[]

Infantry weapons:

Names	Images	Types	Origins	Notes
TT-33		Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union
Makarov		Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union
CZ 82		Semi-automatic pistol	Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Uzi Pro		Submachine gun	Israel
AKM		Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AKMS		Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AK-74		Assault rifle	Soviet Union
AKS-74		Assault rifle	Soviet Union	Folding stock version of the AK-74.
AKS-74U		Assault rifle	Soviet Union	Folding stock version of the AK-74.
IWI Tavor		Assault rifle	Israel
APS		Underwater assault rifle	Soviet Union
M-18		Assault rifle/Carbine	Vietnam	Vietnam improved from the CAR-15 XM177E2 gun line of spoils obtained after the Vietnam War.[3]
RPK		Light machine gun/Squad automatic weapon	Soviet Union
RPK-74			Soviet Union
IWI Negev		Light machine gun/Squad automatic weapon	Israel
Dragunov SVD			Soviet Union
IMI Galatz		Sniper rifles	Israel
RPG-7V			Soviet Union
M-79			United States Vietnam
Milkor MGL			South Africa Vietnam

Supported military motor vehicles:

Names	Images	Types	Origins	Notes
Canoe CQ		Canoe	Vietnam	[4][5]
Mil Mi-171/Mi-17Sh		Transport helicopter, rescued	Soviet Union

Gallery[]

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  Land Forces of Naval Special Operation Forces

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  A frogman of Naval Special Operation Forces is holding an APS underwater rifle

References[]

External links[]

• Water commandos
• Elite as a naval commando.
• The 'frogman' in the M26 Naval Special Force Squadron
• The power of the Vietnamese frogman commando
• 5th Commando Brigade: Intensive, Advanced Mission-Based Training
• Vietnamese naval commando appeared for the first time
• Snorkeling with a special frogman
• Naval Special Forces: The "iron men" protect the sea and islands of the Fatherland.^{[dead link]}