Special forces of Algeria
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The Algerian People's National Armed Forces (ANP) has several special forces regiments as well as several specialized regiments.
In addition, the Algerian security forces also have special units and specialized units.
History[]
In 1963 the Algerian Army began to set up commandos, the latter being based in Skikda.
Following the relocation of the Special Troops Superior School (ESTS) to Biskra in 1971 and the development of military parachuting in Algeria in the 1980s, the Algerian army set up Parachute Commando Regiments (RPC) whose objective was to carry out special operations and intelligence.
In 1985 the Algerian Navy set up Marine Fusilier Regiments, including combat divers whose missions were also offensive actions from the sea and intelligence.
At the end of the 1980s the former Special Intervention Group (SIG) of the Military Security (MS), then the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) and the Special Intervention Detachment (DSI) of the Algerian National Gendarmerie were created in 1987 and 1989.
Following the creation of these units, Algeria finally has real special forces units, and these units were created at a sensitive moment in Algeria's history, because they were created shortly before the Algerian Civil War.
Special forces[]
Land forces[]
- 104th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (104th RMO) (fr:104e régiment de manœuvre opérationnelle, Boghar)
- 116th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (116th RMO)
- (25th RR) (Beni Messous, Algiers province)
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- Navy Special Action Regiment (RASM) (Algiers, Mers-el-Kebir[1])
Air Force[]
- 772nd Air Commandos Rifle Regiment (772nd RFCA) (772e Régiment de fusiliers commandos de l'air, Aïn Oussera)
Republican Guard[]
- Special Intervention Regiment (RSI) (Khemsiti, Tipaza Province)[2]
National Gendarmerie[]
Police[]
Specialized units[]
The specialized units of the Algerian security forces are responsible for first-level intervention, intelligence, close protection, escort and sensitive operations.
They are the shock units of the Algerian security forces.
Army[]
The Algerian army has several specialized units:
- Parachute Commando Regiments (RPC)
- Military Police Battalions (BPM) - including the 85th, 90th, and 93rd.[3]
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Air Force[]
Republican Guard[]
National Gendarmerie[]
Police[]
- Research and intervention brigades (BRI)
- The Intervention and Protection Brigade (BIP)
- The Personality Protection and Security Service (SPS)
Training[]
Most members of the Algerian army's special forces are trained in the specialized military schools of the Algerian army:
- Special Troops Superior School (ESTS), for officers and non-commissioned officers, in Biskra.
- Special Troops Training Center (CFTS), for non-commissioned men, in Biskra.
- Commando Training and Parachuting Initiation School (EFCIP) in Boghar.
Basic training is done in Biskra at ESTS or CFTS, and advanced training is done in Boghar at EFCIP.
Dissolved units[]
Since independence, several units have been created and dissolved, for operational, organizational or other reasons.
- The Special Intervention Group (SIG)
- The Special Intervention Police Unit (UISP)
- The National Office for the Suppression of Banditry (ONRB)
- The Centre for the Conduct and Coordination of Anti-Subversive Action (CLAS)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Forces spéciales et groupes d'intervention antiterroristes algériens » Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement". Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-08.
- ^ Algérie | Régiment spécial d’intervention du Commandement de la Garde républicaine, retrieved 2020-02-07
- ^ "Centre Français de Recherche sur le RenseignementForces spéciales et groupes d'intervention antiterroristes algériens » Centre Français de Recherche sur le Renseignement". Cf2r.org. 2019-12-13. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
Sources[]
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