CHINESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS
People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces
The People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces are a sub-branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force that specializes in rapid reaction combat in a limited regional war under high-tech conditions. An estimated 50,000 PLA troops are in the Special Operations Forces. History The PLA first became interested in modern special warfare in the mid-1980s when ... FULL STORY
Snow Wolf Commando Unit (SWCU)
The Snow Wolf Commando Unit (Abbreviation: SWCU; Simplified Chinese: 雪狼突击队) is a special police unit of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) tasked with counter-terrorism, riot control, and other special tasks such as anti-hijacking, and bomb disposal. The SWCU, along with the People's Armed Police Beijing SWAT unit, is tasked with many of the security ... FULL STORY
Special Police Units (SPU)
Special Police Units (Abbreviation: SPU; Simplified Chinese: 特警队) are SWAT units of the Chinese People's Armed Police at the provincial and municipal level. There is at least one of such unit in each Chinese province to offer their services when requested by the local police, or other law enforcement agencies such as the customs service ... FULL STORY
Beijing Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT)
The Beijing Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (Abbreviation: SWAT; Simplified Chinese: 北京特警总队; also known as Beijing Special Police Force) is a police unit in the People's Republic of China that deals with incidents beyond the capabilities of normal patrol officers such as hostage situations, high risk warrants and riot control. The unit, along with the ... FULL STORY
Special Duties Unit (SDU)
The Special Duties Unit (Abbreviation: SDU; Traditional Chinese: 特別任務連, nicknamed 飛虎隊 "Flying Tigers") is a secretive and elite paramilitary police unit of the Hong Kong Police. Established in July 1974, it is a sub-division of the Police Tactical Unit (PTU). Its primary functions include counter-terrorism, anti-narcotic raids, hostage rescue and other crimes (usually involving firearms) ... FULL STORY
Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
The Immediate Action Unit (IAU) is the premier counter-terrorism special operations unit of the People's Republic of China. Little is known about the Immediate Action Unit except that it is an elite People's Armed Police unit rather than being drawn from the People's Liberation Army. In comparison to the Special Police ... FULL STORY
GEN III ECWCS
The multi-layered insulating system of the Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (GEN III ECWCS) allows the wearer to adapt to varying mission requirements and environmental conditions. ... FULL STORY
