Brazilian Special Operations Brigade

The Brazilian Special Operations Brigade (Portuguese

Portuguese language

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: Brigada de Operações Especiais - Bda Op Esp) is one of Brazilian Army

Brazilian Army

The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...

brigades. The headquarters

Headquarters

Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...

are located in Goiânia

Goiânia

-Climate:The city has a tropical wet and dry climate with an average temperature of . There's a wet season, from October to April, and a dry one, from May to September. Annual rainfall is around 1,520 mm....

, more easily to go anywhere in the country, when necessary.

Creation of Bda Op Esp

For its creation, the Army Command issued decrees organizing the core of the Brigade (Nu Bda Op Esp), reporting initially to the Brigade Parachute Infantry. Most of its subordinate organizations were stationed in the area of Camboatá (West Zone of Rio de Janeiro), where he was the 1st BFEsp, whose commander served, cumulatively, in the initial phase, the command of Nu Bda Op Esp and management of project deployment.

Missions

The Bda Op Esp can be used efficiently to provide the deterioration of the military capabilities of the enemy, through direct or indirect actions against their logistics infrastructure, its systems of command and control (C2) and aerospace defense, forcing him to commit resources to defend its rear. Among the large repertoire of missions and capabilities of Bda Op Esp stand out:

ability to deploy the enemy's rear;
collect information from the battlefield;
perform search, destruction, neutralization and interdiction of targets of significant value;
guided air strikes;
rescue personal friend;
kidnap enemy personnel;
plan and conduct operations in irregular warfare:
subversion.
sabotage.
escape and evasion.
driving resistance movements (guerrilla) forces against invading larger, alongside the regular actions undertaken by the Brazilian Armed Forces.
counterinsurgency.
counterterrorist operations like:
rescue of hostages on airplanes, banks, subway or boat;
VIP security and strategic facilities;
attack on terrorist bases;
deactivation of explosives;
monitoring of terrorist groups.

The Bda Op Esp is extremely flexible, with a little rigid organization and a variety of techniques, procedures and available resources. The SP could conduct operations deep with minimal direction and support, providing greater opportunities to land operations (tactical and strategic) to attack the enemy where and when it is most vulnerable.

The Bda Op Esp is effectively able to carry out deep and intervene with opportunity, as soon as possible in crisis situations, doing missions for prompt response, and has this strategic mobility afforded by the availability of adequate resources, particularly air travel, which are provided mainly at the strategic level by FAB, and may also participate in the Flight of the Army and Naval Aircraft, in accordance with the requirements.

What is there is no doubt that the Bda Op Esp is extremely lethal, especially in its command actions that are directed against targets of significant value, preferably strategic, in accordance with the Plan of Prohibition Theater of Operations.

Command actions are characterized by surprise and aggressiveness with which they are developed in hostile areas and typically under the control of the enemy, requiring precision in its planning and execution, because the commands become vulnerable after strongly denounced his presence.

Yet men of Bda Op Esp are able to gain the relative superiority and destroy, neutralize or interdict aerodrome surveillance radar, antiaircraft batteries, port facilities, dams and dikes, bridges and roads, facilities and other command and control. The command actions loom large in importance before the limitations of the Air Force, and can be designed to support and / or complement a campaign aeroestratégica. The secondments Actions Commands are lethal weapons and accurate.
The Bda Op Esp is the main arm of the Rapid Action Force which is supplemented by the following units: Brigade Parachute Infantry, 12th Light Infantry Brigade (Aeromovel) and the Army Aviation Squadron. The Rapid Action Force it is a cluster with a radius of national action, capable of acting in the Amazon to the Pampas in the south, with maximum use of available technology to ensure speed means action by air, land and water, and still capable of making chemical defense - usually required in terrorist actions.

At your disposal, this elite force has sophisticated equipment such as laptop computers, night vision goggles, backpack with equipment for action in the jungle and other items not in conventional military action. The Bda Op Esp also conducts joint operations with other units of the Brazilian Army and Navy and also the Air Force.

Equipment

Austria
| Pistol
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| Heckler & Koch USP

Heckler & Koch USP

The USP is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.-History:...

Germany
| Pistol
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| ParaFAL

ParaFAL

The ParaFAL 7,62mm M964 A1 MD1 is a 7.62x51mm battle rifle which is a lighter-weight modification of the 30-year-old Brazilian-licensed and built FAL. Existing FALs can be converted to the more modern ParaFAL specification by the Brazilian company IMBEL with a low-cost kit of parts...

Brazil
| Assault Rifle
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| Heckler & Koch MP5

Heckler & Koch MP5

The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....

Germany
| Submachine gun
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| Heckler & Koch G36C
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Germany
| Assault rifle
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| AK-47

AK-47

The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...

Russia
| Assault rifle
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| Colt M4

M4 carbine

The M4 carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 designed by Eugene Stoner and made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle, with 80% parts commonality.It is a gas-operated,...

United States
| Assault rifle
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| Franchi SPAS-15

Franchi SPAS-15

The SPAS-15 is a dual-mode 12 gauge combat shotgun manufactured by the Italian company Luigi Franchi S.p.A..-Design:The weapon is based on the SPAS-12, and has similar pump-action/semi-automatic firing modes. In semi-automatic mode a gas piston drives a bolt carrier and rotating bolt. In...

Italy
| Shotgun
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| Benelli

Benelli (firearms)

Benelli Armi SpA is an Italian firearm manufacturer founded in 1967, located in Urbino, Italy, best known for high quality shotguns used by military, law enforcement and civilians all over the world. Particularly famous is the Benelli M3 12 gauge, used extensively by American SWAT teams...

Italy
| Shotgun
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| FN Minimi

FN Minimi

The Minimi is a Belgian 5.56mm light machine gun developed by Fabrique Nationale in Herstal by Ernest Vervier. First introduced in 1974, it has entered service with the armed forces of over thirty countries...

Belgium
| Machine gun
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| Barrett M82
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United States
| Sniper rifle
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| Heckler & Koch PSG1

Heckler & Koch PSG1

The PSG1 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch of Oberndorf am Neckar.-Development:...

Germany
| Sniper rifle
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| SIG-Sauer SSG 3000

SIG-Sauer SSG 3000

The SIG-Sauer SSG 3000 is a bolt-action, magazine fed rifle. It was developed in Switzerland and Germany. It is a common law enforcement sniper rifle in both Europe and the United States. The SSG 3000 was developed by SIG Sauer and is well renowned for its high quality.-Users:-External links:**...

Switzerland
| Sniper rifle
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| M24 Sniper Weapon System
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United States
| Sniper rifle
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| PGM Ultima Ratio

PGM Ultima Ratio

The PGM Ultima Ratio is a French-designed and manufactured sniper rifle. It uses the 7.62x51 mm NATO cartridge and can, depending on the variant, be chambered for several other cartridges. The PGM Ultima Ratio is intended to fulfill an anti-personnel role and is produced by PGM Précision of France...

Early Modern France
| Sniper rifle
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Equipment

Carl Gustav

Bofors Carl Gustaf AB is a Swedish armaments firm, now owned by Bofors.Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori was founded in 1812 as a state arsenal...

M3
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Sweden
| Recoilless cannon
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| AT-4

AT-4

AT-4 may refer to:* AT4, a Swedish unguided one-shot anti-tank weapon.* AT-4 Spigot, a Soviet guided anti-tank missile.* AT-4 Hawk U.S. Army biplane advanced trainer of 1927...

Sweden
| Rocket launchers
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| Commando mortar

Commando mortar

Commando mortar refers to a class of infantry light mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment, at the expense of accuracy and repeatability....

Brazil
| Mortar
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| Flame-thrower
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Brazil
| Flame-thrower
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