Operation Schamil was a plan for a German army operation to drop special operations forces ahead of the main attacking force against the Soviet towns of Maykop

Maykop

Maykop is the capital city of the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River . Population: -History:...

 and Grozny

Grozny

Grozny is the capital city of the Chechen Republic, Russia. The city lies on the Sunzha River. According to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 271,596; up from 210,720 recorded in the 2002 Census. but still only about two-thirds of 399,688 recorded in the 1989...

. These two town were major oil production and refining centers, and (together with Baku) were prime objectives for the German 1942 Summer offensive by Army Group A led by Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall

Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...

 Wilhelm List.

The plan called for the Lehr-Regiment Brandenburg zBV 800

Brandenburgers

The Brandenburgers were members of the Brandenburg German Special Forces unit during World War II.Units of Brandenburgers operated in almost all fronts - the invasion of Poland, Denmark and Norway, in the Battle of France, in Operation Barbarossa, in Finland, Greece and the invasion of Crete,...

 (a special operations unit) to be dropped in advance of the 1st Panzer Army to take the towns by surprise, before the Soviets managed to damage or destroy the oil facilities there.

The plan was carried out against the Maykop oilfields, but the Soviets were nevertheless able to damage the oil facilities. Later, a small unit was also dropped behind the Soviet lines in the Grozny area, carrying out commando operations.