Anti-terrorist Battalion
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Anti-terrorist Battalion | |
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Anti-terrorist Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia & Flag |
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Active | Since 12.june.1992 |
Country | Serbia |
Branch | Special Brigade |
Type | Anti-terrorist Squad |
Garrison/HQ | Pancevo |
Colors | black,green.gold,brown |
Commanders | |
Current commander |
Major Nikola Mijatovic |
The Anti-terrorist Battalion "Hawks" (Serbian: Батаљон за против терористичка дејства, Bataljon za protiv teroristicka dejstva) is one of battalion in Special Brigade units in the Serbian Army. Its main tasks are counter terrorism.
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[edit] Weaponry and equipment
They are armed with the Serbian-made 7.62 mm and 5.56 mm rifles and MP-5 submachine guns, 5.56 mm South African automatic rifles, 7.62 mm, 7.9 mm and 12.7 mm caliber sniper rifles, 7.62 mm machine guns and various types of pistols and revolvers of their own choice.Of the heavier weapons. Battalion has at its disposal Serbian-made grenade-launchers, hand rocket-launchers also of domestic make, the "Wasp" armour-piercing rocket system, and the 60 mm and 82 mm light mortars. Sokolovi (Falcons/Hawks), are equipped and armed with a variety of sophisticated gear, including silencers, optic-electronic devices for night operations, and equipment for temporarily rendering targets helpless.