Anti-terrorist Battalion

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Anti-terrorist Battalion


Anti-terrorist Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia & Flag
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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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.

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