Equipped with innovative weapons and equipment
Personnel with QBZ-97A assault rifles. Photo: Operational Strategic Command
09/03/2021 | Caracas
Carlos E. Hernndez
The Task Force Counterterrorism from National Armed Forces from Venezuela gave his presentation in an exercise in which he demonstrated his tactical capabilities, framed in the Bolivarian Shield Exercise ‘Supreme Commander Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías’The event took place on the occasion of the culmination of XI Special Tactical Training for Counterterrorism and start of the course XII of the same specialty.
“A demonstration was held where the Shadow Task Force, made up of several teams whose mission is to identify, locate, search and neutralize terrorist groups that threaten peace and tranquility in the territory, ”the Strategic Operational Command of the National Armed Forces Ceofanb), by Twitter
For his part, the commander of the Ceofanb, supreme admiral Remigio Ceballos Ichasostated that the Venezuelan Armed Forces “have an infallible Counter-Terrorism Task Force, whose fighters are highly qualified and trained to combat current and future threats of a national and transnational nature”.
Drone Battalion
Programming also included the start of the RPAS Basic Pilot Course (Remote controlled aircraft system) X
On that stage, the Drone Battalion of the Ceofanb, a recently created unit that was also part of the Shadow Task Force, with unmanned systems, of an unspecified model, equipped with high-tech cameras.
equipment
The exercise involved taking an infrastructure occupied by “terrorists”, for which the Shadow Task Force used various weapons and equipment of different origins, as shown in the images, photos and videos distributed by Ceofanb, including an 8×8 armored car. infantry fighting vehicle BTR-80
Weapons included assault rifles Kalashnikov AK-103 7.62 x 39 mm and Norinco QBZ-97A 5.56 x 45 mm; machine guns Pecheneg 7.62x54R mm and FN FAG 7.62 x 51 mm; grenade launcher Balzat RShG-2 72.5 mm Y Milkor MGL Mk.1 40 mm, as well as Norinco sniper rifles NBR 13 / NSR 50 caliber .50, in addition to other models used in the exercise.
As for the personal equipment, they fall on a helmet with infrared flash, monocular night visor, safety glasses and communication set; tactical vests, knee pads, elbow pads and gloves with ballistic protection In addition, the uniform and helmet are equipped with infrared reflective bands for identification. IFF
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