Russia may take decades to rebuild the units, according to US estimates. Russia's elite Spetsnaz commando units have suffered enormous casualties during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaked Pentagon ...

The Soviet-Afghan War revealed a brutal truth — standard steel helmets weren’t enough. That’s when Spetsnaz units turned to the Altyn: a titanium fortress for the battlefield. This video explores how ...

Russian Spetsnaz troops march through Red Square in a Victory Day military parade, May 9, 2021.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Amid its struggles in Ukraine, Russia's military has relied heavily on its ...

A naval Spetsnaz brigade had two battalions of "combat swimmers" (comparable to U.S. SEALs), a parachute battalion, a midget submarine company, and other units the army Spetsnaz brigades had. There ...

Russia’s elite “Green Beret” recon paratroopers have the training, gear, and reputation to shape the battlefield, yet in ...

The APS is an older design likely out of production, and Russia is reportedly seeking a replacement weapon. Meanwhile, the United States has never fielded an underwater assault rifle. This difference ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The APS is an older design likely out of production, and Russia is reportedly seeking a replacement weapon. Meanwhile, the United States has never fielded an ...

There are several significant takeaways from the leaked US documents about the course of the conflict in Ukraine. Russian ground forces in the country are approaching exhaustion and there are few ...

Russia is increasingly relying on large infantry assault tactics in Ukraine. One Russian milblogger said there was about to be a "real renaissance of infantry combat." Other milbloggers said the ...

To celebrate the release of the “sensationally gory” (David Edwards, Daily Mirror) Outpost III: Rise of the Spetsnaz – out on DVD 31st March 2014 – we have a copy to give away to one lucky horror ...

But they had so many of them that it was felt enough of them would do enough damage to make it all worthwhile. We'll never know if the original plan would have worked, but the Spetsnaz were effective ...