page_title: Special Actions Unit (Malaysia)
section_title: Tactical Vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Special Actions Unit (Malaysia) / UTK equipment / Tactical Vehicles
caption_attribution_description: English: Officers from the Special Actions Unit, Royal Malaysia Police, on the Rapid Intervention Vehicle at the Sultan Abdul Samad Street for the 2015 National Day Parade in Kuala Lumpur. They dons the new Marine Ops Core tactical helmets and new Ferfrans SOAR carbines.
context_page_description: The Special Actions Unit, commonly known as UTK which it is its local name abbreviation, is an elite and Tactical Unit of the Royal Malaysia Police. The unit is based at the RMP Bukit Aman headquarters, Kuala Lumpur and, together with the 69 Commando, they are part of Pasukan Gerakan Khas.
  The UTK performs as a high-level national tactical unit, providing 24-hour close protection to high ranking government executives and their spouse, and the unit's members also undertake undercover missions. UTK operators are specially trained to intervene in high-risk events like hostage and barricade situations by hostile forces, especially highly trained terrorists and/or criminals. UTK is the oldest and most experienced unit in dealing with worldwide terrorism organizations inside and outside Malaysia.
  The UTK is equivalent to a combination of the German Federal Police's tactical unit GSG 9 and the United States Secret Service.
context_section_description: As a special forces unit, the PGK employs a number of specialised vehicles to accomplish its missions. These include the Commando V-150D and the GKN Sankey AT105 armoured personnel carriers equipped with M60s as assault vehicles in urban and jungle terrain as well as modified police MPV (Mobile Patrol Vehicles), vans, trucks, 4WD and buses for use as tactical vehicles. PGK also employs RHIB assault boats, jet-skis and Marine Subskimmer (DPV) in maritime missions and amphibious insertions.
  For its airborne operations, PGK utilises the C-130 Hercules, Cessna 206G, Cessna 208 Caravan 1 and Pilatus Porter PC-6 aircraft as well as the E-Squirrel AS-355 F2/AS-355N helicopter.
caption: Officers from the Special Actions Unit, Royal Malaysia Police, on the Rapid Intervention Vehicle at the Sultan Abdul Samad Street for the 2015 National Day Parade in Kuala Lumpur. They dons the new Marine Ops Core tactical helmets and new Ferfrans SOAR carbines.
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