page_title: Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces
section_title: List of GRU special units
hierarchical_section_title: Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces / List of GRU special units
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Тренировка 313-го отряда специального назначения борьбы с подводными диверсионными силами и средствами Балтийской военно-морской базы.
context_page_description: Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known as the Spetsnaz G.U. or Spetsnaz GRU is the special forces of the G.U., the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
  The Spetsnaz GRU was formed in 1949, the first spetsnaz force in the Soviet Union, as the military force of the Main Intelligence Directorate, the foreign military intelligence agency of the Soviet Armed Forces. The force was designed in the context of the Cold War to carry out reconnaissance and sabotage against enemy targets in the form of special reconnaissance and direct action attacks. The Spetsnaz GRU inspired additional spetsnaz forces attached to other Soviet intelligence agencies, such as the Vympel and Alpha Group of the KGB.
context_section_description: Below is a list of current "Spetsnaz" units in the Russian Armed Forces that fall under GRU operational control during wartime operations:
  Russian Ground Forces - fields 7 spetsnaz brigades of varying sizes and one spetsnaz regiment (25th).
  2nd Spetsnaz Brigade – based in Promezhitsa, Pskov Oblast
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Battalion (2× Company)
  Support Company
  70th Special Purpose Detachment
  329th Special Purpose Detachment
  700th Special Purpose Detachment
  Training Battalion (2× Company)
  3rd Special Purpose Brigade – based in Tolyatti 
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Company
  Special Weapons Company
  Support Company
  Logistics Company
  509th Special Purpose Detachment
  510th Special Purpose Detachment
  512th Special Purpose Detachment
  330th Special Purpose Detachment
  501st Special Purpose Detachment
  503rd Special Purpose Detachment
  Training Battalion (2× Company)
  10th Special Purpose Brigade – based in Mol'kino, Krasnoyarsk Territory
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Company
  Special Weapons Company
  Support Company
  Logistics Company
  K-9 Unit
  325th Special Purpose Detachment
  328th Special Purpose Detachment
  Training Battalion (2× Company)
  14th Special Purpose Brigade – based in Ussuriysk
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Company
  Logistics Company
  282nd Special Purpose Detachment
  294th Special Purpose Detachment
  308th Special Purpose Detachment
  Training Battalion (2× Company)
  16th Special Purpose Brigade – based in Tambov, with all units deployed in Tambov except for the 664th SPD. 
  Brigade HQ
  EOD company
  Signals Company
  Logistics Company
  370th Special Purpose Detachment
  379th Special Purpose Detachment
  585th Special Purpose Detachment
  664th Special Purpose Detachment
  669th Special Purpose Detachment
  22nd Special Purpose Brigade – entire unit is based in Stepnoi, Rostov Oblast 
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Company
  Support Company
  Special Weapons Company
  Logistics Unit
  Engineer Unit
  108th Special Purpose Detachment
  173rd Special Purpose Detachment
  305th Special Purpose Detachment
  411th Special Purpose Detachment
  24th Special Purpose Brigade – based in Irkutsk, with all units and units deployed in Irkutsk
  Brigade HQ
  Signals Company
  Special Weapons Company
  Logistics Unit
  281st Special Purpose Detachment
  297th Special Purpose Detachment
  641th Special Purpose Detachment
  25th Special Purpose Regiment
  Russian Airborne Troops
  45th Guards Special Purpose Brigade – based in Kubinka 
  Russian Navy
  The navy also fields dedicated maritime sabotage and counter-sabotage diver units which are attached to the naval infantry. These units also include combat swimmers, trained to conduct underwater combat, mining and clearance diving. The task is to protect ships and other fleet assets from enemy frogmen and special forces. The term "combat swimmers" is correct term in relation to the staff of the OSNB PDSS. Every PDSS unit has approximately 50–60 combat swimmers. There are PDSS units in all major naval bases across Russia. The OMRP is composed of reconnaissance divers that fall under operational subordination to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU). There are four OMRPs in Russia serving each fleet: Northern Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet and Pacific Fleet, with each consisting of 120–200 personnel.
  Naval Special Reconnaissance (OMRP)
  42nd Marine Reconnaissance point (Pacific Fleet)
  388th Marine Reconnaissance point (Black Sea Fleet) – reorganized from the former 431st MRP
  420th Marine Reconnaissance point (Northern Fleet)
  561st Marine Reconnaissance point (Baltic Fleet)
  Counteraction Underwater Diversionary Forces and Facilities (PDSS)
  101st PDSS Detachment - based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
  102nd PDSS Detachment - based in Sevastopol
  136th PDSS Detachment - based in Novorossiysk
  137th PDSS Detachment - based in Makhachkala
  140th PDSS Detachment - based in Vidyayevo
  152nd PDSS Detachment - based in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast
  153rd PDSS Detachment - based in Ostrovnoy, Murmansk Oblast
  159th PDSS Detachment - based in Razboynik
  160th PDSS Detachment - based in Murmansk
  269th PDSS Detachment - based in Gadzhiyevo
  311th PDSS Detachment - based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
  313rd PDSS Detachment - based 
caption: Combat swimmers of the 313th PDSS conduct land operations.
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