Growth process
1972 The bloody massacre at the Forstfeld Brook Airport in Munich injected a dose of oxytocin into the long-established German special forces. 1972 In September, during the 20th Olympic Games in Munich, nine Israeli hostages were hijacked by Palestinian "Black September" terrorists and fled by plane. At that time, the Federal German government sent senior officials to negotiate with the "Black September" organization for many times, and decided to send a special action team for rescue. Five snipers were selected by the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a fierce gun battle was held with the hijackers at Forstfeld Brook Airport in Munich. It took three hours to subdue each other. However, due to poor planning, a tragic tragedy occurred, and all nine hostages and four terrorists were killed in the hail.
In addition to concentrating on condemning the hijackers' inhuman atrocities, international public opinion also sharply criticized the incompetence and incompetence of the Federal Republic of Germany in its anti-terrorist operations and accused the Federal Republic of Germany of "taking hostage lives as a child's play".
In order to learn a lesson and effectively combat terrorist activities, the humiliated German federal government decided to immediately set up a special anti-terrorism and anti-hijacking special operations force. 1972 On September 26th, the 9th Brigade of the German Border Guard, the world's first professional anti-terrorism force, was born. Headquartered on the Rhine River, 30 kilometers southeast of Bonn, the company has more than 300 members and four commandos, each with about 40 people. The basic combat unit during the operation is the special team, with 5 people in each group.
At that time, terrorist activities were frequent all over the world. In order to cope with frequent terrorist activities, the United States began to compile SWAT in local police stations in various States in the 1960s. But before the establishment of GSG9, there were no special anti-terrorism special forces in the world.
weapon
The standard pistol carried by GSG9 players is Glock 9 mm pistol widely used by police all over the world; In addition, pistols such as HKP7 or P7M8 were used, both of which fired 9mm bullets. The biggest feature is that the grip is safe. The main weapon of GSG9 is HKMP5SD, a micro-acoustic submachine gun with muffler, which is used in anti-terrorism operations. The total length of the gun is 780 mm, the total weight of the gun is 3.40 kg, and 650 bullets can be fired every 5 rounds. As an indispensable sniper rifle for anti-terrorism weapons, GSG9 adopts HKPSG- 1 (partially equipped with WA2000) sniper rifle made in Germany; PSG- 1 total length of gun 1208 mm, with total weight of 8.57 kg. It is a semi-automatic rifle with a caliber of 7.62 mm, which has extremely high shooting accuracy.
As an assault weapon, G60 anti-terrorism grenade was developed by British Royal Arsenal. This kind of Grenade is mainly used when rushing into hijacked planes or buildings. It will produce strong light and a huge explosion, which will stimulate the eyes of terrorists and make them temporarily lose their sight. Tear gas is sometimes used when launching an attack. GSG9 also uses a special Grenade pistol. This Grenade pistol developed by HK Company can fire 40 mm CS tear gas, CN tear gas, smoke bomb, non-lethal rubber bomb, signal bomb and other grenades.
Outstanding military achievements
The most amazing move of GSG9 was to rescue the hostage taken on Lufthansa Crown Boeing 737 at 1977. 1977 65438+1October 13, the passenger plane departed from the Spanish island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean and was hijacked by four terrorists on the way to Frankfurt. All 86 passengers and 5 crew members on board were taken hostage by terrorists. After many twists and turns, the plane arrived at Mogadishu International Airport, the Somali capital, on June 5438+07 under the hostage of terrorists. In order to rescue their accomplices in the Federal Republic of Germany as soon as possible, the terrorists threatened to blow up the plane and kill all the hostages if they did not meet their demands.
At that time, the German federal government responded quickly, and Chancellor Schmidt personally presided over an emergency meeting to study emergency countermeasures. After a long discussion, it was decided to show GSG9' s trump card and form an elite commando team to rescue the hostages by force and smash the terrorist plot.
17 at 7: 30 pm, the 6 1 GSG9 commando led by the colonel landed behind a sand dune about 200 meters away from the terrorists outside the runway of Mogadishu airport under the cover of night. Commandos armed with stun anti-riot grenades, with the assistance of two anti-terrorism experts from the 22nd British Special Air Force, blasted the hatch with directional bombs at 2: 05am on 18, rushed into the plane and threw flash bombs at the cockpit. In the face of the sudden attack, four terrorists had no chance to resist, three died on the spot, 1 were seriously injured and captured, and the hostages escaped safely. This hostage rescue, known as "Operation Shenhuo", took only 1 min 46 seconds, which caused a sensation all over the world and won unanimous praise from all countries in the world.
After successfully solving the hijacking incident of Lufthansa passenger plane in the Federal Republic of Germany, GSG9 also put in many anti-terrorism actions, and successfully swept away the nests of "Red Brigade", Palestinian and Kurdish terrorists at 1980; 1993 successfully rescued the KLM passenger plane hostage; In recent years, it has become the main force to deal with neo-Nazi terrorists.
There are two slogans hanging on the wall of GSG9 theory class: "Strive for freedom of action" and "Only simplicity can succeed". These two slogans have become the motto of GSG9 players. Hard training, excellent personality requirements and the use of world-class combat equipment ... all these make GSG9 sit firmly on the throne of the world's top anti-terrorism special forces for a long time and become an evergreen tree in the world's anti-terrorism team.