СИЛИ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОГО ПРИЗНАЧЕННЯ ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНІЇ: СКЛАД, ЗАВДАННЯ, ОСОБЛИВОСТІ КОМПЛЕКТУВАННЯ ТА БОЙОВОГО ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ

Abstract

The history of Great Britain Special Forces establishment and development is analyzed. The main stages of the organization as well as the main tasks assigned to the SF units and the peculiarities of their combat employment are discovered. The origins of Great Britain Special Forces which can be noticed in small mobile cavalry group employment during the first Anglo-Boer War have been specified. Chronological order has been used since the creation of special units during the initial period of the Second World War until 1987 – the time of British army SF groups’ creation. The effectiveness of British SF units’ combat actions during Second World War and postwar local armed conflicts has been estimated. The United Kingdom operatives’ armaments and military equipment have been examined. Ways of foreign experience applying to improve Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine management and official business are outlined. It has been done for the successful tasks performance during the militant actions against Russian aggression and illegally created armed units in the east part of Ukraine.