GRU special forces. Essays on history. Historical encyclopedia in 4 books. Book 3. Afghanistan: Kozlov, Bogdanov, Breslavsky

In this book of essays, which is the third volume of the historical encyclopedia “GRU Special Forces”, the period from 1979 to 1989 is covered. And it tells about the combat history of units and formations of special forces as part of a limited contingent of Soviet troops in Afghanistan. For each detachment, for each special forces brigade a brief historical certificate is given, they tell about their combat path, an analysis of specific combat operations (including unsuccessful ones) is given. The authors of the essays are soldiers and officers – direct participants in the events described. Stories are illustrated by schemes. This is a unique piggy bank of combat experience, especially since the archive of operational cases of groups and detachments operating in Afghanistan was not preserved.
The book is of interest to both military professionals and a wide range of readers.
2nd edition, stereotypical.

Author
Kozlov Sergey Vladislavovich, Bogdanov V.A., Breslavsky S. V.
Editor
Nastenko Igor Anatolyevich
Publisher
Russian panorama, 2013