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COMSUBIN- Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori

COMSUBIN: Unit Profile (Italian)

COMSUBIN: Unit Profile (English)

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Unit Profile:

COMSUBIN (known less formally as the Incursori) are the Italian equivalent of the U.S. Navy’s SEALs or Germany’s KSK.  Its operators are extensively trained in reconnaissance, small unit raids, and are known to be parachute-qualified. The unit is currently based at La Spezia on Italy’s western coast with direct access to the waters of the Ligurian Sea.  It is important to note that the Italians also pioneered, along with the British, the use of small, manned submersibles (both of the “dry” and “wet” variety).  Reports indicate that the tradition continues today, albeit with much more advanced equipment, much of which is produced in the units own factory.  In any event, the combat divers of COMSUBIN possess tools which give them a capability not shared by the vast majority of maritime counterterrorist units worldwide.  COMSUBIN is considered one of the most skilled naval SOF units in the world.  They conduct training with numerous nations, including the US NAVSPECWARCOM and JSOC, Britain's Special Boat Service, and Israel's Flotilla 13.  Training for this group lasts approximately 2 1/2 years.

Reader information:

COM.SUB.IN. is the heir of a glorious unit of Italian's Navy during The WWII: the X MAS. The group is similar to Navy Seals and SBS, with the same role and equipment: SDV, zodiac, rigid boat. The unit is based in La Spezia and depend directly from the Chief of Navy. The course lasts about a year and it is similar to Col Moschin for free falling, sniping, rock climbing, but with great emphasis on movement in water, the use of scuba equipment and underwater demolition. The operators of COMSUBIN take part to all the Italian mission, they were in Libano 1982-1984, Persian Gulf (with the role to protect the Italian ship), Somali, Rwanda, Albania. They don't have a great number of occasions to show their real value and their ability, but have a great regard on the press and on the other Navy SF.

Web Sites

ComSubIn - Arditi Incursori - in Italian

ComSubIn- Naval Commandoes - in English

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