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decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Green_KGB_Alpha_Group_velcro_patch.jpg/300px-Green_KGB_Alpha_Group_velcro_patch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Green_KGB_Alpha_Group_velcro_patch.jpg/400px-Green_KGB_Alpha_Group_velcro_patch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Alpha Group OD velcro patch used by AG operators.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">3 March 1990<span class="noprint">; 34 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1990-03-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (1990–1991)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> (1991–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz" title="Spetsnaz">Spetsnaz</a> of the <a href="/wiki/KGB" title="KGB">KGB</a><br />(1990–1991)<br /><a href="/wiki/State_Security_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Belarus" title="State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus">State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus</a> (КДБ/КГБ) (1991–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Special_forces" title="Special forces">Spetsnaz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Counter-terrorism" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-terrorism">Counter-terrorism</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hostage_rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Hostage rescue">Hostage rescue</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">Special operations</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">Classified<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data">Under <a href="/wiki/State_Security_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Belarus" title="State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus">State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minsk" title="Minsk">Minsk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Alpha Group or Group A</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Anniversaries</th><td class="infobox-data">2020 (30th Anniversary)<sup id="cite_ref-30th_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30th-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel Sergei Zubkov</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel Oleg Chernyshev<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The Belarusian <b>Alpha Group</b> (<a href="/wiki/Belarusian_language" title="Belarusian language">Belarusian</a>: <span lang="be">КДБ Альфа-група</span>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">КГБ «Альфа»</span>) is a special unit of the <a href="/wiki/State_Security_Committee_of_the_Republic_of_Belarus" title="State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus">State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus</a>, tasked to handle counter-terrorism operations throughout <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> when regular Belarusian law enforcement units are underequipped to handle the task. It also assists law enforcement units in anti-crime operations.<sup id="cite_ref-BEL_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEL-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unit_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It traces its origin to the Soviet-era <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Group" title="Alpha Group">Alpha Group</a>, created on July 28, 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-30th_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30th-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2014, Colonel Sergei Zubkov is designated the commander of the unit.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Soviet KGB has designed the creation of Alpha Group on July 28, 1974 when <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Andropov" title="Yuri Andropov">Yuri Andropov</a> was head of the KGB after the <a href="/wiki/Munich_massacre" title="Munich massacre">1972 Munich massacre</a>. It's suggested that the order was done to respond <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>'s creation of <a href="/wiki/GSG_9" title="GSG 9">Grenzschutzgruppe 9</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cox2001_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cox2001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The unit was created on March 3, 1990, stationed at the <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic</a> and tasked to tackle anti-terrorist assignments throughout the BSSR and the Baltic States<sup id="cite_ref-30th_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30th-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> under orders from <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Kryuchkov" title="Vladimir Kryuchkov">Vladimir Kryuchkov</a> as the 11th Group of the KGB.<sup id="cite_ref-BEL_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEL-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The unit was initially staffed by 45 operators.<sup id="cite_ref-GA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-USSR_breakup">Post-USSR breakup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Post-USSR breakup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg/220px-RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg/330px-RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg/440px-RIAN_archive_341035_Bastion-Antiterror_2008_manoeuvres_of_CIS_special_services_in_Belarus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="697" /></a><figcaption>Belarusian AG operators conduct a breaching exercise in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1992, the unit officially received its official name<sup id="cite_ref-30th_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30th-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was placed under the command of the SSCRB.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1994, AG was involved in a hostage rescue operation when an armed criminal took a student named Milana Martinkevich hostage.<sup id="cite_ref-CTBYA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTBYA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was rescued and the criminal was detained.<sup id="cite_ref-CTBYA_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTBYA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 1, 1996, the AG was involved in arresting five men, including an active Belarusian soldier, for attempting to smuggle nuclear material in <a href="/wiki/Barysaw" title="Barysaw">Borisov</a> for $50,000.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2006, the KGB has reaffirmed Alpha Group's mandate to combat terrorism.<sup id="cite_ref-KGBPR_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KGBPR-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AG operators were involved in anti-terrorist exercises throughout the year alongside Belarusian military and law enforcement forces.<sup id="cite_ref-KGBPR_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KGBPR-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2010s, Colonel Oleg Chernyshev was placed under various financial and travel-based sanctions for the KGB's human rights violation activities in Belarus by the British and Swiss governments.<sup id="cite_ref-HMU_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HMU-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EAER_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EAER-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 10, 2014, a Georgian national was involved in hijacking a <a href="/wiki/Belavia" title="Belavia">Belavia</a> airline in the Minsk-Kutaisi flight route.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRBHijack_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRBHijack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AG negotiators were involved in getting him to surrender himself<sup id="cite_ref-CTBYA_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTBYA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before he was eventually arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRBHijack_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRBHijack-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 31, 2014, AG operators participated in an exercise with the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations_(Belarus)" title="Ministry of Emergency Situations (Belarus)">Belarusian Ministry of Emergency Situations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EXER_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EXER-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 29, 2014, AG participated in anti-terrorist exercises due to the World Ice Hockey Championship Games being held at Minsk alongside the Belarusian Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 20, 2017, AG operators participated in an anti-terrorist operation exercise at <a href="/wiki/Minsk_National_Airport" title="Minsk National Airport">Minsk National Airport</a> in recapturing a hijacked Boeing 737.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alpha Group celebrated its 30th anniversary on March 3, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-30th_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30th-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 29, 2020, AG operators alongside Minsk police arrested 32 persons from the <a href="/wiki/Wagner_Group" title="Wagner Group">Wagner Group</a> after they arrived in Minsk from July 24 to July 25 under allegations of planning to participate in destabilization activities before the upcoming 2020 presidential elections.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 9, 2020, it was reported that AG operators were deployed to intervene against the growing <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Belarusian_protests" title="2020–2021 Belarusian protests">protests</a> towards President Lukashenko.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 16, 2020, Minsk-based AG veterans have released a statement to condemn violence used against the protests.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 November 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a> included Alpha's commander Col. Sergei Zubkov in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 765/2006.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zubkov was also sanctioned by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 November, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein" title="Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albania" title="Albania">Albania</a> aligned themselves with the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> did the same on 11 December.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 December 2020, the unit was officially listed under the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) (<a href="/wiki/Specially_Designated_Nationals_and_Blocked_Persons_List" title="Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List">Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List</a>) due to being regime actors.<sup id="cite_ref-OFAC_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OFAC-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 June 2021, Col. Zubkov, the commander of the unit, was also added to the SDN list.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2022, Alfa is also under the sanctions of the EU, Switzerland and Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Requirements">Requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Colonel Oleg Chernyshev, 80% of its potential recruits are experienced personnel from other Belarusian law enforcement agencies while others are trained athletes.<sup id="cite_ref-GA_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The operator's average age, after being recruited, is usually at 27 years.<sup id="cite_ref-GA_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A recruit is placed through interviews and <a href="/wiki/Lie_detector_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Lie detector test">lie detector tests</a> in order to remove anyone who is motivated to join AG for financial or vanity reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-GA_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons">Weapons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AG purchased <a href="/wiki/Glock_17" class="mw-redirect" title="Glock 17">Glock 17s</a> in the 2000s in order to replace their Soviet and Russian-made <a href="/wiki/Makarov_pistol" title="Makarov pistol">Makarov PM pistols</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/SIG-Sauer_P226" class="mw-redirect" title="SIG-Sauer P226">SIG-Sauer P226</a> was also acquired by AG alongside the SOBR, Almaz, OCAM and the SBP in March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are chambered in 9x19mm like the Glocks.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_MP5" title="Heckler & Koch MP5">HK MP5A3</a> serves as the main submachine gun.<sup id="cite_ref-ZDFR_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZDFR-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are indications that the latter are Turkish-made MP5s under MKE.<sup id="cite_ref-ZDFR_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZDFR-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Benelli_M4" title="Benelli M4">Benelli M4</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mossberg_500" title="Mossberg 500">Mossberg 500</a> is used by AG as their primary shotgun.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CIT_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIT-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sako_TRG" title="Sako TRG">Sako TRG</a> and the Accuracy International AX 338 are used by the unit when snipers are deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-Weapons_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weapons-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gear">Gear</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Gear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AG operators are known to wear Crye Precision G2/G3 Ranger Green clothing.<sup id="cite_ref-CIT_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CIT-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vehicles">Vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>AG is known to have access to armored vehicles, including the <a href="/wiki/Bogdan_group#Military_and_special_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Bogdan group">Bogdan Bars armored car</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EXER_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EXER-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also use armored vehicles outfitted with the MARS assault ladder system when conducting raids on hijacked airplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Group_(Belarus)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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