Bered cape

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Lineup	January 11, 1976
Country	Norway
Branch of service	Special unit
Type	Counterterrorism
Strength	71
Insinuation	Norwegian police
Location	Oslo
Nickname	Delta, BT
motto	There is no availability and flexibility to the public next to the carrier that is most
Calls	UNMIK (by Team 6 ) attacks in Norway 2011
commander
Current commander	Not so with Snortheimsmoen

Beredskapstroppen ( BT ; Norwegian for emergency unit ), callsign Delta , is the special unit of the Norwegian police based in Oslo . The unit is responsible for the entire country - including the oil rigs in the North Sea - and specializes in hostage rescue, high-risk arrests and counter-terrorism both domestically and abroad. It is recruited from the Norwegian police force.

Beredskapstroppen can be compared with the Hostage Rescue Team from the USA and the GSG 9 of the Federal Police . In addition to the regular police weapons, the unit is equipped with sniper rifles and assault rifles and additional protective equipment.

In addition to the usual activities in the police force in the Oslo Police District, a lot of time is invested in training. The unit often trains Close Quarters Battle at the Rena military base near the town of Rena . There is a small recreated village with rows of houses. The Telemark Battalion and other special units of the Norwegian armed forces have already trained here .

history

Beredskapstroppen was set up in 1975 to replace the former "Østlandstroppen". The original plan was to deploy the unit across the country. The entire team later gathered in Oslo, was founded on January 11, 1976 and declared ready for action.

The reason for the education was the increased incidence of crime in Norway and abroad. Youth riots, kidnappings and hostage-taking were some of the main reasons. An important example of this was the hostage-taking of Munich during the Olympic Games in the summer of 1972 .

Calls

According to the unit's website, Delta conducts an average of one armed operation per day. In 2004, for example, there were 422 armed missions, of which firearms were only used twice.

One of the most dramatic missions of the Beredskapstroppen was the hostage drama on September 29, 1994 at Torp Airport , in which two criminals took an elderly couple and two police officers hostage. At the end of the two-day hostage situation, Beredskapstroppen carried out a rescue operation in which all hostages were rescued. During this operation, one of the hostage-takers was killed and the other arrested.

Since 1999, members of the unit have been deployed several times in the multinational police unit Team 6 . Team 6 serves as a special unit of UNMIK to fight crime in Kosovo . The main task is to arrest war criminals . According to a report by Delta members, Team 6 rescued 50 to 60 people from angry Albanians on a mission while grenades and bullets flew over their heads. This incident was a rescue operation by UN personnel trapped in a building. Team 6 was commanded by a Norwegian member of Beredskapstroppen during this mission and from January to July 2004. Since the establishment of Team 6, Beredskapstroppen personnel have been deployed in the multinational special unit at all times.

After the fatal robbery on the NOKAS security company in April 2004, Beredskapstroppen arrested numerous suspects who were involved in the robbery.

Since October 2006, Delta has concentrated its gang crime operations in the capital Oslo. These operations focus on the arrest of criminals and the seizure of illegal weapons such as the AK-47 and AG-3 used by the gangs .

Beredskapstroppen participated in the security of Oslo in the attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011 and arrested the assassin of the mass murder, Anders Behring Breivik , on the island of Utøya near Oslo. The unit had difficulty getting to the island because they had no boat available.

equipment

Armed police officer with an MP5

weapons

Members of the Beredskapstroppen are trained on different types of weapons, but use the modified Heckler & Koch MP5 as their standard weapon. Along with the HK P30L V1, it is part of the armament of the regular police force in Norway.

Manufacturer	origin	Type	weapon
Heckler	Germany	Self-loading pistol	P30L
Glock	Austria	Self-loading pistol	P-80
Benelli	Italy	semi-automatic shotgun	M3T Super 90
Heckler	Germany	Submachine gun	MP5
Diemaco	Canada	Assault rifle	C8
SIG-Sauer	Switzerland	Sniper rifle	SSG 3000
RSAF Enfield	United Kingdom	Non-lethal weapon	ARWEN 37

vehicles

Bell 412 SP of the Norwegian Air Force, as used by DELTA

The unit uses unmarked Mercedes-Benz G-Class and BMW X5 vehicles . Marked and unmarked Chevrolet Suburban and Volvo V70 vehicles are also used. The latter were replaced by new Mercedes M-Class (2009 version).

Beredskapstroppen has two RHIB boats , each equipped with three engines with a total output of 675 hp. When the fuel tank is full, the route between Oslo and Bergen can be covered.

Beredskapstroppen uses military helicopters of the type Bell 412 SP of the Norwegian Air Force for air transport .

Others

The members use special helmet visors that can withstand the fire of 9 mm projectiles. The French special unit GIGN also uses these visors.

Additional equipment includes NBC protective suits and NBC protective masks with a closed system. Modern chemical measurement technology is also used to define different types of gas and to enable individual adaptation of the protection according to danger.

Divers of the Beredskapstroppen also use a closed system, the so-called rebreather . With these devices, the diver can stay underwater for a long time because the exhaled air is recycled. Traditional open systems would also ensure that the exhaled air rises to the surface and thus betrays the diver by forming bubbles.

Their uniforms differ from those worn in the normal Norwegian law enforcement service - instead of black trousers and blue shirts, they wear black overalls.

Personnel selection

The members of the Beredskapstroppen are recruited from the various police districts. Physical and psychological tests, selection interviews and a security check are carried out prior to admission. The basic training consists of a six-week course in counter-terrorism, a week introductory course and a year on probation in the force. The minimum physical requirements to attend the course are as follows:

• 3,000 meters in less than 12.5 minutes
• 50 situps
• 10 pull-ups
• Swim 400 meters
• 4 meters deep diving

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Trond Eide: Risikerer livet på hemmelig Oppdrag. I flere år har norske politifolk utsatt seg for livsfare under hemmelige oppdrag i utlandet. In: Aftenposten. Retrieved April 26, 2018 (Norwegian). 
2. ↑ Thomas Berg: Four ikke ute etter å skape helter (German: We are not out to create heroes). (PDF) I all hemmelighet har norsk politi utsatt seg selv for livsfare mens de har reddet hundrevis av liv i Kosovo. Next personer from Team Six om frykten for å død, and viktigheten av å has væpnet norsk politi i skarpe oppdrag i utlandet. (German: Overall, the Norwegian police exposed themselves to life risks and saved hundreds of lives in Kosovo. Now people from Team Six are telling about the fear of death and the importance of having armed Norwegian police on sharp missions abroad.). In: Politforum. January 2006, archived from the original on October 1, 2011 ; Retrieved August 12, 2014 (Norwegian). 
3. ^ Johannes Korge: Massacre near Oslo. Survivors describe scenes of execution on holiday island. In: Spiegel.de . July 23, 2011, accessed January 27, 2018 .