EKO Cobra (EKO Cobra) is the Austrian premier counter-terrorism unit. It is widely regarded as one of the best in the world. Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...

History

The EKO Cobra (Einsatzkommando Cobra), formerly known as GEK (Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando) was formed in 1972, primarily to protect Jewish immigrants who were using Austria as a throughroute to Israel from attack by Palestinian militant groups, and as a response to the attack on Israeli atheletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Its main offices are in the Austrian capital city Vienna, with sub-offices in Graz and Linz and Innsbruck. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... The Games of the XX Olympiad were held in 1972 in Munich, Germany. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Croatian and Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... The Graz Schlossberg Clock Tower Graz [graːts] (Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra. ... Map of Austria, locating Linz Linz is a city and Statutarstadt in northeast Austria, on the Danube river. ... Innsbruck is a city in western Austria, and the capital of the federal state of Tyrol. ...

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Although it has never partaken in the kind of hostage rescues that GIGN, GIS, GSG 9 and the SAS have, the 200 men of EKO Cobra are believed to be among the best trained counter-terrorist commandoes, and other special forces have trained alongside them. They are especially respected for their climbing skills. A hostage crisis is a situation created by militants or terrorists wherein they take over a building full of people and then: (a) hold them till their demands or met, or (b) hold them until someone they respect tells them to stop or they decide to surrender, or (c) are... Categories: Stub | Law enforcement in France ... Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (G.I.S.) (b. ... Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG 9 - Border protection group 9) is a German counter-terrorism unit, and is considered to be among the best of such units in the world. ... For other Special Air Services, see Australian Special Air Service Regiment and Special Air Service of New Zealand. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Special forces or special operations forces are relatively small military units raised and trained for special operations missions such as Special Reconnaissance (SR), Unconventional Warfare (UW), Direct Action (DA), Counter-Terrorism (CT), and Foreign Internal Defense (FID). ...

In 2002 the Federal Ministry of Interior changed the name from GEK (Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando) to EKO Cobra (Einsatzkommando Cobra). Cobra was the internal code name for this paramilitary special unit, now it became part of the official name, which is not part of the police force. It is directy subordinated to the Federal Ministry of Interior. 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A paramilitary organization is a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion. ...

Weapons

Like most modern counter-terrorist units, EKO Cobra use the Heckler & Koch MP5 as their submachine gun of choice, though in general they favor the Austrian Steyr AUG. Steyr also produce sniper rifles for use by EKO Cobra marksman, in addition to the Heckler & Koch PSG-1. Their standard sidearm is the GLOCK 17 9mm. For close-quarters combat onboard hijacked buses and airliners, they prefer, like GIGN, to use revolvers, particuarly the MR73 .357 Magnum. Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Heckler & Koch Logo Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon, the extremely precise sniper rifle PSG1, and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ... The MP5 is a submachine gun, developed by German weapons designer Heckler und Koch (HK) in the 1960s. ... MP5KA4 9 x 19 mm with 3-round burst trigger group A submachine gun is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the ammunition of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. ... Steyr AUG refers to a family of firearms, first introduced in 1977 by the Austrian company Steyr Mannlicher. ... Steyr is a town (population 39,495 as of 2001) in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located on the Enns river. ... The traditional definition of a sniper is an infantry soldier especially skilled in field craft and marksmanship, who kills selected enemies from concealment with a rifle at long distances. ... A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. ... Heckler & Koch Logo Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) is a German weapons manufacturing company famous for various series of small firearms, notably the MP5 submachine gun, the MP7 personal defense weapon, the extremely precise sniper rifle PSG1, and the G3 and G36 assault rifles. ... Heckler und Koch PSG-1 sniper rifle The PSG-1 is a widely known semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by the German company Heckler und Koch. ... The GLOCK 17 was the first pistol designed and manufactured by the Austrian company GLOCK. It is a locked breech, short recoil 9 mm Luger semi-automatic pistol with a standard magazine capacity of 17 rounds of ammunition. ... ball and hollowpoint 9mm Luger rounds are popular handgun ammunition. ... Categories: Stub | Law enforcement in France ... The . ...

External links

• ((German)) Official website