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The Special Duties Unit (Abbreviation: SDU; Traditional Chinese: 特別任務連, nicknamed 飛虎隊 Flying Tigers) is a secretive and elite paramilitary police unit of the Hong Kong Police. Established in July 1974, it is a sub-division of the Police Tactical Unit (PTU). Its primary functions include counter-terrorism, anti-narcotic raids, hostage rescue and other crimes (usually involving firearms) which are deemed too dangerous for local police to handle. The unit holds regular training exercises with similar units from around the world. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...
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Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...
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The Hong Kong Police Force (香港è¦å¯Ÿ) (from 1969 to 1997, Royal Hong Kong Police Force (皇家香港è¦å¯Ÿ) is the police force of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ...
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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...
Origins & History
 The arm-patch of the SDU, pre-'97. Note the "Royal Hong Kong Police" name on the patch. The establishment of SDU can be traced back to an incident on March 13, 1971, when a plane from Philippine Airlines was hijacked and landed in Kai Tak Airport. Though the incident was resolved peacefully, the Hong Kong Police Force became concerned that a similar incident will occur in the future. A "marksmen squad" (神槍手隊) was assembled in 1973 and later re-organised into the Special Duties Unit in 1974. Image File history File links SDU_patch_pre97. ...
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March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ...
Philippine Airlines is the national airline of the Philippines. ...
Kai Tak Airport was the popular name and former site of the international airport of Hong Kong until 1998-07-06, when Hong Kong International Airport was moved to new facilities at Chek Lap Kok. ...
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The unit is modelled after the British SAS. When SAS personnel came to Hong Kong in 1978 to refine their CQB techniques as well as training syllabus, SDU received their training from the SAS. The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. ...
In its 30 year history, the SDU has evolved into a unit capable of conducting operations through air, land and sea. It consists of a support group, administration group and the action group. The action group is the core of the unit, further categorised into the land assault team, the water assault team and the sniper team.
The SDU Water Team
 The arm-patch of the SDU Marine Counter Terrorist Team SBS operators also helped SDU develop its own specialitst marine attack unit (known as the Marine Counter Terrorist Team; nicknamed: 水鬼隊 "Water Ghost") after an incident in the early 1980s. Due to its highly specialist nature, the Marine Counter Terrorist Team has achieved an almost legendary reputation and has thus often been compared with the United States Navy SEALs. An SDU sniper in the team was seriously injured when having joint training with SEAL Team 6 in 1991, during a ship-boarding exercise. Image File history File links SDU_WT_patch. ...
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The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the British Royal Navys special forces unit. ...
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The Marine Counter Terrorist Team was later disbanded in 2000, due to the fact that all current SDU operators are equally trained and proficient in maritime operations. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Training & Selection To maintain the SDU's high standards, recruitment exercises are not open to the general public. To even qualify for the recruitment, one must have a minimum two years service in the Hong Kong Police, and to be both a non-smoker and non-alcoholic. The selection process is very stringent, with a high drop-out rate; out of approximately 30,000 police officers in Hong Kong, only about 100 are selected to enlist in the SDU.
The officers in the unit maintain a high degree of secrecy and only the closest family members know their true identity.
Interestingly, the SDU does not enforce a retirement age, due to the unit's emphasis on overall personal capability rather than physical prowess alone; an officer only retires when he wants to resign or has become incapable of fulfilling his duties.
The officers in SDU enjoy a comparatively high salary, a typical officer can expect to afford an expensive car or other luxuries in his first year of service. At their retirement, they are paid a lump sum of HK$2,000,000 and still receive a monthly pay-check. Henceforth, even though the life of a SDU officer is a dangerous and lonely one, it is at least financially stable. ISO 4217 Code HKD User(s) Hong Kong Inflation 2. ...
Equipment & weapons Pistol
Colt M10 (Early 70s - late 70s)
Browning Mk3 (Late 70s - early 90s)
Glock 17 (Early 90s - present)
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Submachine Guns
MP5A3 (Early 80s - present)
MP5A5 (Early 80s - present)
MP5SD3 (Early 80s - present)
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Rifles
AR-15 (Early 70s - early 80s)
XM-177 (1982 - 2000)
MC-51 (1992 - 1996)
M-4 (2001 - present, as medium range sniper rifle)
G-36KV (2001 - present, as medium range sniper rifle)
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The G36 (company designation, Bundeswehr designation Gewehr G36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s and manufactured in Germany by Heckler & Koch. ...
Shotguns
Remington 870 (Early 80s - present)
Benelli M1 Super 90 (Early 80s - present)
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Benelli M1 Super 90 Type: Semi-automatic recoil inertia bolt system Gauge: 12 Chamber: 76mm (3) Weight: 3. ...
Sniper Rifle
G3SG-1 (Early 80s - early 90s)
PSG-1 (Late 80s - 2005)
L42A1 (Early 80s - 90s)
L96A1 (Early 90s - present)
SR-25 (Late 90s - present)
SSG-2000 (Early 90s - present)
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Known Operations During a robbery in 1992, four robbers with AK-47 assault rifles battled the SDU, resulting in 7 operators injured. As a result of this incident, their CQB technique was further refined in order to fit Hong Kong's unique urban environment, and new equipment were added to the SDU's arsenal. It has been suggested that Mêlée be merged into this article or section. ...
Before Christmas Eve of 2003, the most wanted person in Hong Kong was arrested in a joint raid between the SDU and Criminal Intelligence Branch (CIB, Team D). No shots were fired during the raid.
SDU in Popular Culture Similar the LAPD SWAT team, the unit is known for their numerous fictional appearances in TV shows and movies in Hong Kong. The Los Angeles Police Department (usually known as the LAPD) is the police department of the City of Los Angeles, California. ...
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- The SDU made an appearance in a computer game, in the last mission of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear: Urban Operations, but have been already gunned down by the time the Rainbow team reaches them. There are also numerous reference to the Flying Tigers nickname in the neon-signs throughout the level.
- The SDU was recently realistically portrayed in Breaking News. However, they were made famous in Hong Kong cinema from the Final Option, First Option and New Option series of movies starring Michael Wong in First and New Option as the brash troop leader of a SDU platoon.
Breaking News (Chinese: ) is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Johnnie To. ...
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Michael Fitzgerald Wong or Wong Man-Tak (王æ•å¾·, pinyin: Wáng MÇndé) born in Troy, New York on April 16, 1965, is a Hong Kong based actor, director, singer and producer. ...
References - "Flying Tigers" Roar for Consular Corps
- Special Operations website
- 現今香港飛虎隊概況 The Hong Kong's Special Duties Unit of Today
See also
Other Local Specialist Law Enforcement Agencies - within Hong Kong SAR
- within Mainland China
SDU / ASU Recruitment Poster, 2005 ASU on duty The Airport Security Unit (ASU, commonly æ©Ÿå ´ç‰¹è¦) is a special branch of the Hong Kong Police tasked with the security of Hong Kongs airport. ...
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Special Police Units (Abbreviation: SPU; Simplified Chinese: 特è¦é˜Ÿ) are SWAT units of the Chinese Peoples Armed Police at the provincial and municipial level. ...
The Snow Wolf Commando Unit (Abbreviation: SWCU; Simplified Chinese: 雪狼çªå‡»é˜Ÿ) is a special police unit of the Peoples Republic of China (P.R.C.) tasked with counter-terrorism, riot control, and other special tasks such as anti-hijacking, and bomb disposal. ...
Comparable Foreign Agencies The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is the principal special forces unit of the British Army. ...
A special newspaper report on the STAR team was featured in The Straits Times, a local Newspaper. ...
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