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Rob Lee

1 Jun, 12 tweets, 11 min read

Video of Russian MoD SOF, presumably SSO, at the shooting competition in honor of Vympel officer Captain Roman Stashchenko.
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Photos of FSB Special Purpose Center officers at the shooting tournament. 2/
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More photos of FSB Special Purpose Center officers at the tournament. 3/
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Photos of Russian MoD SOF, presumably SSO. 4/
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Photos of Russian MoD SOF, presumably SSO, including a Cuban flag patch. A PKP-M machine gun with an ELCAN sight, Glocks, Peltors, Salomon boots, Voin, etc. 5/
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More photos of the gear of participants in the tournament, likely SSO specialists. Leopold optic, Holosun, Peltors, Crye and Voin, LShZ 1+, HEL-STAR IR beacons. 6/
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SSO specialist with a Zenitco Perst-3 and two more photos of that PKP-M with an ELCAN and a Glock-17. 6/
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More photos from the tournament including two comp guns and a PKP with an ACOG. 7/
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The banner for the competition. 8/
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Photos of FSB Special Purpose Center and SSO specialists. 9/
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More photos of SSO and FSB officers. 10/
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Video of SSO specialists practicing immediate actions drills in response to an ambush while in a Lada. 11/
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