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The full-dress sleeve insignia of the Spetsnaz of Russian Armed Forces.

A round blue patch with a wide yellow (golden) edging.

The emblem in the center is the general image of the Special Forces, it is a relief image of the bat with spread wings on the background of a stylized image of the grid of a telescopic sight.

The sleeve insignia of military intelligence units of the Separate Division of Operational Use named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky (ODON).

Motto: “Any time, any place – any task!”

Regalia: the orders of Lenin, the October Revolution, the Red Banner.

Since Spetsnaz soldiers are the most capable and trained warriors characterized by the highest level of combat skills, training and the ability to perform the most complex combat missions, the Expert Soldier of Special Forces must be something quite incredible: if everyone eat – he does not, if everyone drink – he can do without water, if everyone sleep – he is awake…

If you can imagine a barking dog whose head is not only in the front, but also from behind, then it's likely to be a Spetsnaz Expert Soldier.

The sleeve patch of the reconnaissance company of the 34th Separate Special Operations Brigade of the Interior Troops (OBRON).

The emblem is an inverted spear or an arrowhead on the maroon background of which there is a picture of a desmodus (vampire bat) sitting on the sword and the grid of optical sight.

A triangular beret patch with the emblem of radio intelligence and the abbreviation “OSNAZ” (Special Purpose).

The chest pin badge is the insignia of belonging to a special operations unit (Spetsnaz) of Russian Interior Ministry Troops.

The pin badge is made of a goldish metal with enamel in the form of a ruby red Greek cross with flared rounded ends. The cross is imposed over a slightly hollowed round shield with a laurel wreath. In the center of the cross there is a triangular elongated downward small shield with the cut upper corners. In its blue field there is a relief black silhouette of a bat.

The silhouette of a black bat put over the stylised image of the globe with parallels and meridians is the emblem of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

The inscription along the perimeter of the pin badge reads: “Military Intelligence”.

The black bat with outstretched webbed wings is the official emblem of the Special Forces (Spetsnaz) of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.