Storm 333 classic Special forces operation and probably the most successful in soviet history.
Kinda Baap of all Surgical strikes combined
with minimum body armors and Helmets.
The attackers were dressed in Afghan army clothes for better surprise effect,no insignia was worn with the exception of a white armband.The only recognition password being shouting "Yasha" -Misha"
According to Former Russian special forces soldier Rustam Tursunkulov it was over in
43 minutes. What makes this operation so intriguing is not the massacre nature of the operation. It was how 24 well trained commandos were able to take on a force of 300 armed guards, killing atleast 65% of them.It was later confirmed that the Russian soldiers were ordered not to take any survivors.
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These info is gathered from various sources/ sites
Combined elements of KGB Alpha group (Zenit or Grom) , 345th Airborne Guards ,and Muslim battalion (troops from erstwhile Muslim soviet republics) stormed the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace (President Residence) of Afghanistan and exterminated the president Hafizzulah Amin guarded by 300 ~ Guards
Although there is not much information available on internet except some in Russian language its considered one of the most successful special operation in the history of Soviets
Almost every operative who participated was wounded while the commander Col Boyarinov was kIA apart from 20 Paratroopers and KGB agents against the death of 200 ~ Afghan guards and President Amin
On Dec. 27 special unit of the KGB "A" began the famous storming of the palace of Amin. on Dec. 27 special unit of the KGB "A" began the famous storming of the palace of Amin. Immediately with the assault forces 345 Airborne Regiment, with the help of the KGB special forces in Kabul were captured by the structure of Ministry of Internal Affairs, HUD, the General Staff and the communication center. Municipal coup in Afghanistan has been accomplished,
Amine destroyed, with minimum losses, the use of small forces.
Troops were carried in an APC. Taking cover behind their APCs, they moved to the building 20-30 metres away as palace grounds fired from the roof and the windows. Protected by their bullet-proof vests and helmets, the commandos eventually entered the building.
Once inside, each group knew what to do. They knew the place well and their movement was not random. Grenades were lobbed in, a burst was fired and then the room was cleared. Eventually, all resistance fell. The commandos approached President Amin's room.
Earlier on, Amin was seen,half-dressed, shouting at his wife who was bringing Kalashnikovs.
According to RT, Amin was behind a bar, dressed in Adidas trunks when the Russians entered. The first officer in killed him. A fragment from a grenade killed his 11 year old son. In the operation, as many as 200 Afghans soldiers and 5 Russian commandos died.
What makes this operation so intriguing is not the massacre nature of the operation. It was how 24 well trained commandos were able to take on a force of 300 armed guards, killing atleast 65% of them.It was later confirmed that the Russian soldiers were ordered not to take any survivors. Former Russian special forces soldier Rustam Tursunkulov stated it was over in 43 minutes.
In December 1979, as the fateful day approached, an attempted poisoning of Amin was undertaken by Russian Intelligence. Department 8 of the KGB succeeded in infiltrating the illegal agent Mitalin Talybov (codenamed SABIR) as a chef of Amin's presidential palace. However, Amin switched his food and drink as if he expected to be poisoned, so his son-in-law became seriously ill, and ironically, was flown to a hospital in Moscow.
Concerned for his safety, Amin moved the presidential offices to the Tajbeg Palace. The Soviets deployed soldiers near the palace, ostensibly to help protect it. However, their real purpose was to scout out the area and form a plan of attack. On December 27 elements of the Alpha Group stormed the Presidential Palace.
Rustam Tursunkulov, a 23-year-old special forces commander with the Soviet army was outside the Tajbeg on that fateful day. With the special forces lacking body armour and "hardly any helmets", they initiated the coup.
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Losses:
-Soviet: 6 KGB officers were killed (included Col Boyarinov-killed by friendly fire from Shilka),6 troopers of the Moslem Battalion were killed and 9 vdv were killed.
-About 200 afghan soldiers,guards and officials were killed including Amin
Tajbeg Palace or Tapa-e-Tajbeg Palace is a Palace built in the 1920s and located about ten miles (16 km) outside of the center of Kabul, Afghanistan.
2016
KGB Zenit / Grom team from 1979
345th Airborne Paratroopers - VDV
Troops from Soviet Muslim Battalion who operated the Zsu "shilka" during the attack and secured the outer parameter
Hafizullah Amin