Special Purpose Units Compete in Multi-event Parachuting Competition
Thursday, 26.9.2024 | Stories from Units
The 23rd Special Purpose Units’ Multi-Event Parachuting Competition, organized by the 63rd Parachute Brigade, was held this week at the military airport Sergeant Pilot Mihajlo Petrović and in the greater Niš area.
This military sports competition is modelled after the world’s biggest Special Forces competitions and involves completing a 25 km course, carrying out various tactical and fire missions along the way.
Eight teams have participated in this year’s competition — four from the 63rd Parachute Brigade, two from the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, one from the Romanian Armed Forces and one team of veterans from the 63rd Parachute Brigade.
The Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, General Milan Mojislović, paid them a visit today, making sure that the event is well-organized and that the participants are extremely well-trained and have strong motivation to represent their units in the best light possible.
In this extremely demanding competition, participants competed in 14 events: parachute landing, automatic rifle and pistol shooting, knife throwing, evacuation of the wounded and recovery of broken-down vehicle, overcoming water obstacles and contaminated soil, precision bombing, rope climbing and area search.
All teams demonstrated exceptional sportsmanship, competence, resourcefulness, persistence and perseverance, and the second team from the 63rd Parachute Brigade achieved the best score.
This competition serves as a test of Special Forces’ capabilities, and this year's competition was held as part of the activities marking the 80th anniversary of the formation of the first military parachute unit.
