Russian Commando Frogmen - Links To Images

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  • http://dss.army.lv/divers.jpg Training a combat diver in the 561st OMRP, with IDA-type rebreather. A safety diver with aqua-lung is to the left, (mid 1970s).
  • http://dss.army.lv/malta.jpg Combat divers of the 561st OMRP, who took part in guarding Mikhail Gorbachev and George H.W. Bush in Malta in 1989. Midshipman Ivan Alexeyevich Avdot'in (surname is changed for understandable reasons), is to the right.
  • http://dss.army.lv/oath.jpg Russian combat diver takes the oath. 561st OMRP, 1990s.
  • http://dss.army.lv/diver.jpg Diving training. 561st OMRP, (mid 1970s).
  • http://dss.army.lv/parachute.jpg Parachute training. 561st OMRP, (mid 1970s).
  • http://dss.army.lv/liepaja.jpg Military exercise near Liepāja in Latvia, winter 1976.
  • http://dss.army.lv/parusnoe.jpg Parusnoye castle. Due to this place name, combat divers of the 561st OMRP are unofficially called Parusniki, (mid 1970s).
  • http://dss.army.lv/three.jpg Parusniki before parachute jump, 1976.
  • http://dss.army.lv/tree.jpg Three combat divers, not in diving gear, (mid 1970s).

These pictures are from the archives of A.Rzhavin.

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