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Frogman operations

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human torpedo
type of rideable submarine used as secret naval weapons in World War II
Decima Flottiglia MAS
Italian naval commando frogman unit of the Fascist era
Operation Rosary
invasion marking the beginning of the Falklands War in 1982
sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
1985 covert attack by French foreign intelligence service on a Greenpeace ship in Auckland, New Zealand
Raid on Alexandria
Italian frogman raid on British warships in Alexandria in 1941
Lionel Crabb
British Royal Navy frogman, lost at sea under mysterious circumstances (1909–1956)
limpet mine
type of naval mine which is attached to a target by magnets
Russian commando frogmen
tactical scuba diving unit
Raid on Algiers
Italian frogman raid on Allied ships in Algiers harbour in 1942
Siluro San Bartolomeo
Italian manned torpedo design of late WWII
Italian commando frogmen
Italian special forces diving unit
Battle of Grand Harbour
1941 military operation
Operation Algeciras
Argentine plan to sabotage a British warship in Gibraltar
Underwater Demolition Team
elite special-purpose force established by the United States Navy during World War II
Italian auxiliary ship Olterra
salvaged Italian tanker used as support and base for WWII manned torpedo frogman raids on Allied shipping in Gibraltar
Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine
German postwar commando amphibious warfare force
KOPASKA
The Kopaska () is the premier frogman and underwater demolition unit of the Indonesian Navy. The unit's motto is (Sanskrit for "There is no obstacle that cannot be defeated"). The unit's main duties are underwater demolition (raiding enemy ships and bases), destroying main underwater installations, reconnaissance, prisoner snatches, preparing beaches for larger naval amphibious operations, and counter-terrorism. During peacetime, the unit also deploys a team to serve as security personnel for VIPs and VVIPs.
Operation Title
1942 attack on German battleship Tirpitz