The narrator is the voice of Optimus Prime in the German version of Transformers. So it is kinda nice to get a story told to you by the leader of the Autobots (and he also dubbed Marv from Sin City if I remember correctly)
As a German, I can say the GSG 9 is a pretty cool unit. When I see their operators on the news, I always smile about the fact that we have one of the best out there, maybe a Top 3 Police Unit in the world
I've seen them on a lot of lists. Several of those were top youtubers. That means they are doing something right. I have German ancestry so sometimes I wonder if I have relatives still back in the old country "That could be on one of these videos" and I wouldn't even know it.
Dear Sir, Yes, GSG 9 is in the top 3. On the competition between other operators (GIGN, SWAT, etc..) they have won several times all the others. From early 2000 to 2014 they were almost unstoppable and won competition after competition. But for some reason they stopped participating those events, it might be due the tension that Russia caused while occupying Crimea (purely speculative).
In case you didn't know why the GSG9 was created In 1972, Palestinian terrorists infiltrated the Olympic Games in Munich and kidnapped Israeli athletes, killing two. The German police back then were neither trained nor equipped for counter-terrorism operations and underestimated the number of terrorists involved. They did not have a specialized tactical sniper team at that time. The army had snipers, but the German Constitution did not allow the use of German Armed Forces on German soil during peacetime. The rescue failed, and the operation led to the deaths of one policeman, five of the eight kidnappers, and all nine of the remaining hostages. As a consequence of the mismanagement of the Olympic tragedy, the West German government created the GSG 9.
because this event also showed countries around the world the importance of having a national counter terrorism unit, more units we know today were created such as the French GIGN and the South Korean 707 Special Mission Group
@@MmMm-sv2ur Wikipedia sagt dazu das hier "Dadurch aber erregte er die Aufmerksamkeit der frisch eingetroffenen Polizeiverstärkung, welche die Positionen der eigenen Beamten nicht kannte. Für einen der Entführer gehalten, wurden er und ein neben ihm Schutz suchender Hubschrauberpilot beschossen und schwer verletzt." Ob das aber der verstorbene Polizist oder ein anderer war weiß ich nicht
The airplane you see in the beginning and end is the original hijacked Lufthansa airplane with the name Landshut. It was taken back to Germany after rotting at least ten years in the djungle in Brazil. It should be in a museum right now. As the founder of GSG 9 passed away a few years ago, they showed another member of the founding team, which fought the terrorism of the 70ies to 80ies. The trigger was the failure of freeing the Israel hostages during the 1972 Olympic Games Munich, which was a big shame, that Jewish got killed again within Germany 27 years after WWII. Today, there is quite an exchange between Israel and German army and police as well. Best wishes from Berlin
yea, i cryed a little when i saw Israeli Air Force and Luftwaffe fly over Dachau. A Video on the Bundeswehr channel very worth the time. /watch?v=oNM7cfb-yIY
@@CombatArmsChannel neat fact in case you did not notice: 4:56 What you see here is one of the very few armed German coast Guard ships. It is extraordinary in Germany that a police unit has a 57 mm Mk3 mounted gun. You can see it on the far right, underneath the tower, painted in withe. So a bit difficult to spot.
I've seen the Landshut parked outside at the airport of Fortaleza/Brazil (so, no djungle, but yeah: forgotten). If I remember correctly, there were some windows broken...
To be honest as a German I NEVER want to interact with the GSG9... because it is secret who is a member so the only 2 ways to "interact" with them is if they come to rescue you from some bad guys... or if you are the bad guy... and both are not so nice situations.. So I am happy we have them... but hope I will never see them in action. ^^
Die Identität der KSK und SEK Beamten is auch geheim, der Unterschied besteht halt darin das die GSG9 als Anti Terror Einheit grenzübergreifend operieren dürfen
I personally think what makes them special, is that in 50 years they had over 2000 missions. In most of them they did not even fire a single shot. And they have lost (still sad enough) only 4 of their members in these 50 years.
@@Sorblex yeah, cool. Unfortunately, among NATO countries, Germany is one of those who makes the lesser efforts. They have big money, but almost always they never spend it on military. GSG can do a lot of missions, but are always training missions, police, patrols, stuff like that. Instead... did you know what Italian special forces do? Even right now?
@@phili166 wants to see us in combat? ua-cam.com/video/rQwWwZ9toHk/v-deo.html You know? It's strange to not see the Britts or the French side by side with the Americans when deep shit coming. Guess where they are...
The guy giving commands at 7:46 is the current commander of GSG9, Jerome Fuchs. Before he joined GSG9 he served the mountain troops and even did a year in the HRT of the FBI, while in GSG9.
The shooting situation is a mix of mathematics and moving. They get a relativ easy question (fe. 12 x 2 / 8), have to calculate it and have to be on the right place and hit the right answer by simulation-shot. And they increase the stress level through noise, time pressure, light effects. It trains concentration and at the same time coordination and mental flexibility. And lot of beginners have a real problem with this exercise...
The most impressive fact imo is that they are so well trained and capable with shock tactics and fast entries that they rarely killed a terrorist in this 50 years. They usually capture them alive.
4:56 What you see here is one of the very few armed German coast Guard ships. It is extraordinary in Germany that a police unit has a 57 mm Mk3 mounted gun. You can see it on the far right, underneath the tower, painted in withe. So a bit difficult to spot.
When GSG9 assaulted the Lufthansa flight there were two SAS operators present who supplied the stun grenades used in the assault. I think this was the first known use of the stun grenade which the SAS had been instrumental in devising.
as a german myself i'm glad that we have a police unit of this format. i don't have first hand knowledge but my dad met some of them when in training with a maritime unit back in the 90s if i remember correctly. Great video as usual. PS: Needs a pretty heavy shield when fastroping to counterbalance the balls of steel.
You mentioned that the guys in the opc wear combat gear. As a german ex-soldier i can say that our brigade-commander WANTED us to wear full combat gear even if you are in the opc. He said: "Feel the weight our opertaors feel" ... and I think that is a pretty good idea. Of course, there where noch backpack and so, but those were stored on the way out of the central, fully equiped, including potable water and food.
I lived near the GSG9 Headquarter in a little village where on one hill some higher staff member of the GSG9 lived and his home was sometimes used for training. Nice when you hear two Helicopter flying - at night - extreme low through your backyard (the valley) and then some seconds later two groups jump out and storm the house on the hill. Happend maybe every second year. Sometimes you even didn't wake up and read it next day in the news, because they where so silent.
GSG-9 pretty much goes by 'Time spent preparing is time not wasted on pondering what to do next'. Also, in case anyone is interested, in the ops center the co waited for conformation of their initial intel to check out and confirm the location of all suspects and hostages before giving the clear to engage. GSG-9 are pretty much urban commandos with really high tech toys and gadgets.
My neigbhor was working for GSG 9 (some office stuff) and she took me to their operation base near Bonn when i was nine years old. I was hanging out and taking care of by some operators and pilots over the day, while she was doing her normal office thing. Haven't seen her all day. Later i visited the same base when the BGS had like an open house day. Lot's of demonstrations on ground, water and air and a day filled with action. Still like the memory of the first time i was there more. Until today one of the best days in my life.
The really impressing thing about the GSG9 is that they're on the same level as military spec ops units like Navy Seals or SAS, but that they're a POLICE unit. They train to ARREST suspects if possible and only shoot them if unavoidable. So they hardly ever kill people during their missions...
One of my classmates' father was a member of the GSG9. I only met him twice on any school festivals, but he was such an impressively calm and friendly guy that I still remember him well.
I think that's part of the selection process. If you're not a calm and friendly guy, you get kicked out early. They need guys who will shoot only as the last resort. I think that's one of the reasons why they fire almost no shots on missions.
@@ChristinaMotzer genau. Psycho-Tests, wie belastbar die Leute sind gehören auch dazu. Es ist keine Option, dass einer der Leute unter Druck zerbricht und anfängt auf alles zu schießen, bzw. sein Wissen nutzt um Gesetzeshüter zu vernichten, seien sie auch noch so krumm (siehe die Vorgeschichte im Film).
The GSG9 was created in response to the attack on the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics. German police were unprepared/unequipped to stop the incident. So Germany adjusted (like they do) and created an anti-terrorist unit (GSG9 = federal police, think FBI SWAT). Their very first outing was the hijacking of flight LH181. With the help of two SAS officers, the unit carried out the most successful terrorist hostage rescue operations in history. They killed 3 hijackers , and wounded the last one. One GSG9 operative was wounded in the raid, as were three passengers and one crew. All of the operatives survived the raid, as did all crew (4 of 5; Captain Schumann had been executed hours earlier) and all passengers (86). They regularly compete and place in the top ranks of international special police unit contests.
Exactly, after the terrorist attack at the olympic games in munich, the GSG9 were built in cooperation with an israeli special forces unit as a response. The hijacking of the "Landshut" in '77 was the first known bigger operation of them.
The elderly man at the end of the video was one of the operators who liberated the hostages on the Lufthansa flight in 1977. As of today the GSG 9 and the KSK are both working closely together with other special police and military forces worldwide, especially with units from Israel.
@@Doc_Rainbow The founder and first CO of GSG 9 was Ulrich Wegener who passed away in 2017. He was until his last days a very fit man with a rather slim build. He also looked very different, so there I have to disagree that the old operator is the man you referring to.
@@Doc_Rainbow No need to be, Doc. As a German in my 50ies now I was a witness of the terror of the 1970ies and later on. And one of my mates is an author for military and police special forces who met him in person and was really in awe of him. Therefore nothing to worry about from your side. Have a nice weekend!
5:26 it’s more than a Police Unit, they did what the ksk did before it even existed. The Gsg9 had combatant status until 1999 and also did Operations overseas. That’s why it’s relation with the seals, deltas ect. is so good…
the KSK is military and can't be used (or couldn't at the time) be used against civilians on Deutch soil. Also love them, pretty top notch in their job. And they were created in the early nineties (93, 94?)!!!
@@Maddog-xc2zv No they(the KSK) were created 1999 when the gsg9 lost their combatant status and was basically replaced by them for most operations overseas.
@@floriangramsch9036 KSK was established 1996, with Full operational capability in 1997. And the reason was, that Germany had noch capability for hostage rescue in hostile environment. Also the GSG9 was and is not capable for this situations
Um die Einheit zu verstehen, muss man ins Jahr 1972 zu den Olympischen Spielen zurück und was dort passierte! Damals gab es keine Sondereinheit! Um das nie wieder zuzulassen wurde die Einheit gegründet, und 1974 bei der Entführung der Landshut zum ersten mal eingesetzt um auch zu zeigen, das sich ein Staat nicht erpressen lässt.!! ich denke wir können stolz sein auf jede Einheit!
GSG9 Inside and outside of germany (police unit / antiterror) SEK (Police Unit / is like Swat )Just inside in the differnt federal states KSK - Military Special Forces KS (Kampf Schwimmer / Seals) There is an UA-cam channel "Bulletproof" (ex Soldier Bundeswehr) who interviewed an ex SEK , Sadly there is no english subtitles 😕
You forgot the ZUZ, Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (central support group customs authority). Which might not have an awesome name and sounds more like some paper pushers or staff, but is actually a special forces group of our customs authority on a similar level of the GSG9. They just don´t get as much publicity. Where the GSG9 is called on terrorists, hostage situations and large scale crime like human trafficing, the ZUZ is called down on the big drug crime, aprehending the heads of large scale smuggling operations (drugs, weapons etc.).
@@gilde915 I mean if we start there we are also missing the ASE as the "Out of Country Security" AMPT, or Air Mobile Protection Teams. Kampfretter as basically Pararescue MEK Mobiles Einsatzkommando PSA BPOL as Security by the Bundespolizei and not the BKA as the ASE BFE+ PSK as the Snipers that are thrown in with SEK Teams. Theres a literal fuckton of specialized Units.
I'm not 100% sure, but as far as I know, the GSG9 was the first POLICE unit of its kind. All other Swat units were modeled on it. Greetings from Hamburg, Germany
The aircraft continued to be operated by Lufthansa until 1985, after which it was in service in various countries until 2008. In 2017 it was bought back by Germany and brought to Friedrichshafen. The Boeing 737-200 "Landshut" will remain in Friedrichshafen and is to be converted into a learning location at a location that has yet to be determined. The aircraft is now dismantled in a hangar in Friedrichshafen.
German uniforms and gear looks badass and expensive, but it comes at a price. Right now our army has around 200.000 soldiers and wants / needs more, but doesn’t have enough gear / ammo for like half of them. Poland literally has twice as many panther tanks as Germany.
The '70s were the paradise of Air pirates, with high jackings happening all the time. I remember one joke we used to say back then: On the flight from New York to Miami one passenger pulls out a gun an tells the pilots "Take this plane to Miami". The pilots tell him that the plane is going to Miami, but the passenger insists "Shut up and take the plane to Miami". When the plane lands in Miami, the police arrest the guy and ask him "Why did you do it? the plane was coming to Miami anyway". The passenger replies "That's what they told me the other three times, but I ended up in Cuba".
GSG9 and GIGN are probably the best anti-terrorist police units out there and I’d imagine after the ~2015-2017 years of what felt like non-stop terrorist attacks in France and Germany their budget definitely has not been downgraded. On a side note I was in Berlin late 2016 walked past the christmas market infront of KaDeWe mall and took the subway to the hotel and when I got in my room I checked the news and within that 20minutes a semi truck had driven into the crowd in the same christmas market. During that time it felt like shit like that happened every week in some part of Germany or France.
I might sound silly, but this part of our history makes me so proud of that unit. Saving all those hostages without any own losses and no civilian casualties? In a very foreign environment on the Mogadishu airport? Yeah that was something.
I had the honor to meet the very first Commander and founder of that unit several times. I applied for the training of the GSG-9, but failed in the tests before the Training. But that unit where I served several years worked together with the GSG-9 very tight. Abd that large Ship you saw was a ship of our Coast Guard "Küstenwache"
Once upon a time they should free some people in Somali and lend the American aircraft carrier boxer for this operation. But ksk was angry about this and somebody in the ministry of defence leaked an internal memo to the Americans which questioned their skill. So the mission was aborted last moment after 1 month of training
For anyone who this might still interest: according to Wikipedia, the helicopter they use is an AS 332 "Super Puma" (military designation: "Cougar"). When it comes to intended role and size, this thing is basically the Airbus equivalent to the Russian Mi-8. In its original standard version, it can take up to 24 passengers. I can't tell tho what configuration or version they use, so take this number more as a minimum capacity. Interestingly, the helicopter is also used to transport convicts or suspects who are deemed as too dangerous to be transported via car. Mostly people who are suspected of being involved with terroristic activities or other serious crimes. Most recently, this was the case with a suspected member of a leftist group, who got flown in by that helicopter to her trial at the famous Stuttgart-Stammheim court. A detachment of the GSG 9 secured the transport.
04:56 It‘s a Potsdam class patrol ship of the German Federal Police. Germany procured 4 of them during the last years, they are armed with a Bofors Mk110 57mm gun and two .50 machine guns.
One aspect of the GSG9 this Video didn't really stress is the fact that due to the command structure and the constitutional laws regarding German military forces, all military action undertaken by Germany requires consent of the Parliament. Whilst the U.S. President can send the Delta Force or Navy Seals with one phone call pretty much, a similar response is not possible for the German military. The GSG9 on the other hand, being a special unit of the federal police, does not fall under the same limitations. So if there was a situation like an Embassy coming under siege after a Coup in some third-world country, the single phone call from our government would go to these guys, and they'd grab their gear and be on their way to the transport plane.
Military actions need the consent of the german parliament. But the consent can be taken subsequent. So also the KSK can be send by „one phone call“. Especially for your mentioned embassy siege because the GSG9 is not capable for missions in hostile environmemt like within a coup
The GSG 9 was founded after the catastrophic attempt to free the hostages of the Olympic Games in 1972. In this attempt all hostages have been killed. The liberation of the hostages of the LANDSHUT Lufthansa plane in Mogadischu Somalia in 1977 made them famous over night.
My father works on the Helos the GSG9 guys fly and sometimes I can see them train Parachuting from my school. Also the GSG9 main Base is staitioned on the oldest german airfield
Compared to the US special forces in the police, there is also on thing that gets a bit overlooked in these videos. It´s how damn stealthy they are. In many cases the people getting aprehended by the GSG9 and other special police units from Germany don´t even know its going to happen till they basically are next to them and putting on cuffs. One example is how they often go in. If they can they dont blow or bash the doors open. They either drill or pick the lock silently after getting an overview of the inside and where the targets are. If they can they basically sneak up to them. Or the loud and obvious entrance covers the entrance of the actual squad tasked with aprehending them as a distraction. And it goes fast.
I personally had the pleasure to meet them twice for training.i was part of the team supporting them while they trained to clear a hijacked aircraft. It was so impressive to see how the acted,and how stealthy the snipers are.Haven't seen them for hours 20m away from me 😅😅. Then i had a colleague years later who was part of the gsg9,he was and is a really nice guy.i'm as a german are really proud of our special units like GSG9 ( Police)or KSK (Military)
@@danielefabbro822 The Carabinieri is as a whole a regular gendarmie force. It has a tier-one police tactical unit within it, the Gruppo di Intervento Speciale. But guess what unit it is based on? The GSG 9.
@@danielefabbro822 The opposite? The GSG 9 is based on the GIS? While the GSG 9 was formed in 1972 and the GIS was formed in 1978. How does that work? And if we will use Wikipedia as a source, it literally says that the GIS was based on the GSG 9-concept.
Not only are the current GSG-9 bad asses but they're also well camouflaged in whatever Solid Color Uniform they're wearing with their MultiCam Gear in this video!
They're not actually police, they belong to the custom's office, so on paper they're in charge of border protection, but in reality few people know what operations they're involved in. There's little reporting on them, they have no media presence and stay under the radar. Also they're rarely deployed to do police work like SWAT, that's what the SEK is for. GSG9 is more often used to fight terrorism. PS: SEK is the german police's special operations unit (in german: Sondereinsatzkommando), but they're far from being on par with the GSG9.
7:51 they wear that cause after they leave the active duty as active operators(because the became too old) the gsg9 try’s to keep them in Inspection11 /the GsG9 instead of having them them to move on to the “regular duty officers/agents”. That’s also why they sit at the operation control center and why they wear masks… their identity is still confidential….
the GSG9 was build up in the aftermath of the 1972 the attack on the israely olympic team. And the first mission was liberation of the "landshut" flight LH 181 in mogadishu👍
They were created to answer to the Rwanda chrisis, with genocides, as a command group (Kommando Spezialkrafte, duhhhh) to grab all german citizens there. It was a military op, not one a civil police would feel at "home" (although the GSG9 is really something, not of this world)
Not really. Some people who have no idea what they were talking about were blabbing. Our laws are very strict on what organisation can do what task and where it is allowed to operate. The GSG9 is a police unit. It is meant to aprehend criminals alive and resolve extreme crime in progress. It neither is allowed no has the training to do military work like eliminating specific targets, destroying or securing mission targets and so on, which is the KSK´s job. The KSK is also not allowed to work inside Germany, as its a military organisation, outside of a defense case. Which is why we got the GSG9.
Funny enough, the headquarters of the GSG9 are pretty close to where I live and my head of office is married to one GSG9 operator. Pretty cool persons, as they also did a special training at the building I'm working in.
The last time I saw them (or maybe the SEK) in the news, was after a shooting in munich. The police officer on the news was just wearing casual short summer pants and private tshirt, but then had a mask, a G36 and a high vis with police on it 😂😂
Fun fact: The narrator is the German voice actor for Optimus Prime, and the way he talks in this video really reminds me of Optimus speech at the end of the first movie :D He also voiced Darth Vader in Star wars 3^^
5:29 well since our Bundeswehr isnt allowed to act offensively outside of some specific NATO regulations and also isnt allowed to work inside outside of natural catastrophes GSG9 is kinda doing that job, Somalian Pirates back then for example were a job for GSG9 and with the shit happening in Israel if Hamas takes german hostages they might have to go to work too
Just want you to tell: In the command center they all wear their combat gear, because most of them actually participate in the operation. The GSG9 is a highly specialiced unit, but its not that large. So if needed nearly the whole unit is about to move out. There are several groups at different locations, but most groups are just about ~30 people (as far as I know) And nearly all wear face masks in videos for security reasons, aside from the more "prominent" persons.
The narrator is the voice of Optimus Prime in the German version of Transformers. So it is kinda nice to get a story told to you by the leader of the Autobots (and he also dubbed Marv from Sin City if I remember correctly)
youngling you must be... Darth Vader he is
@@ThorDyrden
He did it in the newer movies because the German voice of Darth Vader in the original triology died in 2001.
Its also the German Voice for Willem Dafoe
He also is Papa Smurf
@@ThorDyrden It's the other way around the clock, I'm too old to know that. 🤔
As a German, I can say the GSG 9 is a pretty cool unit. When I see their operators on the news, I always smile about the fact that we have one of the best out there, maybe a Top 3 Police Unit in the world
I've seen them on a lot of lists. Several of those were top youtubers. That means they are doing something right. I have German ancestry so sometimes I wonder if I have relatives still back in the old country "That could be on one of these videos" and I wouldn't even know it.
Bro as a French i think you are totally right
True. Crème de la Crème of police special units are FBI HRT, GSG9 and GIGN in no particular order.
As a Finn I gotta agree.
Dear Sir,
Yes, GSG 9 is in the top 3. On the competition between other operators (GIGN, SWAT, etc..) they have won several times all the others. From early 2000 to 2014 they were almost unstoppable and won competition after competition. But for some reason they stopped participating those events, it might be due the tension that Russia caused while occupying Crimea (purely speculative).
I'm American, but this gave me goosebumps. Outstanding.
Roger that, same here 🤙
Respect to Germany and GSG9 from Sweden! 🇸🇪 🇩🇪 🇪🇺
Respect to Sweden and the awesome Swedish Forces 👍
@@allyreneepenny9447 Tack!
In case you didn't know why the GSG9 was created
In 1972, Palestinian terrorists infiltrated the Olympic Games in Munich and kidnapped Israeli athletes, killing two. The German police back then were neither trained nor equipped for counter-terrorism operations and underestimated the number of terrorists involved. They did not have a specialized tactical sniper team at that time. The army had snipers, but the German Constitution did not allow the use of German Armed Forces on German soil during peacetime. The rescue failed, and the operation led to the deaths of one policeman, five of the eight kidnappers, and all nine of the remaining hostages. As a consequence of the mismanagement of the Olympic tragedy, the West German government created the GSG 9.
because this event also showed countries around the world the importance of having a national counter terrorism unit, more units we know today were created such as the French GIGN and the South Korean 707 Special Mission Group
Wasn't the police officer even killed by friendly fire?
@@joker35871 ich meine nein bin mir aber nicht sicher
@@MmMm-sv2ur Wikipedia sagt dazu das hier "Dadurch aber erregte er die Aufmerksamkeit der frisch eingetroffenen Polizeiverstärkung, welche die Positionen der eigenen Beamten nicht kannte. Für einen der Entführer gehalten, wurden er und ein neben ihm Schutz suchender Hubschrauberpilot beschossen und schwer verletzt." Ob das aber der verstorbene Polizist oder ein anderer war weiß ich nicht
There is a film about this called "Munich"
The airplane you see in the beginning and end is the original hijacked Lufthansa airplane with the name Landshut. It was taken back to Germany after rotting at least ten years in the djungle in Brazil. It should be in a museum right now. As the founder of GSG 9 passed away a few years ago, they showed another member of the founding team, which fought the terrorism of the 70ies to 80ies. The trigger was the failure of freeing the Israel hostages during the 1972 Olympic Games Munich, which was a big shame, that Jewish got killed again within Germany 27 years after WWII. Today, there is quite an exchange between Israel and German army and police as well.
Best wishes from Berlin
thanks for the info!
yea, i cryed a little when i saw Israeli Air Force and Luftwaffe fly over Dachau.
A Video on the Bundeswehr channel very worth the time.
/watch?v=oNM7cfb-yIY
actually I thing, when GSG9 was founded, they had support / learnt from the Israelian special forces
@@CombatArmsChannel neat fact in case you did not notice: 4:56 What you see here is one of the very few armed German coast Guard ships. It is extraordinary in Germany that a police unit has a 57 mm Mk3 mounted gun. You can see it on the far right, underneath the tower, painted in withe. So a bit difficult to spot.
I've seen the Landshut parked outside at the airport of Fortaleza/Brazil (so, no djungle, but yeah: forgotten). If I remember correctly, there were some windows broken...
To be honest as a German I NEVER want to interact with the GSG9... because it is secret who is a member so the only 2 ways to "interact" with them is if they come to rescue you from some bad guys... or if you are the bad guy... and both are not so nice situations.. So I am happy we have them... but hope I will never see them in action. ^^
This. It´s great to have them, but you don´t want to be involved in any way if you are not a member.
Die Identität der KSK und SEK Beamten is auch geheim, der Unterschied besteht halt darin das die GSG9 als Anti Terror Einheit grenzübergreifend operieren dürfen
I personally think what makes them special, is that in 50 years they had over 2000 missions. In most of them they did not even fire a single shot. And they have lost (still sad enough) only 4 of their members in these 50 years.
That's called "training". 🤣🤣🤣
@@danielefabbro822 you can look it up yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSG_9
They had about 50 missions each year.
@@Sorblex yeah, cool.
Unfortunately, among NATO countries, Germany is one of those who makes the lesser efforts.
They have big money, but almost always they never spend it on military. GSG can do a lot of missions, but are always training missions, police, patrols, stuff like that.
Instead... did you know what Italian special forces do? Even right now?
@@danielefabbro822 Eating Spaghetti?
@@phili166 wants to see us in combat? ua-cam.com/video/rQwWwZ9toHk/v-deo.html
You know? It's strange to not see the Britts or the French side by side with the Americans when deep shit coming. Guess where they are...
The guy giving commands at 7:46 is the current commander of GSG9, Jerome Fuchs.
Before he joined GSG9 he served the mountain troops and even did a year in the HRT of the FBI, while in GSG9.
The shooting situation is a mix of mathematics and moving. They get a relativ easy question (fe. 12 x 2 / 8), have to calculate it and have to be on the right place and hit the right answer by simulation-shot. And they increase the stress level through noise, time pressure, light effects.
It trains concentration and at the same time coordination and mental flexibility. And lot of beginners have a real problem with this exercise...
The most impressive fact imo is that they are so well trained and capable with shock tactics and fast entries that they rarely killed a terrorist in this 50 years. They usually capture them alive.
4:56 What you see here is one of the very few armed German coast Guard ships. It is extraordinary in Germany that a police unit has a 57 mm Mk3 mounted gun. You can see it on the far right, underneath the tower, painted in withe. So a bit difficult to spot.
When GSG9 assaulted the Lufthansa flight there were two SAS operators present who supplied the stun grenades used in the assault. I think this was the first known use of the stun grenade which the SAS had been instrumental in devising.
Original GSG9 was heavily influenced and also trained by the SAS. I think they still do training together on occasion or at least did for a long time.
Sgt Maj Barry Davies and Maj Alastair Morrison
@@EvilGNU SAS and israelis
I Think Barry was only a sgt at that time,
@@EvilGNU they will never stop training together
as a german myself i'm glad that we have a police unit of this format. i don't have first hand knowledge but my dad met some of them when in training with a maritime unit back in the 90s if i remember correctly. Great video as usual. PS: Needs a pretty heavy shield when fastroping to counterbalance the balls of steel.
Im from Germany and i Love this country🇩🇪❤️💪🏼
Sorry my english ist not really god
I don't love countries, I love pizza. 🍕
You mentioned that the guys in the opc wear combat gear. As a german ex-soldier i can say that our brigade-commander WANTED us to wear full combat gear even if you are in the opc. He said: "Feel the weight our opertaors feel" ... and I think that is a pretty good idea.
Of course, there where noch backpack and so, but those were stored on the way out of the central, fully equiped, including potable water and food.
Sehr gute Idee!
I lived near the GSG9 Headquarter in a little village where on one hill some higher staff member of the GSG9 lived and his home was sometimes used for training. Nice when you hear two Helicopter flying - at night - extreme low through your backyard (the valley) and then some seconds later two groups jump out and storm the house on the hill.
Happend maybe every second year. Sometimes you even didn't wake up and read it next day in the news, because they where so silent.
"Landshut" 1977
R.I.P. Ulrich K. Wegener
Commander GSG9
GSG-9 pretty much goes by 'Time spent preparing is time not wasted on pondering what to do next'. Also, in case anyone is interested, in the ops center the co waited for conformation of their initial intel to check out and confirm the location of all suspects and hostages before giving the clear to engage. GSG-9 are pretty much urban commandos with really high tech toys and gadgets.
My neigbhor was working for GSG 9 (some office stuff) and she took me to their operation base near Bonn when i was nine years old. I was hanging out and taking care of by some operators and pilots over the day, while she was doing her normal office thing. Haven't seen her all day.
Later i visited the same base when the BGS had like an open house day. Lot's of demonstrations on ground, water and air and a day filled with action. Still like the memory of the first time i was there more. Until today one of the best days in my life.
What I especially like on our European Special Police (or border guard) units is that they always emphatise their mission as protecting the people.
Straight up, this video gives me goosebumps watching it...
The really impressing thing about the GSG9 is that they're on the same level as military spec ops units like Navy Seals or SAS, but that they're a POLICE unit. They train to ARREST suspects if possible and only shoot them if unavoidable. So they hardly ever kill people during their missions...
Da will man sich auch nicht ausmalen wie gefährlich die deutschen Militär Spezialeinheiten sind
One of my classmates' father was a member of the GSG9. I only met him twice on any school festivals, but he was such an impressively calm and friendly guy that I still remember him well.
I think that's part of the selection process. If you're not a calm and friendly guy, you get kicked out early. They need guys who will shoot only as the last resort. I think that's one of the reasons why they fire almost no shots on missions.
@@realulliin diesen Einheiten kann man keinen Rambo brauchen
@@ChristinaMotzer genau. Psycho-Tests, wie belastbar die Leute sind gehören auch dazu. Es ist keine Option, dass einer der Leute unter Druck zerbricht und anfängt auf alles zu schießen, bzw. sein Wissen nutzt um Gesetzeshüter zu vernichten, seien sie auch noch so krumm (siehe die Vorgeschichte im Film).
The GSG9 was created in response to the attack on the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics. German police were unprepared/unequipped to stop the incident. So Germany adjusted (like they do) and created an anti-terrorist unit (GSG9 = federal police, think FBI SWAT). Their very first outing was the hijacking of flight LH181. With the help of two SAS officers, the unit carried out the most successful terrorist hostage rescue operations in history. They killed 3 hijackers , and wounded the last one. One GSG9 operative was wounded in the raid, as were three passengers and one crew. All of the operatives survived the raid, as did all crew (4 of 5; Captain Schumann had been executed hours earlier) and all passengers (86). They regularly compete and place in the top ranks of international special police unit contests.
you know you're done when the Police rolls in with G36s XD
German constitution: using the military on domestic soil is forbidden.
Federal police: let's beef up the GSG9 then.
Die Bundeswehr kann im inland bei Naturkatastrophen-wir bei der Flut im ahrtal-helfen im Rahmen der Amtshilfe, aber nur auf Anforderung
Love you and your channel as always, as for their origin it's the 1972 Olympics terrorist attack I believe.
Looked it up, the Lufthansa hijacking was in '77 and the GSG9 had their first big op there.
Exactly, after the terrorist attack at the olympic games in munich, the GSG9 were built in cooperation with an israeli special forces unit as a response. The hijacking of the "Landshut" in '77 was the first known bigger operation of them.
@@DNa. Cause it was a Desaster
The elderly man at the end of the video was one of the operators who liberated the hostages on the Lufthansa flight in 1977. As of today the GSG 9 and the KSK are both working closely together with other special police and military forces worldwide, especially with units from Israel.
as far as i know that elderly man was the Founder/ former Head of the GSG9
@@Doc_Rainbow The founder and first CO of GSG 9 was Ulrich Wegener who passed away in 2017. He was until his last days a very fit man with a rather slim build. He also looked very different, so there I have to disagree that the old operator is the man you referring to.
@@pzakp311 okay than i am sorry
@@Doc_Rainbow No need to be, Doc. As a German in my 50ies now I was a witness of the terror of the 1970ies and later on. And one of my mates is an author for military and police special forces who met him in person and was really in awe of him. Therefore nothing to worry about from your side. Have a nice weekend!
5:26 it’s more than a Police Unit, they did what the ksk did before it even existed. The Gsg9 had combatant status until 1999 and also did Operations overseas. That’s why it’s relation with the seals, deltas ect. is so good…
the KSK is military and can't be used (or couldn't at the time) be used against civilians on Deutch soil. Also love them, pretty top notch in their job. And they were created in the early nineties (93, 94?)!!!
@@Maddog-xc2zv No they(the KSK) were created 1999 when the gsg9 lost their combatant status and was basically replaced by them for most operations overseas.
@@floriangramsch9036 Which was needed because it was a grey area in our law to have a police force act in a military capacity.
@@floriangramsch9036 KSK was established 1996, with Full operational capability in 1997. And the reason was, that Germany had noch capability for hostage rescue in hostile environment. Also the GSG9 was and is not capable for this situations
You are well spoken and respectfully in any way. Thank you for your great videos!
Great shots of the GSG9 ...they're bad-ass
Greetings from Germany we stand together.
Um die Einheit zu verstehen, muss man ins Jahr 1972 zu den Olympischen Spielen zurück und was dort passierte! Damals gab es keine Sondereinheit! Um das nie wieder zuzulassen wurde die Einheit gegründet, und 1974 bei der Entführung der Landshut zum ersten mal eingesetzt um auch zu zeigen, das sich ein Staat nicht erpressen lässt.!! ich denke wir können stolz sein auf jede Einheit!
thank you for this video and greetings from germany.
GSG9 Inside and outside of germany (police unit / antiterror)
SEK (Police Unit / is like Swat )Just inside in the differnt federal states
KSK - Military Special Forces
KS (Kampf Schwimmer / Seals)
There is an UA-cam channel "Bulletproof" (ex Soldier Bundeswehr) who interviewed an ex SEK , Sadly there is no english subtitles 😕
thx for the info anyway
You forgot the ZUZ, Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (central support group customs authority). Which might not have an awesome name and sounds more like some paper pushers or staff, but is actually a special forces group of our customs authority on a similar level of the GSG9. They just don´t get as much publicity. Where the GSG9 is called on terrorists, hostage situations and large scale crime like human trafficing, the ZUZ is called down on the big drug crime, aprehending the heads of large scale smuggling operations (drugs, weapons etc.).
your missing Fernaufklärer:) only those keep their feets dry.....at least most of the time:)
@@gilde915 I mean if we start there we are also missing the ASE as the "Out of Country Security"
AMPT, or Air Mobile Protection Teams.
Kampfretter as basically Pararescue
MEK Mobiles Einsatzkommando
PSA BPOL as Security by the Bundespolizei and not the BKA as the ASE
BFE+
PSK as the Snipers that are thrown in with SEK Teams.
Theres a literal fuckton of specialized Units.
u forgot
EGB (german Rangers)
Fernspäher (pathfinders)
I'm not 100% sure, but as far as I know, the GSG9 was the first POLICE unit of its kind. All other Swat units were modeled on it.
Greetings from Hamburg, Germany
The aircraft continued to be operated by Lufthansa until 1985, after which it was in service in various countries until 2008. In 2017 it was bought back by Germany and brought to Friedrichshafen. The Boeing 737-200 "Landshut" will remain in Friedrichshafen and is to be converted into a learning location at a location that has yet to be determined. The aircraft is now dismantled in a hangar in Friedrichshafen.
Hell yeah, i knew you would react to that! Greetings from germany.
German uniforms and gear looks badass and expensive, but it comes at a price. Right now our army has around 200.000 soldiers and wants / needs more, but doesn’t have enough gear / ammo for like half of them. Poland literally has twice as many panther tanks as Germany.
The '70s were the paradise of Air pirates, with high jackings happening all the time.
I remember one joke we used to say back then:
On the flight from New York to Miami one passenger pulls out a gun an tells the pilots "Take this plane to Miami". The pilots tell him that the plane is going to Miami, but the passenger insists "Shut up and take the plane to Miami".
When the plane lands in Miami, the police arrest the guy and ask him "Why did you do it? the plane was coming to Miami anyway".
The passenger replies "That's what they told me the other three times, but I ended up in Cuba".
GSG9 and GIGN are probably the best anti-terrorist police units out there and I’d imagine after the ~2015-2017 years of what felt like non-stop terrorist attacks in France and Germany their budget definitely has not been downgraded.
On a side note I was in Berlin late 2016 walked past the christmas market infront of KaDeWe mall and took the subway to the hotel and when I got in my room I checked the news and within that 20minutes a semi truck had driven into the crowd in the same christmas market. During that time it felt like shit like that happened every week in some part of Germany or France.
... Intro ... 😂👍👍👍 Your reaction/commentary 👊👍🤓 i am from Germany and have big Respect for the Gsg 9 for the Lufthansa hijack in 77
I might sound silly, but this part of our history makes me so proud of that unit. Saving all those hostages without any own losses and no civilian casualties? In a very foreign environment on the Mogadishu airport? Yeah that was something.
I had the honor to meet the very first Commander and founder of that unit several times.
I applied for the training of the GSG-9, but failed in the tests before the Training.
But that unit where I served several years worked together with the GSG-9 very tight.
Abd that large Ship you saw was a ship of our Coast Guard "Küstenwache"
Greets from Bavaria/Germany
Once upon a time they should free some people in Somali and lend the American aircraft carrier boxer for this operation.
But ksk was angry about this and somebody in the ministry of defence leaked an internal memo to the Americans which questioned their skill.
So the mission was aborted last moment after 1 month of training
For anyone who this might still interest: according to Wikipedia, the helicopter they use is an AS 332 "Super Puma" (military designation: "Cougar"). When it comes to intended role and size, this thing is basically the Airbus equivalent to the Russian Mi-8. In its original standard version, it can take up to 24 passengers. I can't tell tho what configuration or version they use, so take this number more as a minimum capacity.
Interestingly, the helicopter is also used to transport convicts or suspects who are deemed as too dangerous to be transported via car. Mostly people who are suspected of being involved with terroristic activities or other serious crimes. Most recently, this was the case with a suspected member of a leftist group, who got flown in by that helicopter to her trial at the famous Stuttgart-Stammheim court. A detachment of the GSG 9 secured the transport.
04:56
It‘s a Potsdam class patrol ship of the German Federal Police.
Germany procured 4 of them during the last years, they are armed with a Bofors Mk110 57mm gun and two .50 machine guns.
One aspect of the GSG9 this Video didn't really stress is the fact that due to the command structure and the constitutional laws regarding German military forces, all military action undertaken by Germany requires consent of the Parliament.
Whilst the U.S. President can send the Delta Force or Navy Seals with one phone call pretty much, a similar response is not possible for the German military. The GSG9 on the other hand, being a special unit of the federal police, does not fall under the same limitations. So if there was a situation like an Embassy coming under siege after a Coup in some third-world country, the single phone call from our government would go to these guys, and they'd grab their gear and be on their way to the transport plane.
Military actions need the consent of the german parliament. But the consent can be taken subsequent. So also the KSK can be send by „one phone call“. Especially for your mentioned embassy siege because the GSG9 is not capable for missions in hostile environmemt like within a coup
These guys are based in my town and this week I got the chance to visit their base. btw, 20 people fit into the helicopter (Super Puma).
The GSG 9 was founded after the catastrophic attempt to free the hostages of the Olympic Games in 1972. In this attempt all hostages have been killed. The liberation of the hostages of the LANDSHUT Lufthansa plane in Mogadischu Somalia in 1977 made them famous over night.
Beu dieser Befreiung blieben alle noch lebenden Geiseln unverletzt befreit, nur ein Mitglied des teams wurde verletzt
GSG9 one of the worlds top units RESPECT !.
you definitely dont want to mess with them :S
My father works on the Helos the GSG9 guys fly and sometimes I can see them train Parachuting from my school. Also the GSG9 main Base is staitioned on the oldest german airfield
Ein Bonner?
Much love from Amberg, Germany to you ❤❤❤
we stand together
thanks for the video sir! hello from Belgium
Lmao all this Special Ops thing and then the Minecraft music as outro 🤣🤣 I love this channel
Über cool
I agree with you…the quality of the filming is getting close to that of the Royal Marines.
Great for recruiting.
Compared to the US special forces in the police, there is also on thing that gets a bit overlooked in these videos. It´s how damn stealthy they are. In many cases the people getting aprehended by the GSG9 and other special police units from Germany don´t even know its going to happen till they basically are next to them and putting on cuffs. One example is how they often go in. If they can they dont blow or bash the doors open. They either drill or pick the lock silently after getting an overview of the inside and where the targets are. If they can they basically sneak up to them. Or the loud and obvious entrance covers the entrance of the actual squad tasked with aprehending them as a distraction. And it goes fast.
you described actually how ALL SF Units operate, silence and the dark is the advantage
I personally had the pleasure to meet them twice for training.i was part of the team supporting them while they trained to clear a hijacked aircraft. It was so impressive to see how the acted,and how stealthy the snipers are.Haven't seen them for hours 20m away from me 😅😅.
Then i had a colleague years later who was part of the gsg9,he was and is a really nice guy.i'm as a german are really proud of our special units like GSG9 ( Police)or KSK (Military)
I love the Video from GSG 9 !! Greetings from Germany - Sammelplatz Militaria
...as far as i know - is the GSG9 the row model of all modern special forces...
i would 100% watch the royal marines new video: Counter Piracy and Pilot Rescue. also love the vids
GSG 9 pretty much invented the concept of a tier-one police tactical unit, if I am not mistaken.
Have you ever heard about Carabinieri?
@@danielefabbro822 The Carabinieri is as a whole a regular gendarmie force. It has a tier-one police tactical unit within it, the Gruppo di Intervento Speciale. But guess what unit it is based on? The GSG 9.
@@Osvath97 actually it's the opposite. That's because we train these units in our military schools.
@@Osvath97 here, this is the latest version of our academies.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_Excellence_for_Stability_Police_Units
@@danielefabbro822 The opposite? The GSG 9 is based on the GIS? While the GSG 9 was formed in 1972 and the GIS was formed in 1978. How does that work? And if we will use Wikipedia as a source, it literally says that the GIS was based on the GSG 9-concept.
Not only are the current GSG-9 bad asses but they're also well camouflaged in whatever Solid Color Uniform they're wearing with their MultiCam Gear in this video!
They're not actually police, they belong to the custom's office, so on paper they're in charge of border protection, but in reality few people know what operations they're involved in. There's little reporting on them, they have no media presence and stay under the radar. Also they're rarely deployed to do police work like SWAT, that's what the SEK is for. GSG9 is more often used to fight terrorism.
PS: SEK is the german police's special operations unit (in german: Sondereinsatzkommando), but they're far from being on par with the GSG9.
they are like fbi hrt
7:51 they wear that cause after they leave the active duty as active operators(because the became too old) the gsg9 try’s to keep them in Inspection11 /the GsG9 instead of having them them to move on to the “regular duty officers/agents”. That’s also why they sit at the operation control center and why they wear masks… their identity is still confidential….
1:55 Meanwhile in Germany everyone knows it as the Landshut (important, Lands hut, not land shut)
fun fact, the narration is done by the voiceactor who does the german voice of optimus prime
The Landshut is currently in Friedrichshafen near the Lake of Constance
Fun fact: I applied there at the time. Passed all tests as one of the best. Then I was not taken because I have a crossbite. :(
liar
@@jacklattack Nope. That's the truth. Happened 10 years ago in 2013.
it is a sign of success how he looks at his own photo in that hangar
GSG9 had some well known operations during the time of RAF (red army fraction) as well. Some of which didn't go too well.
Weder bei der gsg 9 noch beim ksk sind rambos gefragt
So uh are we gonna talk about the intro?
the GSG9 was build up in the aftermath of the 1972 the attack on the israely olympic team. And the first mission was liberation of the "landshut" flight LH 181 in mogadishu👍
There was a discussion in Germany some years ago, if the KSK is even needed. Because the GSG9 is already there and topnotch🙃
They were created to answer to the Rwanda chrisis, with genocides, as a command group (Kommando Spezialkrafte, duhhhh) to grab all german citizens there. It was a military op, not one a civil police would feel at "home" (although the GSG9 is really something, not of this world)
Not really. Some people who have no idea what they were talking about were blabbing. Our laws are very strict on what organisation can do what task and where it is allowed to operate. The GSG9 is a police unit. It is meant to aprehend criminals alive and resolve extreme crime in progress. It neither is allowed no has the training to do military work like eliminating specific targets, destroying or securing mission targets and so on, which is the KSK´s job. The KSK is also not allowed to work inside Germany, as its a military organisation, outside of a defense case. Which is why we got the GSG9.
Great Reaction, Greetings from Germany
the end was a very sweet bit of humility: We are (just) the (federal) Police.
The narrator also voices lots of actors, documentaries and what not. He also was the german voice for Optimus Prime in the Transformer Movies.
The October intros are becoming a tradition, you can't stop now!
OH SORRY I FORGOT HAPPY BIRTHDAY GSG9 !.
And this is only the Police! Imagine Special Military Forces in Germany ;)
Funny enough, the headquarters of the GSG9 are pretty close to where I live and my head of office is married to one GSG9 operator. Pretty cool persons, as they also did a special training at the building I'm working in.
The last time I saw them (or maybe the SEK) in the news, was after a shooting in munich. The police officer on the news was just wearing casual short summer pants and private tshirt, but then had a mask, a G36 and a high vis with police on it 😂😂
to me thaz looked even more bad ass, considering there was a shooter somewhere in the city 🙈😅
It looked like he couldn't finish his family bbq at home 😅
GSG9 has easily the best Drip all around the World for police units. Tactical Jeans and Sneakers all the way boys
That are the real "Landshut" that are has bin parkt for a long time at the Airport from Mogadishu and are 2017 transportet to Germany
the lufhasa was not the bigest operation the most of the operation of the gsg9 are top secret and nobody are allowed to speak about that
Ulrich Wegener war auch der Mann der Stunde ruhe in Frieden
Fun fact: The narrator is the German voice actor for Optimus Prime, and the way he talks in this video really reminds me of Optimus speech at the end of the first movie :D
He also voiced Darth Vader in Star wars 3^^
They are a myth. Respected, feared and beloved amongst all our people. No german dosent know of our Grenzschutzgruppe 9(GSG9)
I love your lower saxony police patch in the back! i´m from there!
5:29 well since our Bundeswehr isnt allowed to act offensively outside of some specific NATO regulations and also isnt allowed to work inside outside of natural catastrophes GSG9 is kinda doing that job, Somalian Pirates back then for example were a job for GSG9 and with the shit happening in Israel if Hamas takes german hostages they might have to go to work too
i love the fact that the narrator is the german voice of optimus prime, this is great
Here we know that if they come, you have a big problem🔥🤜🤛
Just want you to tell: In the command center they all wear their combat gear, because most of them actually participate in the operation. The GSG9 is a highly specialiced unit, but its not that large. So if needed nearly the whole unit is about to move out. There are several groups at different locations, but most groups are just about ~30 people (as far as I know)
And nearly all wear face masks in videos for security reasons, aside from the more "prominent" persons.
very nice video thanks for reacting to it
Damn, When's this movie coming out? Because I'm pretty sure I just watched a movie trailer. Bad-ass 🤙