Abstract
<jats:p>A study of the experience of combat operations in local wars shows that the enemy can bring the bulk of his Special Forces (SF) into the defense area of the motorized rifle brigade (MRB) and create an active front of struggle in the defense depth of the MRB. The fight against SF must be systemic in nature, covering all elements of the enemy’s SF with the impact through all stages of their training and fighting activities. The large number of sub-units assigned by the enemy to operate behind the defense lines of the MRB, the engagement of which becomes an integral part of any offensive and is provided by international experience in combat operations, indicates an increase in their role in modern warfare. That is, there is a long-felt need to create an integral system for combating the enemy’s SF. In addition, it is expedient for each sub-unit to be assigned an area of responsibility for combating the enemy’s SF in such a way that the access to the enemy and the beginning of its isolation are carried out before the landing force takes active action. A comprehensive impact on the enemy’s SF will make it possible to promptly combat it with the involvement of the minimum required amount of forces and means. At the same time, it is important that the MRB’s reviewed capabilities to combat the enemy’s SF increase with a view on enlarging its capability to solve, of necessity, a wider range of tasks arising from the nature of modern combined arms battle. Thus, it can be stated that at this stage, for a large number of states, the combat capabilities of the MRB during a defensive battle do not allow to solve the tasks of combating the enemy’s SF with the required efficiency.</jats:p>