SBS is an United Kingdom Commando Recon Team that appears in Wargame: Red Dragon.
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The SBS is a, somewhat unfairly, much less well-known British elite special forces unit. Some people consider the SBS to be a better and more highly trained organization than the SAS. The SBS are a more specialized force than the SAS, its specialty being naval and amphibious operations. It is also a more select organization, with far fewer members (although it does draw from a smaller organization).
The modern SBS claims descent from the Special Operations Group operating in South East Asia at tbe end of WWll. SOG consisted Army Commando Special Boat Sections originally formed in June 1940, the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment formed in July of 1942, Royal Navy Combined Operations Pilotage Parties formed in September of 1942, the Royal Navy Sea Reconnaissance Unit also formed in 1942 and other naval and amphibious special forces. Earlier elements of the Army's Commando Special Boat Sections also served with Earl Jellicoe's Special Boat Squadron sowing water·borne havoc against the Germans in the Aegean. The SBS provided sea-borne raiding for the SAS Brigade. SOG was not disbanded, unlike the SAS, at the end of WWII. The Small Raids Wing was created in 1948 which went on to become the SBS in 1950s.
Since then the SBS has conducted a number of extremely successful and in most cases secret operations around the world. Possibly the most famous SBS operation was during the Falklands War, when members of the SBS were sent on long-range reconnaissance against the Argentinean Forces, weeks before the rest of the British Fleet arrived. SBS troops secured the British embassy in Kuwait in 1991, and looked fot Scud missiles during the Gulf War.
The members of the SBS are drawn exclusively from the Royal Marines. The selection process is different from that of the SAS in that a lot of the emphasis is placed on swimming and diving. The SBS and SAS now train together for common skills, such as their anti-terrorism roles. The SBS took over responsibilities for Maritime counter-terrorism from the Comacchio Group in 1987 with three squadrons dedicated to that mission.
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