All part of a report carried out by the British media The Daily Mailwhich has collected a study on the Special Parachute Unit (ETA, Eidiko Tmhma Aleksiptothston in Greek), in which it has recorded scenes of the action of the unit, which is currently secret and is part of the Army’s Special Forces Greek.
According to this medium, it is a top-level special operations unit that is made up of the most skilled members of the Hellenic Special Forces and was created in 1959. Its main mission? Rapid deployment behind enemy lines to conduct unconventional warfare and harass enemy forces, reports The Daily Mail.
Within this framework, this unit also carries out the missions of destruction of strategic objectives, long-range reconnaissance, cartography and intelligence, rapid action and information to personnel of enemy movements, capture of prisoners and interrogation of enemy personnel to extract information and take control of critical points in enemy territory. And this will be carried out “for as long as necessary to achieve a specific objective.”
