104th Operational Maneuvers Regiment


The 104th Operational Maneuvers Regiment is a special forces regiment from the Algerian land forces. It is also a paratroop regiment like the 116th RMO.

History

The 104th operational maneuvers regiment was created on 2 November 2005 by a presidential decree in order to support the ex-Algerian SIG and to participate with them to the counter-terrorism operations in Algeria.
Moreover, the Algerian land forces wanted to have their special forces regiment because before the creation of the 104th RMO the Algerian army had only 1 special forces unit, the Special Intervention Group, and :fr:Régiments de parachutistes commandos|6 special regiments from paratroopers but they aren't special forces regiment like the 104th RMO but a special regiment like the 75th Rangers of the US Army.
With their training to the US special forces "green berets" the 104th RMO is considered as the Algerian equivalent of the US green berets while their colleagues from the 116th RMO is considered as the equivalent of the US Delta force.
They participated in training exercises with the US special forces in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in the United States.
The headquarters of the 104th RMO is in the same city as the :fr:École de formation commando et d'initiation au parachutisme|Commando and Parachute Training and Initiation School in Boghar.

Organisation

The 104th RMO has several special-purpose companies.
Moreover, some companies has special teams of operational helicopters.

Missions

The missions of the 104th RMO are :
The 104th RMO operators are trained in the Special Troops Superior School in Biskra for the skydiving and the special operations, and they're trained too in the :fr:École de formation commando et d'initiation au parachutisme|commando and parachute training and initiation in Boghar on commando techniques, survival, healing and second level special operations. For that the 104th RMO has a training plateform with several buildings and houses in order to the 104th RMO operators practice the counter terrorism and hostage rescue training.
Moreover, they are foreign-trained including in United States, in France, in Germany, in Russia...

Material and equipments

Weapons

Handguns
Tactical lights, laser sight, silencer as well as RONI kits are often mounted on the Glock 17 which is the main weapon of the 104th RMO operators.

Assault Rifle

Assault rifles are customized according to the operator but you can generally find on these weapons laser sights, tactical lights, silencers, anti-recoil sticks, Eotech, Acog, Aimpoint sights, etc.

Machine gun

Vehicles