116th Operational Maneuvers Regiment


The 116th Operational Maneuvers Regiment, is a special forces regiment belonging to the paratroopers of the Algerian land forces.

History

The 116th RMO was created in 2016 after the dissolution of the ex Special Intervention Group of the ex DRS the Algerian intelligence service.
this regiment would have been created in order to replace the ex SIG.
However, the 116th RMO has a different status because it does not depend directly on the Algerian intelligence services as was the case for the ex-SIG, but it belongs directly to the Land Forces Command so it is not as sensitive as the ex-SIG.
The majority of operators and most of the material was transferred to this regiment.

Missions

As the 116th RMO is the direct descendant of the SIG, this regiment has therefore naturally taken over the same missions as the former SIG.
So this unit is able to carry out a variety of missions but as it's a new regiment we don't have much informations about that.
The kind of the 116th RMO :
From the little information we have to date, it would appear that the 116th RMO has several companies or sections specializing in :
Operators have access to several types of weapons that are chosen according to the needs and nature of the mission.
Each operator is equipped with a main weapon, a handgun and in addition to this, there are different types of grenades.
Sharpshooters and snipers have a multitude of choices in terms of their weaponry, ranging from small and medium calibres to the large calibres used for immaterial shooting, which makes it possible to destroy light equipment, particularly with heavy calibres such as the.50 caliber.

Handgun