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Underwater warfare specialist; the name derives from their appearance when wearing wet-suits, flippers, and masks.

Usually associated with sabotage and attacks on shipping, they are also valuable in carrying out reconnaissance of beaches and underwater obstacles before any amphibious operation. The US Navy Seals and the British Special Boat Service (SBS) are examples of special units that often carry out operations in this manner.



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95) profiles three combat swimmer units: the Italian Arditi Incursori, the descendants of the 'torpedo men', the German Kampfschwimmer, and the French combat swimmers who fought in Indonesia and Algeria.
Casemate Publishers by Internet Bookwatch
This is no general overview, either: it covers such specifics as how combat swimmers launch from submarines to carry out beach reconnaissance before an invasion, how airborne and automobile forces operate in conjunction with other military units, and how the forces train for all types of terrain.
Greenhill Books/Stackpole Books by The Bookwatch
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