SOBR

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Special Rapid Response Unit
Специальный Отряд Быстрого Реагирования (Russian)
Patch of the SOBR
Active	10 February 1992–present
Country	Russia
Agency	National Guard of Russia
Type	Spetsnaz
Abbreviation	SOBR
Structure
Officers	c. 5,200

The Special Rapid Response Unit or SOBR (Russian: СОБР - Специальный Отряд Быстрого Реагирования, romanized: Spetsialnyy Otryad Bystrogo Reagirovaniya, lit. ''Special Unit of Quick Response''), from 2002 to 2011 known as OMSN (Otryad Militsii Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya, Special Police Unit), is a spetsnaz unit of the National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardiya).

With their military equipment, uniforms and training, the OMON and SOBR constitute a rapid reaction and rapid insertion paramilitary police force available^[when?] to the regular police - normally deployable at the discretion of a police local command.^[1] They serve a similar function to a police tactical unit (PTU).

Groups named "SOBR" also operate in other post-Soviet countries - such as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.