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((short description|Special operations unit of the Turkish Navy ))
((More citations needed|date=April 2021))
((Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Underwater Defence Group Command
| native_name                   = Su Altı Savunma Grup Komutanlığı (SAS)
| image                         = Sualtı Savunma logo.gif
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| start_date                    = 1963
| end_date                      = present
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| country                       = ((flag|Turkey))
| allegiance                    = [[Turkish Armed Forces]]
| branch                        = [[Turkish Naval Forces]]
| type                          = [[Explosive Ordnance Disposal]]
| role                          = ((bulleted list|Defuse mines or unexploded torpedoes|Disable enemy vessels|[[Amphibious Assault]]|[[Bomb Squad]]))
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[[Imia/Kardak]] Military crisis
[[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] mine clearance operation
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[[Operation Euphrates Shield]]
[[Operation Olive Branch]]
[[Operation Peace Spring]]
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The '''Underwater Defence''' (((lang-tr|Su Altı Savunma))), or '''SAS''', is the one and only EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) unit of the [[Turkish Navy]], based in the [[Foça]] Naval Base near [[İzmir]], on the [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] coast of [[Turkey]]

The missions of the Su Altı Savunma (SAS) include coastal defence operations, such as clearing mines or unexploded torpedoes, and disabling enemy IEDs.

==History==
The first S.A.S. unit was established in 1964 in the city of [[Istanbul]], The original name of the S.A.S. unit was ''Su Altı Müdafaa'' (S.A.M.) and is bound to the ''Kurtarma ve Sualtı Komutanlığı'' (K.S.K.), or ''Rescue and Underwater Command''.

==Mission==
Their main tasks are:<ref name="shadowspear">((cite web|title=Su Alti Savunma (SAS)|url=http://www.shadowspear.com/2009/01/su-alti-savunma/|work=Shadow Spear|access-date=18 May 2014|archive-date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519002625/http://www.shadowspear.com/2009/01/su-alti-savunma/|url-status=dead))</ref>

* Deactivation or disposal of explosive material, mines and/or unidentified ordnance under the water off the friendly ports and coasts.
* Deactivation or disposal of explosive material, mines and/or unidentified ordnance under the water off the target coasts or ports. That includes clearing of the target beaches of mines, explosives, booby traps and tank traps, prior to the amphibious assault of the friendly forces.
* Deactivation or disposal of explosives and mines that might be present on the course of the friendly troops and/or VIP military personnel.
* Consultancy in defending the strategic facilities against stealth assaults by enemy commandos.

SAS units do not perform assault, counter-terrorism, recon or CQC missions. A real-time duty executed by the SAS has been the clearing of the Girne Beach, Cyprus, prior to the amphibious assault of the Turkish Armed Forces to the island in 1974.

==Equipment==

'''Handguns'''
*[[SIG P226]]
*[[Glock]]

'''Submachine Guns'''
*[[H&K MP5A3]]

'''Assault Rifles'''
*[[M4 carbine]]
*[[MPT-55]]

'''Machine Guns'''
*[[FN Minimi]]
*[[M60 machine gun]]
*[[M134]]
'''Sniper Rifles'''

* [[Barrett M82A1]]
* [[Barrett M95]]
* [[MKEK JNG-90]]
* [[Remington XM2010]]
* [[CheyTac Intervention]]
* [[McMillan TAC-50]]

'''Anti-Materiel Rifles'''
*[[Barrett M82A1]]
*[[MKEK JNG-90]]
'''Rockets & Explosives'''
*[[RPG7]]
*[[M72 LAW]]
*[[M203]]
*[[M79 rocket launcher|M79]]

((Turkish Navy))

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGMDX8B3OY Promotional/Training video of unit]

== See also ==

* [[Underwater Offence (Turkish Armed Forces)]]
* [[Underwater Search and Rescue Group Command (Turkey)]]
((TAFSF))

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[[Category:Turkish Naval Forces]]
[[Category:Explosive ordnance disposal units and formations]]
[[Category:Armed forces diving]]


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