Cobras (Serbia)

The Detachment of the Military Police for Special Operations "Cobras" (Serbian: Одред војне полиције специјалне намене „Кобре“, romanized: Odred vojne policije specijalne namene „Kobre“) is a military police unit of the Serbian Armed Forces directly subordinated to the General Staff.

The unit was first established by the order of the Federal Secretary of People's Defence Nikola Ljubičić on 14 April 1978.

The unit was included in a special 'Anti-terrorist Department' (Odeljenje Vojne policije za protivteroristička dejstva) within the 282nd battalion of the Yugoslav People's Army.

In 1985 the department expanded and transformed into a 'Anti-terrorist platoon' (Vod za protivteroristička dejstva) within the Guard Brigade.

[2][3] The unit consists of a detachment of 200 members and its main responsibilities in recent years include personal and technical protection of the President of the Republic, Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff.