It is made up of units of special forces operators, land, mountain and paratroopers, tactical divers, and snipers.
[1] The brigade is located in the town of Peldehue [es], in the military camp of the same name (the former Arteaga fortress), in the commune of Colina, north of the city of Santiago de Chile.
The soldiers, often covered in a balaclava, are armed with an M4 Panther carbine with eight magazines as standard – although if they prefer they can use the SIG SG 540 line of rifles or the new IWI Galil ACE – which they often customize with ACOG, Aimpoint CompM2 sights (more common in the military) or AN/PEQ-2 laser; They also carry a flashlight and the standard pistol they use is the Beretta PX4 Storm with 4 magazines of 17 rounds 9×19mm Parabellum.
As a light machine gun they use the FN Minimi and as a sniper rifle the Barrett M82 stands out, but they have also been seen using the French PGM 338 and Swiss APR 338.
Official sources consider that it ceased to exist between 1998 and 2000; and that the descendants of the Cobra (UAT) or their evolution in the BOE may be the Groups: (N°12 GALVARINO) or (Special Forces) of the Army.