Multinational Specialized Unit

[1] After its creation in 1998, MSU units took part in many different NATO operations, in Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia Herzegovina and Iraq.

MSU was composed by Italian Carabinieri and members of the Romanian Military Police, among soldiers of Austria, Hungary and Slovenia.

[2] After the tension in the Balkan area, during the Yugoslav Wars, in particular in the northern part of Kosovo a MSU detachment was deployed in Albania during Operation Allied Harbor, to aid the country in the refugees management.

[3] During the NATO Mission, inside the Multi-National Force – Iraq, MSU was deployed alongside other Italians units.

[4] Since 1999, after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, MSU has been deployed into Kosovo for peacekeeping operations within NATO-KFOR.

KFOR -MSU Logo, 2013.
KFOR -MSU Carabinieri with two RG-12 during a crowd and riot control exercise in Kosovo .(2019).
Romanian Military Policeman , member of MSU, in Iraq . (2003).
Carabinieri KFOR -MSU patrol in Mitrovica , Kosovo. (2018).
Austrian MSU Pandur I near the New Bridge , in Mitrovica , Kosovo . (2011).
KFOR -MSU Carabinieri patrols, in front of the Ibar Bridge , in Mitrovica , Kosovo . (2019).