The Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbian: Специјална антитерористичка јединица, romanized: Specijalna antiteroristička jedinica, abbr.

[2][3][4] The history of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit dates back to 18 December 1978 and the establishment of the Militia Unit for Special Actions (Jedinica Milicije za specijalna dejstva).

[3] That same year, command was formed in Belgrade, with established branches in Novi Sad and Priština.

The "first fist" is represented by that air assault operations, anti-hijacking, anti-irregular forces, breaking into barred objects, control and protect criminals while they are on trial, counterterrorism, hostage rescue, operating in difficult to access terrains, providing security to locations at high-risk of sabotage or being disturbed by social turmoil, serving high-risk arrest and search warrants, solve complicated hostile situations, special operations in dangerous areas, support crowd control operations during court proceedings or meetings, and VIP close protection.

Author of the motto is Vojvoda Živojin Mišić, Serbian field marshal in the World War I.