Black Wasps are the Special Forces

Special forces

Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...

 of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba (FAR). They are trained to handle any missions assigned to them by the Cuban government. This force was created in the late 1980s.

Uniform

The official clothing consists of a camouflage suit, a red beret

Red beret

The red beret is a military beret worn by many military police, paramilitary, commando and police forces around the world. The maroon beret has become a symbol of airborne forces, though this is often known as a "red beret", particularly when referring to the British Parachute...

 and a black armband with the image of a wasp

Wasp

The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...

 stinger ready to attack. The red beret is rarely worn in combat for reasons of camouflage, and is instead replaced by a dark green hood.

Weapons

The weapons used by the Black Wasps are mostly armament that was given to Cuba by its Communist allies. In recent years however, The Black Wasps have been seen in Military parades with new weapons including weapons of domestic manufacture, and former Soviet weaponry upgraded with accessories like Reflex sights, and silencers, as well as anti-material rifles which have features that are kept top secret. The list of known small arms weapons include:

• AKMS (national manufacturing polymer stock and forearm instead of wood and bakelite magazine)

• AKMSB (as indicated by the letter "B" this version is the same as the AKMS, but with a silencer and has an optical sight manufactured in Cuba "Vilma")

• AKML

• VSS Vintorez
  VSS Vintorez
  The VSS , also called the Vintorez , is a silent sniper rifle developed in the late 1980s by TsNIITochMash and manufactured by the Tula Arsenal...
  
  

• AS Val
  AS Val
  The AS "Val" is a Soviet designed assault rifle featuring an integrated suppressor....
  
  

• AMD-65

• SVD Dragunov

• PKM
  Pkm
  Pkm or PKM indicates the following:* Passenger-kilometre or pkm is a unit of passenger transportation quantity* Personal knowledge management* PK machine gun* PKMzeta* Parallel Kinematics Machine* Short for Pokémon...
  
   machine gun

• RPK
  RPK
  The RPK is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault/battle rifle...
  
   light machine gun

• Mambi AMR
  Mambi AMR
  The Mambi is a Semi-automatic anti-material rifle which was designed, and manufactured in Cuba. It was named after the Mambi who where patriotic rebel soldiers who fought against the Kingdom of Spain during the Cuban War of Independence.- Design :...
  
   (anti-material rifle of 14.5 mm caliber, designed and manufactured in Cuba.)

• Alejandro
  Alejandro
  Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander.It may also refer to:* Alejandro de Humboldt National Park , a national park in Cuba...
  
   (bolt action rifle used by snipers of the MTT and wasps)

• RPG-7
  RPG-7
  The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company...
  
  V (antitank weapon)

• 9K36 Igla (anti-aircraft weapon)

• Makarov PM
  Makarov PM
  The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...
  
   (gun for personal use, of Russian design, manufactured under license in Cuba.)

• APS
  APS
  -Education:* Army Public School, group of Army schools in India under AWES* APS Netherlands, or APS International, a Dutch educational non-governmental organization* Abbottabad Public School and College...
  
  , 9x18mm (Handgun that can fire in full auto)

• APB, 9x18mm suppressed version of the Stechkin APS (this weapon can also be classified as a submachine gun)

Vehicles

The Black Wasps have a number of different types of vehicles at there disposal which include:

• Fiero: ATV, highly mobile, and well armed with an AGS-17
  AGS-17
  The AGS-17 Plamya is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher currently in production in the Russian Federation and in service worldwide.-Description:...
  
   grenade launcher, and a PKM machine gun.

• Iguana: a Cuban MRAP
  MRAP
  MRAP stands for Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples , and is an anti-racist French NGO, created in 1949...
  
  , armed with a 12.7 mm NSV machine gun on the roof. Iguana's name is unofficial, since the data on this vehicle is very scarce and their exact name is unknown.

• UAZ: is the standard vehicle of the FAR. Black Wasps have different versions of this vehicle, including a well-armed version with a PKM
  Pkm
  Pkm or PKM indicates the following:* Passenger-kilometre or pkm is a unit of passenger transportation quantity* Personal knowledge management* PK machine gun* PKMzeta* Parallel Kinematics Machine* Short for Pokémon...
  
   machine gun, ASG-17 grenade launcher and an SPG-9
  SPG-9
  The SPG-9 Kopye is a Russian tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilised, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles similar to those fired by the 73 mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 vehicle...
  
   recoilless cannon.

• BRDM-2
  BRDM-2
  The BRDM-2 is an amphibious armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08...
  
  : are used as scout cars by the black wasps are equipped with the standard BRDM-2 machine guns.