Soviets Soldiers Assault Tajbeg Palace During Operation Storm 333

The only task left is to secure the Taj Beg Palace. This is proving more difficult than expected. BGs 2 and 3 have less than 50 combat effective men remaining, facing over 120 highly motivated men of the Afghan presidential security detachment and President Amin's personal bodyguards. Both the Soviets and the presidential guards are wearing white identification armbands, causing confusion in the dark as to who the enemy is. >> The distinguishing signs on the Soviet the special forces soldiers had got on their arms were all grimy and invisible in the dark. The only way they could tell whether people were Afghan or not was that the Russian soldiers swore horribly the whole time. They'll recognize one another that way.