The author of the book is a veteran of the Special Forces Alexander Sukholessky. The book contains more than 400 author's drawings and more than 300 unique documentary photographs. The originally submitted material is summarized in several sections: "Clothes, equipment and equipment," "Weapons and support," "Armed opposition," "Methods of action," etc. Explanatory inscriptions to drawings and photographs give the reader a complete picture of the "Afghan" war and the participation in it of special forces units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.