Portuguese for Special Police Operations Battalion) is the elite special forces unit in the Military Police of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Due to the nature of crime in favelas, BOPE units have extensive experience in urban warfare as well as progression in confined and restricted environments. It also utilizes equipment deemed more powerful than traditional civilian law enforcement. Currently serving with 400 soldiers, BOPE is believed to be one of the most violent military forces in Latin America before PMESP

BOPE duties are break barricades constructed by drug traffickers, shoot to kill at criminals threatening human life,
exterminate drug ghettos as well as its gangs, suppress prison riots,s pecial missions in swamps or mountainous terrains such as reconnaissance, planning and infiltration

The force has a fleet of Armoured fighting vehicles, which are known as “Pacificador” (“Peacemaker”), or “Caveirão” (“Big Skull”)
These vehicles are used in operations in the slums (favelas) where BOPE faces intense conflicts with drug dealers, they are heavily equipped with .30 Carbines. BOPE soldiers are equipped with heavy armament: M16 rifle A2, Taurus PT92, IMBEL 9mm, C-4 explosives,  Frag grenades and more.