as Jiaolong Assault Team) is a unit of the People's Liberation Army Navy Marines. Members of this force are equipped with black uniforms. Its first publicly known mission was to accompany three Chinese warships in protecting and escorting commercial ships against Somali pirates in December 2008, in cooperation with other nations as part of a UN mandate. Since then, the unit has participated in anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden for over 300 days. Sea Dragon's Jiaolong Assault Team helped evacuate 225 foreign nationals and almost 600 Chinese citizens from Yemen's southern port of Aden during late March 2015, during the Yemeni Civil War. Mountain Eagle Commando Unit (山鹰突击队) is a police tactical unit of the People's Armed Police, tasked with counter-terrorism, riot control, and other special tasks such as anti-Aircraft hijacking and bomb disposal in Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Snow Leopard Commando Unit (雪豹突击队), formerly known as the Snow Wolf Commando Unit (SWCU), is a police tactical unit of the People's Armed Police of tasked with counter-terrorism, riot control, and other special tasks such as anti-hijacking and bomb disposal. The SLCU was tasked with many of the security responsibilities of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. Falcon Commando Unit (猎鹰突击队, formerly called PAP Special Police College or SPC, Special Police of China) is a counter-terror unit of the People's Armed Police. It is the only special forces unit of China that report directly to the Central Military Commission of the CPC. All member of the unit are officers. Falcon Commandos Unit was created in 1982 as No. 722 Special Operations Unit of the Ministry of Public Security(公安部警字第722特种部队) as a police tactical unit, it is the first special operations unit of the Armed Forces of China. Weapons Most weapons used by Chinese SOF are made domestically, but there are foreign weapons in the inventory of PLA and PAP Special Operations Forces. Assault Rifles Norinco QBZ-95/QBZ-95-1 assault rifle: standard service rifle of the PLA and PAP forces. Norinco QBZ-95B-1 carbine: the compact version of QBZ-95-1, used by PLAN Marines and PAP Falcon Commandos. Norinco QBZ-03 assault rifle: conventional layout assault rifle. Norinco QBZ-191 assault rifle: conventional layout assault rifle, new standard service rifle using replacing QBZ-95 for the PLA and PAP forces. Norinco QBZ-56C carbine: compact version of the Type 56 assault rifle (Chinese copy of AK-47/AKM), being phased out. Norinco CQ Type-A carbine: Chinese copy of M4A1 carbine. Used by PAP