Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (Sri Lanka)

Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol.(Deep Penetration Unit)
Active1996–present
CountrySri Lanka
AllegianceDirectorate Military Intelligence of Sri Lanka Army.
BranchSri Lanka Army
TypeSpecial Operations
RoleCounter Terrorism, Black operations, Special reconnaissance, Reconnaissance and sabotage in deep battlespace, mainly targeting of enemy commanders.
SizeClassified
Nickname(s)Mahasohon brigade
EngagementsSri Lankan Civil War Other classified
Decorations2 Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Colonel Raj Vijayasiri RWP, RSP
Lieutenant Colonel J.A.L Jayasinghe, PWV, WWV, RWP, RSP  
Colonel Tuan Nizam Muthaliff RWP  

The Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) (Sinhala: දිගු දුර විහිදුම් බලකාය Digu Dura Vihidum Balakaya) is a Covert Operation unit of Sri Lanka Army. This unit is also known as the Deep Penetration Unit (DPU). Colonel Raj Vijayasiri of the Special Forces regiment is credited as the main figure who introduced the DPU concept first to Sri Lankan army.

LRRP units carry out the most complex and dangerous military operations in Sri Lanka, During the Sri Lankan Civil War. LRRP units have been successful in assassinating several high-level commanders of the LTTE in LTTE-held territory.

The LRRP suffered a setback when a safehouse was raided by the police; they arrested several personnel along with weapons. Before the misunderstanding was later cleared out and the arrested released, the names of the personnel involved in the units were released to the public media, resulting in the assassination of several of them. The LRRP was later reformed and has resumed its activities following the resumption of hostilities after a ceasefire between the government and the LTTE was canceled.