BEAR

The Battle Encounter Assault Regiment (BEAR), is a private military company (PMC) and one of the main factions in Escape from Tarkov. BEAR is employed by the Norvinsk region officials to uncover any evidence of the TerraGroup illicit activities.

Background
The BEAR private military company was established by a secret decree of the Russian Federation Government as a countermeasure against illegal activities of the TerraGroup in the Russian territory. This Russian PMC comprises ex-special forces officers from all over former soviet countries. The Bears were fighting in the Contract Wars as a Russian government proxy to uncover the illegal activities of TerraGroup Labs and bring an end to the continued armed conflict with its security subcontractor, the western-founded PMC USEC. Following TerraGroup's activity, they also operated in countries outside of Russia during that time, including Thailand, Iran and Kazakhstan where they were met with resistance from USEC.

Gameplay effects

 * BEAR players gain access to a unique skill set:

Trivia
BEAR is also one of the main factions in Escape from Tarkov's predecessors Contract Wars and Hired Ops. 