Indian Special Forces (archived)

[rkhanna]

OT i know but this is a great Video of Seals going through CQB training (circa 90s).

Good insights of how we would be training as well. No matter the gear the basics dont change with time.

https://sofrep.com/87863/video-navy-seal-cqb-training/

 

[tharun]

SPG with Scar-H................................................

 

[Jay99]

MAJOR JOHN DANIEL

His badges and medals speaks volumes for him
From upper left - (Para Wings Mess Badge , Name Plate , Ladakh Scouts , Balidaan , National Security Guard Special Action Group Badge)
From upper right - (Combat Free Fall Specialist , Medals , GOC Commendation Card , 150+ jumps star badge)

PS- He had also done his deep and combat diving course from the Diving School KochiView attachment 18910

Can someone provide more info on the major? is he still in active service? is he SF or Marcos?

 

[HarshBardhan]

Can someone provide more info on the major? is he still in active service? is he SF or Marcos?

He is retired

Besides that cropped pic which I got from the paper :

 

[uoftotaku]

SPG with Scar-H................................................

SPG seems to have a fondness for FN...they have a full arsenal : P90, F2000 now SCAR

 

[aditya g]

Is SPG drawn from army or police?

 

[abingdonboy]

Is SPG drawn from army or police?

100% from CAPFs (not sure about state police).

 

[abingdonboy]

SPG seems to have a fondness for FN...they have a full arsenal : P90, F2000 now SCAR

Also their standard side arm is the FN five seven

 

[HarshBardhan]

Some pics from Sniper School at Indore

Apologies if it has been posted before

 

[HarshBardhan]

Some random pics :

CRPF COBRA

Ghatak Operative with unmanned drone

Gujarat Police Cheatk Commando :

PARA SF Commandos
Old Picture

VZ58 Rifles
Galil Sniper Rifle
Arsenal PK MG

Himachal Pradesh Police Commandos

Madhya Pradesh Police HAWK Commandos

NSG Commando with CornerShot weapon accessory

Apologies if any pic has been posted before

 

[HarshBardhan]

Para SF Sniper Team

When you drill 9mm holes into that Jihadi there and your buddies look at you unmoved and you wanna say "What ???"

In pic : National Security Guard-NSG Commando aka Black Cats

SPG Operative with a FN F2000 Rifle during opening ceremony of 2010 Commonwealth Games

Para SF ( I don't know the battalion )

NSG-Black Cat Commando with SIG SG 553 LB with M203 Under-barrel grenade launcher fully equipped

VBBS Team though many FB pages were mentioning it as MARCOS

MARCOS

 

[HarshBardhan]

Para SF operative during Yudh Abhyas

Para SF

NSG

MARCOS ( 90's Republic Day pic )

 

[HarshBardhan]

Ghatak Operative

Gujarat Police Chetak Commandos

NSG

Para SF with ANA

CISF Ninja Commandos

MARCOS during anti-piracy ops

Para SF

Para SF with NTW-20 ( or Vidhwansak ? Please clarify )

 

[HarshBardhan]

12th Para

Para SF

MS Dhoni with MARCOS

Para SF

Apologies if any pic has been posted before

 

[Anikastha]

Some pics from Sniper School at Indore

Apologies if it has been posted before

Suraj sa chamke ham....school chale hum..

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[rkhanna]

The VBSS team above is not Marcos. Normal VBSS team attached to a ship.

 

[aditya g]

100% from CAPFs (not sure about state police).

Even though I asked a question, I am surprised that it is 100% CAPF. One would have thought at least the officers were from the Army, or ex-Army.

 

[abingdonboy]

Even though I asked a question, I am surprised that it is 100% CAPF. One would have thought at least the officers were from the Army, or ex-Army.

It's a 100% police unit bro, the senior officers are all from IPS and the rest of the ranks are from the CAPFs, quite a few seem to be from the CRPF (one former SPG chief went on to become the CO of the CoBRAs IIRC).

Don't really see that IA officers would be that suited for this role- close protection is not really a speciality in the armed forces, the SPG does all of its training in house and for the role it performs it makes sense to recruit from the civil forces/police.

 

[rkhanna]

, I am surprised that it is 100% CAPF. One would have thought at least the officers were from the Army, or ex-Army.

The world over Units like the SPG are Civilian / Police units. Why should India be any different.

PS. What so special about officers? Alot of the time the Senior NCO's/JCOs of a unit have more experience and competence than officers. (speaking of the Army here)

 

[HarshBardhan]

Indian Army Madras Regiment Ghatak platoon Jawans on a Gypsy 550 based LSV during a Know Your Army exhibition in Ahmedabad. They are armed with INSAS LMG, SVD and Md.90.