Indian Special Forces (archived)

[Gessler]

Not an SF operator (Navy's VBSS teams) but still...

Top-grade helmet, body armor & joint protection....and an ancient Sterling to go with it.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

with all due Respect nobody knows how our Special Forces operate because most of the information is kept as secret even to this day.i have heard that MARCOS have worked with Navy SEALS in Somalia there may be other instances too

As far as Kashmir is concerned i can say that i know what exactly most SF do there.

As far as operations outside India is concerned...

It has been 10 years since i am on such forums and i am so used to kids making up stories that i am not believing such claims until i see the pics.

Remember the gurkha pic in afghanistan??i called it fake!!!!

Most of the times such stories turn up to be a blue beret operation or a evacuation undertaken by the IAF.

I repeat for the 3rd time..The day such pics emerge I WILL BE PLEASENTLY SURPRISED.

I am a big fan of all SFs and i have more knowedge on Marcos and Garuds than the people blindly quoting me.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

I have said this a 100 times before. The dismantling of TSD will go down as one of the most / worst significant policy decisions taken. On par with the Dismantling of CIT X/J



Another titbit . Post Kargil in the early 2000s a Small Unit Comprised of SG and others were sent to Isreal to give them a NEST capability. The idea was teach a small unit of soldiers the technical skills required to handle everything from a dirty bomb to sabotaging/shutting down a nuclear reactor.

You are absolutely right regarding the TSD and CIT-J/X.

Which year are you talking about the SG training because i know that 9 Para SF was sent to Israel between 2002 to 2004.

 

[Dovah]

@COLDHEARTED AVIATOR @Immanuel Please continue in a civil manner.

 

[Project Dharma]

Drill boots shine more than combat boots!!

An ass who cannot respect a SF which is called for 9 out of 10 times for ops in south kashmir wont know shit about this.

Its going to be 1 year since the Para SF conducted surgical strike and this ass thinks that 200 operators in 28 years in kashmir is a very big number.

Casualties are kinda meaningless. Navy Seals if I remember had lost one in 20 years or something. And then came Iraq and Afghan conflicts and they lost 23 in a rush.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Casualties are kinda meaningless. Navy Seals if I remember had lost one in 20 years or something. And then came Iraq and Afghan conflicts and they lost 23 in a rush.

Exactly!!

SF are humans too.

What these kind of comic book readers dont know is that casualties are a part of the game but the mission should be accomplanished.

A SF operator dies for the izzat of his unit and nation.

Remember the recent incident of the spetsnaz officer who called for air strikes on his position to not be humiliated by the enemy.

And 200 operators in 28 years..how is this a big number?

 

[Dovah]

Thread is now open.
Please take personal discussions to the Chit Chat thread or over Private Messages and refrain from disclosing private/sensitive information.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Couple of members are ban now, continue debate ..

 

[HarshBardhan]

Wanted to ask one thing : How a Special Forces battalion is organised ? I mean how many companies? how many platoons in each company? whether they have a support and firebase company with MMG and mortars like infantry regiments.

 

[rkhanna]

A Para SF battalion is divided into 12 man Assault teams.

Assault teams work individually or in combination with other teams. Each battalion has a Logistics Unit, Intelligence Unit and Command Unit.

AFAIK They do not have a FireBase Company. The regular Para's do.

Other external Logistics/support etc comes under the perview of theater commands and/or the Parachute Regiment

 

[pruthvi24]

If only I knew how to hack twitter I would have had one hell of a blast with this guys account

A Para SF battalion is divided into 12 man Assault teams.

Assault teams work individually or in combination with other teams. Each battalion has a Logistics Unit, Intelligence Unit and Command Unit.

AFAIK They do not have a FireBase Company. The regular Para's do.

Other external Logistics/support etc comes under the perview of theater commands and/or the Parachute Regiment

i thought each team had only 6 members

 

[singhboy98]

Not an SF operator (Navy's VBSS teams) but still...

Top-grade helmet, body armor & joint protection....and an ancient Sterling to go with it.

Though the Sterling is a downer, it is a relief to see that at least the Navy VBSS teams are equipped adequately in terms of protective gear. On a side note, why cannot the navy purchase a better sub-machine gun for its personnel when the standard issue protective gear is at par (if not better) than most of the comparable Indian units.

 

[rkhanna]

Though the Sterling is a downer, it is a relief to see that at least the Navy VBSS teams are equipped adequately in terms of protective gear. On a side note, why cannot the navy purchase a better sub-machine gun for its personnel when the standard issue protective gear is at par (if not better) than most of the comparable Indian units.

Not to mention their helmets are better than the horrible MARCOS ones with the ill fiting cloth covering.

A Para SF battalion is divided into 12 man Assault teams.

Assault teams work individually or in combination with other teams. Each battalion has a Logistics Unit, Intelligence Unit and Command Unit.

AFAIK They do not have a FireBase Company. The regular Para's do.

Other external Logistics/support etc comes under the perview of theater commands and/or the Parachute
Regiment

You could be correct.

 

[singhboy98]

These are from Malabar 2016 I guess. Both the personnel are VBSS teams of the IN & USN. Now, the helmet is different from the one featured in an older post. But the weapons are up to date. This makes me wonder if there is any standardisation of weapons across Navy ships and armouries.
EDIT : The pictures are not getting uploaded. Anyways, both the pictures had IN VBSS teams carrying
Tavors and/or H&Ks

 

[Vinod DX9]

Deadliest four.......

 

[pruthvi24]

sane informative program on Surgical Strikes of last year

 

[Brij Ray]

Can anybody please answer why Cobra commandos do not wear helmets?

 

[rkhanna]

Can anybody please answer why Cobra commandos do not wear helmets?

Because a jungle is hot and humid and hot and hot. You have to carry food and water and kit for weeks on end. Helmet will do more harm than good . It will degrade combat efficiency and get you killed.

 

[Brij Ray]

Thanks. I saw a conversation on the comments where one of the guys said that Helmets give away the stealth of the soldiers and make them a easy target. How true is it?

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Wanted to ask one thing : How a Special Forces battalion is organised ? I mean how many companies? how many platoons in each company? whether they have a support and firebase company with MMG and mortars like infantry regiments.

A SF battalion has 650 personnel.
6-8 0fficers.
1 CO,1 2ic and 1 adjt.
Normally there are 4 companies and additionally there is a Hq company which is basically admin co.

Each company has teams.These teams has no more than 6 members.
The teams can operate on its own or in coordination with other teams.
The team comprises of Nav,Med,Com,demolition,wpn and squad commander.
8 to 10 of such teams come under a Major.

The major may or may not have a Capt or Lt under him or he may have a subeidaar sahab under him.

The SF dont deploy 650 operators or even half of that in any operation.

Besides this every SF has a HIT team which has the best operators who practice room intervention,hostage rescue and other things.

Army SF normally get intel from MI or RAW.