Indian Special Forces (archived)

[W.G.Ewald]

Further investigation will reveal that Shukla is living with his girlfriend.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Para commando raided chachro town in sind !!

Famous Chahro Raid,
Raid carried out on town Chachro, 80 Km from LOC

Good Read
1971 War: A Show of Para Prowess

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Desert Scorpions - 10 PARA COMMANDOS

Desert Scorpions - 10 PARA COMMANDOS

Author: Manoj Joshi
Publication: The Times of India
Date: June 15, 2002

Exercise Airborne Africa
Mention 'Special Forces' and the intrepid Israelis, the gung-ho Americans or the secretive British come to mind. But, it appears that it is the Indians who are the toughest of them all. This is what a gruelling
contest determined last week.

The Israelis were not there, but a team of India's 10 Special Forces (SF), led by Captain Krishnadas, outshone their counterparts from the US, South Africa, U.K., France, hosts Botswana and a clutch of African nations in the Kalahari desert.

The second Indian team came fifteenth, out of the 28 that participated in the annual event that took place between 8-10 June. In addition, the two teams won a number of individual prizes.

A proud Special Forces officer says this is all the more creditable since the teams, each comprising of an officer, a non-commissioned officer and three paratroopers ''were pulled out of active duty and given just two months to prepare.'' This is the first time India has been invited to participate in the event. Last year's competition was won by the South African Special Forces.

The event required a trek of 87 kms over three days with full combat load of 50 kg, all the activity being conducted under the desert sun during the day. The contest was kicked off on June 8 by a paradrop of the teams close to the border with Namibia. The events then progressively moved them east towards the Okavango Delta.

Here the team led by Major Animish Ranade suffered a mishap at the outset when Commando Mool Singh's parachute did not open and his emergency parachute landed him so hard that he fractured his ankle. Despite the mishap that cost the team points, it won the individual prize in the 35 kms endurance march that followed.

On June 9, Capt Krishandas's team, scored with the individual prize for the navigation segment where the commandos have to move through 20 kms of trackless desert with just a compass, Ranade's team stood second. This was topped by a casualty evacuation exercise that required them to carry a 50 kg deadweight, simulating a casualty, for 10 kms. Krishandas' team stood first and Ranade's second. On the last day the teams did a 17 kms speed march and Krishandas' team again scored a first.

The Indians performed well in the other elements of the competition as well. These included a rifle and pistol firing competition, a 400 metre an observation lane exercise requiring them to spot seven targets and a final 5 kms home run that makes the grand finale of the gathering.

A senior officer told TNN that such competitions ''which deal with our core business,'' are a great boost for the professional elan of the force. India currently has four SF units that have traditionally been asked to do the toughest jobs in the battlefield.

Currently they specialise in counter-terrorist work where using their own intelligence, they operate independently against terrorist concentrations in remote mountain and jungle regions in Kashmir and the Northeast.

During the 1971 Indo-Pak war, the unit, then designated as '10 Para Commando', carried out a daring 80 km-deep raid inside Pakistan's territory on the Indus Rangers HQ at Chachro (Sind) . The battalion carried out many other vehicle-borne raids during the 1971 war. These raids could only be compared with the raids by the famed British 'SAS' in the deserts of North Africa during World War II.

 

[ALBY]

i remember reading about this event in local daily in which the unit was led by a malayalee and the indian team fared comparatively bad in only rifle shooting where they were given galils where as indians were familiar with only akms and vz58s.

 

[indian_sukhoi]

Para Commandos have a great record

 

[agentperry]

its a very old article.

some days back i read an article in the hindu about a similar event where India team was first and pakistani team was second. it was sort of climbing and counter-insurgency event

 

[BangersAndMash]

Desert Scorpions - 10 PARA COMMANDOS

Is this that Para from Timesnow Heroes!

 

[Kunal Biswas]

its a very old article.

some days back i read an article in the hindu about a similar event where India team was first and pakistani team was second. it was sort of climbing and counter-insurgency event

Its not School Running and jumping competition..

These event are Major events, Almost all armed forces of most Nation takes part..

Their are challenges, General survival skills, Firing Skills, Mountain climbing Skills, Long Run skills, Martial skills, and many more..


It occurs in different countries, I assume recent one held in Colombia, These are Special Forces Olympics.. 8)

 

[agentperry]

Its not School Running and jumping competition..

These event are Major events, Almost all armed forces of most Nation takes part..

Their are challenges, General survival skills, Firing Skills, Mountain climbing Skills, Long Run skills, Martial skills, and many more..


It occurs in different countries, I assume recent one held in Colombia, These are Special Forces Olympics.. 8)

ya something like that in usa. i dont remeber and cant find it right now. indian special forces won there with pakistan trailing them

 

[ALBY]

if iam correct this was taken during the 2002 exercise..note the galils..anyway not 100% sure

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Currently they specialise in counter-terrorist work where using their own intelligence, they operate independently against terrorist concentrations in remote mountain and jungle regions in Kashmir and the Northeast.

I am going to guess that some on IA General Staff are not in favor of such independent operation.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Actually the Ground Intel is collected by the Forces deployed in the area..

RR is a special Operation Forces dedicated for CT ops..

They get what they need..

 

[JAISWAL]

IAF practices a long range Special Forces deployment to Andamans

Broadsword: IAF practices a long range Special Forces deployment to Andamans
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On Monday, 12 December 2011, IAF simulated a piracy contingency at Campbell Bay in Nicobar Islands (the furthermost Island territory of India) based on an intelligence input that an Indian merchant ship had been hijacked with hostages. The mission simulated launching of a Para Special Forces team into the objective area using C-130J as airborne platform.
Planning revealed that the objective was about
3500 Nautical Miles away. The route was via Kolkata and Port Blair to the simulated Drop Zone over Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Islands. The
round trip would require a staggering 12 hours of flying time.
The ground crew prepared the aircraft in the early hours of the Monday morning while the air crew finished pre flight briefing procedures. After the
walk around at 0430 hours, the four mighty
engines roared to life. The aircraft took off at 0500 hrs and the crew commenced the 3500 Nautical Miles trip. Despite encountering inclement weather over the Bay of Bengal, the crew flew C-130J to Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Islands and achieved the planned objective. The aircraft returned to Air Force Station Hindon after a non-stop mission of 12 hours 03 minutes without refueling enroute. The simulated launch of long range special operation mission was successfully accomplished.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Long time to sit in a C-130, and the toilet is like a little metal basin, IIRC.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Why not IL-76 ?

 

[utubekhiladi]

Long time to sit in a C-130, and the toilet is like a little metal basin, IIRC.

have u been in C-130 ?

I am sure you did

 

[utubekhiladi]

Why not IL-76 ?

kunal bhai,

can IL-76 achieve the same objectives?

i do not think An-32 can

 

[Payeng]

Long time to sit in a C-130, and the toilet is like a little metal basin, IIRC.

May I ask how do the seats look like

 

[utubekhiladi]

May I ask how do the seats look like

it looks like toilet seat

 

[Payeng]

Why not IL-76 ?

Maybe this is the reason, why this C-130s are being brought, i.e. rapid deployment of Special force.