I am already in love. What a Beast but the problem is that it lacks protection against Mines or IEDs. So Lives of the SF Operators could be in danger if exposed to these kind of dangerous elements.1st official picture of Force Motors LSV ...........................
Light strike vehicles and Cassipers/Humvees doesnt belong to the same class. LSVs are to give extra speed for operators unlike APCs which give more protection than mobility. There was a dedicated thread for LSVs somewhere there in DFI which was active back. Do visit you will get the idea
Two in-depth videos which show how special forces can use vehicles in COIN, their pros and cons and some unique challenges. (although in the Indian context, it probably won't be implemented as shown below. Maybe after taking over PoJK
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Ah, a 4x4 with mounted MGs....a special forces mainstay since WW2 North Africa theatre:1st official picture of Force Motors LSV ...........................
Yes SAS and LRDG British Special Operation Forces used jeeps and Chevys as raid and patrol vehicles in WW2 in the Middle East and North Africa theater of war against the German Africa Corps. The British Army and US Army learning from the British still continues this tradition but had higher difficulty maintaining it because of Terrorist Ambushes, Mines and IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is interesting fact that The Indian Army also once had a Long Range Reconnaissance Force, it was called ILRS or Indian Long Range Squadron which was created on the Similar lines as the LRDG by the British to patrol the NWFA aka KPK Border near Afghanistan and Iran. The Squadron was split up at the end of the war and during Subsequent Partition it was split up along the lines of religion and ethnicity and each component and personal of the Force was given to each country.Ah, a 4x4 with mounted MGs....a special forces mainstay since WW2 North Africa theatre:
India can only Implement these kinds of vehicles in open battlefields like the Central Plains of Panjab or the Thar or Cholistan Desert. We can implement them as First attack vehicle for Raiding and Patrolling or as light Anti-Tank or Anti-infantry Vehicles like used by the Indian Army Veergati Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid against Pakjabi Bastards in 1965. I think that Mahindra Rakshak and it’s variants are much more suited in The battlefields of J&K and POK than this type of open and fast vehicle. J&K and POK are more of a tight knit place with many obstacles and less maneuvering space which makes Armored Light Vehicles like Rakshak excellent options.Two in-depth videos which show how special forces can use vehicles in COIN, their pros and cons and some unique challenges. (although in the Indian context, it probably won't be implemented as shown below. Maybe after taking over PoJK
The Pathfinder's vehicle was denied further implementation for failing to perform in Afghanistan as shown above. Thing was a fucking disaster.
The french GCP using Toyotas against Jihadis (such cheating, much wow).
I hope ours went heavy testing before being brought in the game.
Also, if I was a general, I'd start lobbying for cross training with the British Pathfinders right about now. It's like all they do, all the time and have tremendous experience with... I don't what to call this... SOF cavalry tactics? Vehicular combat? Mobile strike warfare? DEMOLITION DERBY?
Maneuver Warfare :bounce:
Brings back memories... back in 2015, I was sailing on a ship which used to do regular routes in waters north of the horn of Africa and into the gulf of Aden... at that time, these Somali pirates used to threaten ships over the radio on Channel 16... We had a group of Ex-Polish paratroopers onboard as security.. one day suddenly news came that the French 2nd REP had deployed into Djibouti... That day onward.. the threatening stopped automatically
1. 9mm Side arm, IMO its not 1A anymore, is it Sig P226 @Unknowncommando 2 ?
But I don't think we have such AGL. I have seen cobras mounting their AGS on MPV but never seen SF with AGL to mount on LSV or SUV.No auto-grenade launcher?.. Won't that be a great force multiplier for a light vehicle?!
That's a lot of death to fit in a single picture.
‘सर्वत्र सर्वोत्तम सुरक्षा’
Good enough to raid a nuclear launch base I guess.Suppressed M4
#IndianArmy conducted biggest #Airborne Exercise #WingedRaider in #NE from 6-10 Jan. More than 500 soldiers of #SpecialForces participated in the Exercise.
We have a separate force for that...
No helmets, no plate carriers, junk shoes etc etcSuppressed M4
#IndianArmy conducted biggest #Airborne Exercise #WingedRaider in #NE from 6-10 Jan. More than 500 soldiers of #SpecialForces participated in the Exercise.
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