Indian Special Forces (29 Viewers)

[KumaoniReborn]

With that logic you lost Galwan,Balakote and Op sindhoor but i wont apply that logic.

Galwan was a tactical loss on our end.But we gained a tactical victory in Yangste in 2022 and Pangong was a stalemate.

Balakote was a strategic failure imo.

Op Sindoor was a near one sided victory. Had IAF been given 24-48 more hours they’d have finished the PAF easily.

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

These are games to control the world not to control a 760 kms line.

now they r wrapping themself...already they told they cant secure global shipping lines nd they hv not enough naval platforms. their downfall is near nd it will increase if their dollar world currency reserve status will go down.

 

[KumaoniReborn]

You're high on some crack if you think they didn't achieve their objectives

Vietnam: they had no solid objective, main aim being there to assist and support South Vietnam, but they were also given orders not to pursue the enemy into the north. Basically fighting an insurgency against another military with hands tied.

Afghanistan: they achieved their initial objective, killing Osama. Their nation building thing was what didn't work, but that was a secondary thing mostly for politics.

And all of their SF have completed missions that are absolutely mind boggling, and since you mentioned Vietnam, the apt example would be MACV-SOG. Read some of the stuff on Delta too, we can't even compare, hell most other SF can't. They're on another level.

Agree on Afghans, disagree on vietnam. They lost there fair and square. Platoons would get wiped out in ambush.

 

[rkhanna]

Any tenders or news articles suggesting its standardised?

lol you already know the answer.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

i m not challenging amricunts superior technology nd economy....i m questioning about their military planners nd armed forces quality. which u guys r admirers. In indian army case i accept they r lacking in different fields. but if american army hv same budget like india or same technology like india...they sucked even worse than india or other countries.

These are all excuses…We have countries with tiny budgets having better equipment than our SF.

Its all about priorities.

There is no value for life in India…When 3-4 operators of 9 Para get matyred the sentiment is not how to avoid such incidents in the future the sentiment is that its destiny.

And that is the reason my friend Us Filthy Gucci Gangs are real patriots bcoz we ask better for troops.

 

[rkhanna]

i m not challenging amricunts superior technology nd economy....i m questioning about their military planners nd armed forces quality. which u guys r admirers. In indian army case i accept they r lacking in different fields. but if american army hv same budget like india or same technology like india...they sucked even worse than india or other countries.

You dont quiet understand the scope and scale of what the Americans have done since 1945.

Technically the US Military has not won a major war (GW1/Panama being the notable exceptions) since WWII.

In the Real World they control the lenght and breedth of this planet - Economically, Financially, Natural Resources, Culturally.

Their Military is ONE of the tools of their imperialism. It is onmnipresent.

Comparing US Planners to Indian - They are an expedentiary, Imperialist Military - How do you compare? what yardstick. They have been wildly successful in the 20th and 21st (so far) Cent from their National Security and Policy Standpoint

Not just that - the American ability to Adapt, Evolve and Overcome in REAL TIME is insanely commendable. And I mean this from Macro - Tech/Command Perspective - to small unit leaders.

either way IMO - mentioning the US Military in the same breath as India (or any other country today) is dumbassary.

- Also it is very clear you dont really understand the education-socio-economic or cultural backrgound of the basic US Army Grunt visavis an Indian army jawan.

- Another thing to consider - US Mil Command has spent 80% of their time managing troops, material and resources in multiple conflict zones ACROSS the world. Keep a Ready Fleet in APAC to counter China and Europe Facing Russia.

- We have spent 90% the last 30+ years running COIN in Kashmir and NE.

PS -"Saying the "American Army with our budget" is one of the most absurd falacies of logic i have heard.


CONSIDERING we are the ONLY Country on the planet with 2 Hostile Nuclear Armed Neighbours on our Borders the state of our Military should give all of pause

now being a SOF thread - Compare us (in ORBAT, Pocurement, Selection, Training) to:

1. Poland
2. Philipines/Malaysia/SEA
3. SK
4. Russia
5. China

Please Explain how mass conversion of Para to SF makes sense (you have killed both SF and Parachute capability in one move)

Why did our BMP IIs have ZERO nightfighting skills in 2020 when facing china?

Why do we have 4-5 Different Small arms (calibre) in one UNIT - who is going to run the logistic train?

 

[KumaoniReborn]

You dont quiet understand the scope and scale of what the Americans have done since 1945.

Technically the US Military has not won a major war (GW1/Panama being the notable exceptions) since WWII.

In the Real World they control the lenght and breedth of this planet - Economically, Financially, Natural Resources, Culturally.

Their Military is ONE of the tools of their imperialism. It is onmnipresent.

Comparing US Planners to Indian - They are an expedentiary, Imperialist Military - How do you compare? what yardstick. They have been wildly successful in the 20th and 21st (so far) Cent from their National Security and Policy Standpoint

Not just that - the American ability to Adapt, Evolve and Overcome in REAL TIME is insanely commendable. And I mean this from Macro - Tech/Command Perspective - to small unit leaders.

either way IMO - mentioning the US Military in the same breath as India (or any other country today) is dumbassary.

- Also it is very clear you dont really understand the education-socio-economic or cultural backrgound of the basic US Army Grunt visavis an Indian army jawan.

- Another thing to consider - US Mil Command has spent 80% of their time managing troops, material and resources in multiple conflict zones ACROSS the world. Keep a Ready Fleet in APAC to counter China and Europe Facing Russia.

- We have spent 90% the last 30+ years running COIN in Kashmir and NE.

PS -"Saying the "American Army with our budget" is one of the most absurd falacies of logic i have heard.

Ours is a proper army that defends our countries sovereignty.

Theirs is a global occupation force that controls various civil wars and regimes (afghan, iraq, vietnamese, etc/ u.s. didn’t fight those as the main party)

But yeah their country has been alive as 300 years. AThey were once fighting decades in insurgencies and civil war while our (British Indian army) was busy conqeuring the world for the british crown.

 

[Alby]

Ti

I don't know if this image has been posted earlier in this forum but this is the only tier 1 type rifle setup I've witnessed till date from SF
Stubby grip
Proper pressure pad for flashlight
Good C-grip.
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*Tier-1 from late 90s.Even by early GWOT days this was Tier-2 .

 

[Jedi Operator]

isnt that itself tells their inability...

that's the inability of the millitary planners na, not their soilders. C'mon. You have something between you ears. Use them

 

[MiketheInfantryman]

Agree on Afghans, disagree on vietnam. They lost there fair and square. Platoons would get wiped out in ambush.

Yeah I did exaggerate it on Vietnam. They did get fucked there. Afghanistan, the only messy part was the way they withdrawed, but like some have already said, it was on their own terms

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Yeah I did exaggerate it on Vietnam. They did get fucked there. Afghanistan, the only messy part was the way they withdrawed, but like some have already said, it was on their own terms

The only good thing for them was they learnt and we cannot say the same for Sri Lanka.

We went on mass producing SF battalions post Sri Lanka.

 

[vampyrbladez]

You're high on some crack if you think they didn't achieve their objectives

Vietnam: they had no solid objective, main aim being there to assist and support South Vietnam, but they were also given orders not to pursue the enemy into the north. Basically fighting an insurgency against another military with hands tied.

Afghanistan: they achieved their initial objective, killing Osama. Their nation building thing was what didn't work, but that was a secondary thing mostly for politics.

And all of their SF have completed missions that are absolutely mind boggling, and since you mentioned Vietnam, the apt example would be MACV-SOG. Read some of the stuff on Delta too, we can't even compare, hell most other SF can't. They're on another level.

MACV-SOG 'Green Berets' were extremely successful with their hearts and minds approach in winning over the Hmong and Montagnards who were actively repelling the Vietcong and NVA in far off FOBs with great success. Their hit and run tactics forced the Vietcong to go on the defence and develop 'anti MACV-SOG' tracking teams.

The US Army and Marines then wanted their share of glory and did a wave of retribution attacks on Vietcong sympathetic villages and used a heavy handed approach with napalm and carpet bombing which completely flipped the script for the Vietcong.

The South Vietnamese regime was a lot like the Myanmar Junta wo just wanted to fill their pockets and did not give a damn about their people. Defections, corruption and sabotage was rampant amongst the South Vietnamese military.

US suffered 50000 KIA and after the Tet Offensive realized that the best place to tie down the Soviets was in the Middle East (Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Lebanon) and so pulled up their tent stakes and left.

 

[MiketheInfantryman]

The only good thing for them was they learnt and we cannot say the same for Sri Lanka.

We went on mass producing SF battalions post Sri Lanka.

SF turned into super infantry in our case

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

You dont quiet understand the scope and scale of what the Americans have done since 1945.

Technically the US Military has not won a major war (GW1/Panama being the notable exceptions) since WWII.

In the Real World they control the lenght and breedth of this planet - Economically, Financially, Natural Resources, Culturally.

Their Military is ONE of the tools of their imperialism. It is onmnipresent.

Comparing US Planners to Indian - They are an expedentiary, Imperialist Military - How do you compare? what yardstick. They have been wildly successful in the 20th and 21st (so far) Cent from their National Security and Policy Standpoint

Not just that - the American ability to Adapt, Evolve and Overcome in REAL TIME is insanely commendable. And I mean this from Macro - Tech/Command Perspective - to small unit leaders.

either way IMO - mentioning the US Military in the same breath as India (or any other country today) is dumbassary.

- Also it is very clear you dont really understand the education-socio-economic or cultural backrgound of the basic US Army Grunt visavis an Indian army jawan.

- Another thing to consider - US Mil Command has spent 80% of their time managing troops, material and resources in multiple conflict zones ACROSS the world. Keep a Ready Fleet in APAC to counter China and Europe Facing Russia.

- We have spent 90% the last 30+ years running COIN in Kashmir and NE.

PS -"Saying the "American Army with our budget" is one of the most absurd falacies of logic i have heard.


CONSIDERING we are the ONLY Country on the planet with 2 Hostile Nuclear Armed Neighbours on our Borders the state of our Military should give all of pause

now being a SOF thread - Compare us (in ORBAT, Pocurement, Selection, Training) to:

1. Poland
2. Philipines/Malaysia/SEA
3. SK
4. Russia
5. China

Please Explain how mass conversion of Para to SF makes sense (you have killed both SF and Parachute capability in one move)

Why did our BMP IIs have ZERO nightfighting skills in 2020 when facing china?

Why do we have 4-5 Different Small arms (calibre) in one UNIT - who is going to run the logistic train?

dude...first thing i didnt compare amricunt nd indian military in equipment, weapon quality, technology, economy etc....its obviously no other country can compare with USA. here i am pointing fingers on american military planners nd their soldiers quality. On paper global superpower tag on america looks real. but when we see their actions nd result on ground, their power dont look impressive. their mighty force hv no guts to take action on north korea nd iran. i can bet, when china will attempt grabbing taiwan. amricunts will not involve directly with taiwan, just like they did with Ukraine. british was far better than amricunts in their superpower days.

 

[vin pahadi (kumauni)]

that's the inability of the millitary planners na, not their soilders. C'mon. You have something between you ears. Use them

their military planners understand their soilders quality, thats why they need NATO etc to back them. thats why they do nothing against north korea nd iran. neither they will involve in upcoming china taiwan war, just like they did in russia ukraine war. they only involve directly against not that powerful countries. where their air force can operate without any challenge.

 

[KumaoniReborn]

that's the inability of the millitary planners na, not their soilders. C'mon. You have something between you ears. Use them

In american case it’s their political leadership. Their soldier quality doesn’t impress me that much tbh with how much resources they had they were always too scared to take any major risk.

In indians case it’s the military planners and Poltical leadership which fails.

 

[KumaoniReborn]

that's the inability of the millitary planners na, not their soilders. C'mon. You have something between you ears. Use them

In american case it’s their political leadership. Their soldier quality doesn’t impress me that much tbh with how much resources they had they were always too scared to take any major risk.

In indians case it’s the military planners and Poltical leadership which fails.

 

[MiketheInfantryman]

dude...first thing i didnt compare amricunt nd indian military in equipment, weapon quality, technology, economy etc....its obviously no other country can compare with USA. here i am pointing fingers on american military planners nd their soldiers quality. On paper global superpower tag on america looks real. but when we see their actions nd result on ground, their power dont look impressive. their mighty force hv no guts to take action on north korea nd iran. i can bet, when china will attempt grabbing taiwan. amricunts will not involve directly with taiwan, just like they did with Ukraine. british was far better than amricunts in their superpower days.

Since this is a SF thread, I'll only use their SF for comparison.

American SF dudes are top notch people, except some very loud idiots that make podcasts or do stupid shit, most are quiet professionals. Their quality of soldiers in SF is something we obviously can't compare with, mainly because they invest a lot into training them. Behaviour wise we also have and had gems like these, but nowadays SF and everywhere else officer quality is slipping fast. Same doesn't go for them because they utilise their SF and SOproperly with proper opsec.

 

[Jedi Operator]

In american case it’s their political leadership. Their soldier quality doesn’t impress me that much tbh with how much resources they had they were always too scared to take any major risk.

In indians case it’s the military planners and Poltical leadership which fails.

I fully agree with this

 

[Jedi Operator]

their military planners understand their soilders quality, thats why they need NATO etc to back them. thats why they do nothing against north korea nd iran. neither they will involve in upcoming china taiwan war, just like they did in russia ukraine war. they only involve directly against not that powerful countries. where their air force can operate without any challenge.

yea and likewise our soilders and young officers understand our shit class top officer brass very well. Which is why no one says anything because nothing’s going to change. It’s just glorified babugiri in uniform polished egos and power games, zero real leadership.