Indian Special Forces

[Zoid Raptor]

So MARCOS are deployed in small numbers, sometimes Para guys operate in Kashmir as big as a team of 20 or 36 also...like the Op where Ln Nk Mohan Nath Goswami got killed, there were 36 operators from 9.

MARCOS already deploy in numbers less than that, and deploy in prahars or half prahars (8-4 guys) sometimes, according to their own citations I have read for shaurya chakra awardees they might need 2 prahars that will make it 16 people

Usually they are always embedded with another force, the British SBS operates in similar manner, sending 4-8-16 guys from SBS embedded with SFSG and/or conventional forces like Gurkhas or Marines. Like in Operation Ilois

But are MARCOS allowed to participate in the firefight though! If Paras are in the mix, I've noticed RR and SOG typically form the outer cordon

In the recent encounter where NSG were involved, it seemed like they were part of the bomb diffusion/disposal team and maybe forensics but not directly engaging with the hostiles

 

[KumaoniReborn]

Think we should respec

haha lol.....dude said Comtacs ki Kashmir mei zarurat nehi then he posted this

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I mean itne bade 'emojis' daloge toh COMTAC kya Helmet bhi nehi dikhega lmao

Just show pictures from 1999 theory

 

[Tier 1 Patriot]

haha lol.....dude said Comtacs ki Kashmir mei zarurat nehi then he posted this

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I mean itne bade 'emojis' daloge toh COMTAC kya Helmet bhi nehi dikhega lmao

Meanwhile Marcos running in gears

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

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Meanwhile Marcos running in gears

Ahem Ahem



View: https://x.com/hellfire_81/status/1823289234205094105?s=46

 

[Hydra7.62]

Its been a while guys.
Today's footage of MARCOS made my day, couldn't be more happy .

Take a look at this, a bit old pic of MARCOS in Kashmir (correct me, if i am wrong). Take a look at their gears and equipments.

 

[username unkown]

Ahem Ahem



View: https://x.com/hellfire_81/status/1823289234205094105?s=46

What he is glorifying jholachap pc and vz 58 he might as well glorify no armour and lee enfield as comfortable and deadly (but lee enfield actually is deadly in mid-long ranges )

 

[mist_consecutive]

View: https://x.com/OSINTJK/status/1853857384910971147

So Marcos can't / won't operate in night ?

 

[lexCommando]

View: https://x.com/OSINTJK/status/1853857384910971147

So Marcos can't / won't operate in night ?

Proly opsec/ to fool pigs and their sympathizers? Cus I see no reason why they won't hunt them at night especially with so many binods and thermal optics

 

[Mikel]

View: https://x.com/OSINTJK/status/1853857384910971147

So Marcos can't / won't operate in night ?

If MARCOS were leading the op with solely their own men, they probably could. But it seems like they are only embedded with Army units. Plus the guys forming cordons cannot so.

 

[Hydra7.62]

Can someone explain me, why RR or PARAs are always attached to MARCOS in Kashmir region, why can't they operate separately in their 8 man team (Prahar).
Wouldn't it be more efficient and effective....?

 

[ManhattanProject]

Offtopic!!!

Not bad for a Police unit..a few things more and this is decent shit.



View: https://x.com/platypus_10/status/1853797060392239549?s=46

They still dont run optics on those x95s, dont even have the iron sights deployed during ops.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Can someone explain me, why RR or PARAs are always attached to MARCOS in Kashmir region, why can't they operate separately in their 8 man team (Prahar).
Wouldn't it be more efficient and effective....?

Due to logistics.

Intel,Food,shelter.transport,maintenance,electricity,water etc.

 

[Zoid Raptor]

Due to logistics.

Intel,Food,shelter.transport,maintenance,electricity,water etc.

Maybe IA wouldn't wanna allow MARCOS to operate independently since land terrain in general is considered as their turf and it wouldn't look good on their image if MARCOS successfully eliminate terrorists (even at night) using smaller teams and no casualties

 

[Jedi Operator]

But are MARCOS allowed to participate in the firefight though! If Paras are in the mix, I've noticed RR and SOG typically form the outer cordon

In the recent encounter where NSG were involved, it seemed like they were part of the bomb diffusion/disposal team and maybe forensics but not directly engaging with the hostiles

ofc they are, Paras are embedded with MARCOS usually as an extra muscle, when you need a little more than 8 guys who are properly trained

here take a look, in this MARCOS alone eliminated all four terrorists while being attached to a 10 Para SF team


Here too, they were operating with 9 Para SF, and got into heavy firefight


More so, in this case 9 Para SF were not able to pull effective room intervention at night, allowing the millitants to escape, sadly even today Para SF are not proper owners of the night. It was MARCOS that eliminated both the terrorists who had inflicted massive casualties.






These are still just the known operations due to the avalibility of citations, here's one from Vice Marshal Arjun Subarmanium's book too

 

[Jedi Operator]

If MARCOS were leading the op with solely their own men, they probably could. But it seems like they are only embedded with Army units. Plus the guys forming cordons cannot so.

Can someone explain me, why RR or PARAs are always attached to MARCOS in Kashmir region, why can't they operate separately in their 8 man team (Prahar).
Wouldn't it be more efficient and effective....?

Due to logistics.

Intel,Food,shelter.transport,maintenance,electricity,water etc.

Maybe IA wouldn't wanna allow MARCOS to operate independently since land terrain in general is considered as their turf and it wouldn't look good on their image if MARCOS successfully eliminate terrorists (even at night) using smaller teams and no casualties

Well well well, as discussed in my previous post, the army has alot of faith in MARCOS and MARCOS are treated no different than an Army SF unit deployed in Kashmir.

The fact of the matter is....MARCOS are small in numbers. Even in Matt Bissonette's books No Easy Day and No Hero, he mentions that when a small force of DEVGRU guys would go like 8 of them, they'd be accompined by 20 or so rangers from 75th and 100s of Afghan commandos of the Northern Alliance, they would lay of the cordon, which they call 'perimeter' as rangers and Seals would go in, each covering the other as they move in. MARCOS, Para SF, RR operate similarly...it's just a standard protocol...understanding

The army needs to cover ground...it's a dense jungle in a big valley in a bigger district. Finding a terrorist in such an area is like finding a needle in a haystack blindfolded. We can’t track the guerrillas unless they move, and we can’t predict a move unless we provide a stimulus.

Watch these two podcast to know how army operates in Kashmir tactically speaking, the breif thing is - that their main job is to cut the millitant's way out of the jungle into civil areas else there will be more complexity in the operation. For that to lay of the cordon it's always something that will require manpower. Sometimes the regular army will just be like a bait, and MARCOS or Army SF will be laying their counter ambush at the exact same spot where they expect millitants to come, hats off to the RR for having their faith in SF.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J92w4_S5M4Y

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nXdkp5Pgt4&t=3s