Indian Special Forces

[Airborne22]

I never understood till this date, what exactly went wrong in this op.. 4 guys from 9 para that's the Highest casualty from this unit since kandi (which was a straight up intel failure and ambush so understandable). I did watch one analysis by some decent officer on yt and what he said was really depressing. I chose to believe that he was lying but... nothing else makes sense

This was a hot extraction went wrong, Major mehra got hit, to save him Ig either Ln/Nk Bisht or Capt Shubham Gupta jumped in for providing initial medical care. Hav Majid got hit later while engaging multiple targets in dhoks. Major Mehra was extricated to safety but he lost 3 of his men in the bid to provide medevac to him and Capt Pranjal Gautam 63RR. AFAIK 3 personnel of 9 para were KIA in this op, the fourth casualty was from 2 para during a subsequent SADO op the next day.

 

[Arad Operator]

on par with OG PSF units? Or even better? Also what kind of ops do they do.. I mean SFF is a force traditionally created againest China so does that mean they don't involve in CI/CT ops and are more oriented towards special operations againest China?

Nope, it's more likely a Ghatak battalion... Raised as shock troop battalion to spearhead assault in support of the remaining V battalions and also supply a good chunk to SG and 2SG/2Vikas(HAW specialist). Don't know the exact detail of their OPs but of-course from the public domain, they were in Ladakh in around 2021-22.

They have been to CI/CT posture along with other V units and SG too and even have taken some casualties.

SFF as a whole was made for China specific OPs but now they're everywhere...

 

[Mr.Evil]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C96Z9EIRXhQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 3 para brought us international fame with their antics in 2018 vajra prahar ! lmao xDDDDD. Ik a guy or 2 will commit literal sudoku after watching this

Areee bhai ye kya yaad dila dia I get weeks of trauma everytime I watch this clip

 

[Airborne22]

View: https://x.com/IaSouthern/status/1818131567346102734

army CCTs boys ...

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sad they are using manpack and not their L3s

If he's SF, then he's most probably from the battalion we're shitting on rn

 

[Mr.Evil]

View: https://x.com/IaSouthern/status/1818131567346102734

army CCTs boys ...

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sad they are using manpack and not their L3s

Delta to Charlie…Delta to Charlie coming? Ahh radio set from Border movie

 

[Arad Operator]

Delta to Charlie…Delta to Charlie coming? Ahh radio set from Border movie

That's the L3 MANPACK radio set AFAIK!

 

[Clawreed]

View: https://x.com/IaSouthern/status/1818131567346102734

army CCTs boys ...

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sad they are using manpack and not their L3s

Rudras with no atgm is almost useless in conventional war.

 

[Airborne22]

Delta to Charlie…Delta to Charlie coming? Ahh radio set from Border movie

Manpacks are required bhai ! Handhelds rarely gives HF-Beyond Line of sight comm. capability with High power. If it does your hands will literally get radiation burns just from handling the device

 

[Baseplate]

L3 MANPACK

your cancer is not service related

 

[Mr.Evil]

Manpacks are required bhai ! Handhelds rarely gives HF-Beyond Line of sight comm. capability with High power. If it does your hands will literally get radiation burns just from handling the device

Ik I was trying to give border movie reference cause its funny

 

[KumaoniReborn]

I never understood till this date, what exactly went wrong in this op.. 4 guys from 9 para that's the Highest casualty from this unit since kandi (which was a straight up intel failure and ambush so understandable). I did watch one analysis by some decent officer on yt and what he said was really depressing. I chose to believe that he was lying but... nothing else makes sense

Seems as if paras were given intel by “civilians” (read OGWs) and were ambushed and couldn’t react?

US SOF always has eyes in the air and proper recon and communication so they know what’s coming ahead, so they don’t get ambushed and can avoid casualties, while our boys are in 2024 going into jungle operations blind and reliant on “intel” which could either lead to a succseful op or a complete wipeout

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Is that NSGs New range?

Either that or SPG range.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

View: https://x.com/IaSouthern/status/1818131567346102734

army CCTs boys ...

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sad they are using manpack and not their L3s

The song in the video make me guess..are such videos made by a Signals officer?

 

[Jedi Operator]

View: https://x.com/IaSouthern/status/1818131567346102734

army CCTs boys ...

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sad they are using manpack and not their L3s

Army FTACs are not CCTs, they are more like TACPs, the airforce TACPs support the army ground commanders in conventional battlespace and Marine equivalent called ANGLICO (Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) does the same for Marine Corps.

Firstly the name FTAC is closer to TACPs and so is the mandate and secondly army guys have 0 need to set their CCT capability (CCT is not JTAC!) JTAC is a skill that all CCTs have but it is not their primary job. TACPs have JTACs too. The primary role of the TACP is to advise, assist and control the use of close air support assets. As a Forward Air Controller (FAC), the TACP calls in close air support in the form of bombs, missiles, rockets and strafing fire from attack aircraft, sometimes in close proximity to friendly ground units.

So that is what your FTAC is in the army. Btw iss video ke neeche Waffen SS jessa symbol hai lol

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

View: https://x.com/ghatakoperator/status/1818243526661951756

 

[Arad Operator]

Army FTACs are not CCTs, they are more like TACPs, the airforce TACPs support the army ground commanders in conventional battlespace and Marine equivalent called ANGLICO (Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) does the same for Marine Corps.

Firstly the name FTAC is closer to TACPs and so is the mandate and secondly army guys have 0 need to set their CCT capability (CCT is not JTAC!) JTAC is a skill that all CCTs have but it is not their primary job. TACPs have JTACs too. The primary role of the TACP is to advise, assist and control the use of close air support assets. As a Forward Air Controller (FAC), the TACP calls in close air support in the form of bombs, missiles, rockets and strafing fire from attack aircraft, sometimes in close proximity to friendly ground units.

So that is what your FTAC is in the army. Btw iss video ke neeche Waffen SS jessa symbol hai lol

Just for the Indian context, GARUDs have GCCT and GTAC and all in the force are JTAC certified!

GCCT = CCT
GTAC = TACP


(Funfact: The speciality patches like GTAC is designed by your's truly @Arad Operator)

 

[Mr.Evil]

12 PARA (SF) on a Special Reconnaisance mission

 

[Noob]

Either that or SPG range.

Yea it looked very very similar to SPG one from the documantery

 

[RDXChauhan]

4SF Shoothouse, built by Aimtrex
Found it on their website

 

[lexCommando]

12 PARA (SF) on a Special Reconnaisance mission
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Damnnnn if there's any unit rn I am most excited about other than MARCOs, it's 12PSF, I mean they are buying shit ton of stuff, rapidly upgrading PCs, shoes and HCB helmets (as shown in AT order recently), looks like they like this particular russian digital camo too meanwhile doing ops in kashmir.. I look forward to what they become in future. 4 PSF has kinda fallen recently.. the only unit rocking today's standards PCs and rigs in kashmir (not individual purchases but standardized kit) rn is 9 PSF (as seen in operational photos). Seen them twice or thrice since that kulgam op and they are decently kitted up everytime (as expected from them)