Indian Special Forces

[shade2]

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Why do these ones look expectedly Tacticool but the marcos in Jammu don't?

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

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Never seen never will see any unit but Marcos with the best eye wear and the knowledge about eye wear.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

Why do these ones look expectedly Tacticool but the marcos in Jammu don't?

Marcos are not in Jammu but kashmir.

 

[rkhanna]

Why do these ones look expectedly Tacticool but the marcos in Jammu don't?

Spinning up from a Naval base or a Ship is a bit different than going for an op from a FOB (which essentially what every single base/post in Kashmir is)

 

[rkhanna]

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We used to dream of pictures like this in 2000s. Someone in their Value Chain has their head screwed on correctly

 

[vampyrbladez]

MARCOS and VBSS(?) teams. Please get rid of those sten guns for the love of Krishna!!
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View: https://x.com/indiannavy/status/1857361541399552239

VBSS team looks so outclassed its eye watering.

It's like a younger brother wearing hand-me-down clothing of his elder brother.

MARCOS in 2007





MARCOS in 2024

 

[Jedi Operator]

again that has been called MARCOS by a former wikipedia article where this photo was there, but it is not. That's the VBSS team itself, in 2007 during some joint exercise I belive. From what I've heard, MARCOS stopped using sterlings after the mid 1990s, approximatley the same time they phased out crossbows

VBSS team looks so outclassed its eye watering.

It's like a younger brother wearing hand-me-down clothing of his elder brother.

MARCOS in 2007

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MARCOS in 2024

 

[Airborne22]

Why do these ones look expectedly Tacticool but the marcos in Jammu don't?

Depends on what you guys consider to be "tacticool" I noticed that some of these guys are wearing plate carriers that they got in 2008 while the kashmir valley guys using newer stuff. They just don't stay in uniform combat fatigues in kashmir

 

[Airborne22]

What about mobility ?
Just by looking at that helmet, l can tell that shit must be heavy as fk.

Their line of work demands Protection over mobility ! It's CRPF !

 

[randombully]

Why do these ones look expectedly Tacticool but the marcos in Jammu don't?

They look more coherent in their uniform, the ones Kashmir do no have inferior gear than them but civilian clothing takes away the coherent feeling.

 

[Airborne22]

View: https://x.com/ANI/status/1857281659038736577?t=0pBYvrctzf9O-r7DlYK7aA&s=19

Garud and Ghatak forming the SOF component of the indian contingent

 

[TAVOUR 21]

again that has been called MARCOS by a former wikipedia article where this photo was there, but it is not. That's the VBSS team itself, in 2007 during some joint exercise I belive. From what I've heard, MARCOS stopped using sterlings after the mid 1990s, approximatley the same time they phased out crossbows

why did they acquired crossbow ??

 

[IWIarad11]

why did they acquired crossbow ??

Stealth takedowns on the deck during VBSS. Precursor to silenced pistols ig

 

[randombully]

why did they acquired crossbow ??

Imagine you wanna snipe someone silently , you can use a sniper but it has be far away so that sound doesn't reach, even with suppressor it has to be few 100's of meters away, but in case if you can't snipe someone from away, like in ships, ports between biuldings, jungles the environment of those does doesn't allow you snipe from a greater distance most of the times, so in these cases you use crossbow for a silent kill.

 

[Arad Operator]

VBSS team looks so outclassed its eye watering.

It's like a younger brother wearing hand-me-down clothing of his elder brother.

MARCOS in 2007

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MARCOS in 2024

Honestly I feel like when civilians like us start to learn about distinguishing between MARCOs/VBSS/CCDTs/SPB, then a lot of things will get cleared. I have personally seen people posting pics of SPB or even CCDTs, claiming to be MARCOs. What say?

 

[Jedi Operator]

why did they acquired crossbow ??

Idk....an old school concept maybe, to take out a sentry quietly perhaps
Even the SAS had it in the 1980s but it's use faded out by the end of the decade, I guess our guys took it from there and continued using it untill they realized it's stupid

 

[Jedi Operator]

Honestly I feel like when civilians like us start to learn about distinguishing between MARCOs/VBSS/CCDTs/SPB, then a lot of things will get cleared. I have personally seen people posting pics of SPB or even CCDTs, claiming to be MARCOs. What say?

lol there was a famous picture of the SPB which was floated as MARCOS, even Livefist had it ig

 

[Arad Operator]

why did they acquired crossbow ??

For stealth kills and most of the times it was deem suitable to be used after immediately coming out of the water as the rifles and handguns needs the water to be cleared from the interior before being able to be used.

 

[Arad Operator]

lol there was a famous picture of the SPB which was floated as MARCOS, even Livefist had it ig

Yep, this one(the middle guy)!

 

[Jedi Operator]

For stealth kills and most of the times it was deem suitable to be used after immediately coming out of the water as the rifles and handguns needs the water to be cleared from the interior before being able to be used.

I doubt they'd ever be in a firefight righ after coming from the water....everything would be well planned and thought for during a mission. Coming out of the water onto a beach and conducting recce was one of their main tasks during Op Pawan, majority of the raids happened at night. Also in an entire squad usually just one or two guys would carry crossbows, the old school photos confirm that.