Indian Special Forces

[Unknowncommando]

 

[Jedi Operator]

Why stack up in wide open ground ? Indian SF loves to stack up in every drill situation.
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thank god someone said it. Indian SF has this wierd drill of grouping apart as buddy pairs and stacking the two buddies together. Even when they are grouped together their legs almost entagle each other I dont know man, I dont know where we learnt this from

 

[Yodha]

Again stacking up in a wide open beach.
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It's called a buddy pair. It's how they train. One covers the other during movements. That's what you saw in the video too.

 

[Jedi Operator]

It's called a buddy pair. It's how they train. One covers the other during movements. That's what you saw in the video too.

I understand the concept, but there should be some distance between them. It all comes down to basic mobility. If you watch the previously posted video of the NSG moving up that room, you’ll notice how slowly and methodically they tiptoe up the stairs, maintaining space within each buddy pair but stacking closely as buddies. This approach makes sense, given they’re using 9mm MP5s, but it’s far from modern standards.

The difference lies in everything—from equipment to SOPs and tactics. Breaking it down, our tactics heavily rely on 2-man room-clearing techniques. As Cdr Vijay Rawat mentioned in his podcast, the SOP for room clearing involves two men entering the room first. Once they’ve deemed it safe, the rest of the team moves in.


- The operators moving on the staircase and in the hallway are too close to each other. Tight spacing increases the risk of the entire buddy pair being incapacitated by a single threat or explosive device.
- The group in the hallway appears to be paused, possibly waiting for the staircase team. This creates a bottleneck where the team is static, making them an easy target for ambush.

Again our CQB tactics seem to relly on slow methodical movement as buddy pairs. There is not much wrong with it but it's only good if dealing with lone wolf attacks or if you want to welcome 'own' casualties

 

[Corvus Splendens]

Again our CQB tactics seem to rely on slow methodical movement as buddy pairs.

And this is my gripe. Buddy pair tactics are great for clearing chokepoints, breaching a narrow area, inside buildings, near solid cover, transitioning from defilade to defilade. Bunching up in wide open ground makes it easier for the ambusher to disable more operators with a single burst of fire.


To rapidly clear a open area with a 4 man team, why not 2 point men (doubling as entry men), 1 backup (doubling as breacher), and 1 rear guard.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

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[Unknowncommando]

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