Indian Special Forces

[Unknowncommando]

PARA SF commando during INDIAN ARMY DAY

 

[Mike_Brando]

PARA SF commando during INDIAN ARMY DAY

What a macho look!!man i must say that the PARA(SF) are the best dressed people in India and they know exactly how to look cool and smart at the same time

 

[Water Car Engineer]

What a macho look!!man i must say that the PARA(SF) are the best dressed people in India and they know exactly how to look cool and smart at the same time

Nothing really special.

 

[Koovie]

What a macho look!!man i must say that the PARA(SF) are the best dressed people in India and they know exactly how to look cool and smart at the same time

That award goes to the Navy guys

 

[RPK]

 

[Immanuel]

Great find! They look deadly !

NSG SAG team with MP-5s and Zeiss Victory Z-point Reflex sight.

Both battery and Solar powered sight with rugged water and dust proof housing. Good sight.

Actually I am glad the MARCOS and GARUDS use the MEPRO MOR sight as well, possibly the best reflex sight on the planet.

The sight has both Tritium power hence no battery free dot and built in housing for batteries to power visible and IR Lasers all in one neat water proof and rugged package

 

[JAYSINGH]

jara uppar to nazar daalo already posted brother

 

[Immanuel]

Victory Z-Point sight, neat little sight, IA ordered 15,000 and hopefully many more under licence manufacturing, ideal sight for basic Infantry use

 

[Unknowncommando]

PARA SF

CRPF COBRA

PARA SF

MARCOS

SPG

PARA SF SNIPER WITH SPOTTER

 

[Unknowncommando]

CRPF COBRA

PARA SF

 

[Unknowncommando]

Special group commandos
train at their base in
Sarsawa

In early 1983, six army officers from a classified unit
called the Special Group (SG) were flown to a secret
base of Sayeret Matkal, the Israeli commando force that
led the 1977 rescue of hostages from Entebbe airport in
Uganda. The mission, coordinated by RAW with Mossad,
was classified because India didn't have diplomatic ties with Israel and it did not want to anger its Arab friends.
The officers trained in counter-terror-in carefully
recreated landscapes of streets, buildings and vehicles-
at the base near Tel Aviv for 22 days. The experience, an
SG officer, now retired, recalls, was a culture shock for
the Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see women
guarding Israeli Defense Forces headquarters and
soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in handy.
New Delhi was hosting two summits in 1983 that would
burnish Indira Gandhi's standing as a global leader-the
Non-Aligned Summit in March and the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting in November-and it was
keen to prevent terrorist attacks of the sort that had bedevilled the West through the 1960s and 1970s. The
summits passed without event under SG's watchful eye. SG was created in 1981. Till then, the Army had shown
little interest in raising a specialised anti-terrorist force.
So the government turned to the Directorate General
Security, a covert unit set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru
government with CIA's assistance after the 1962 war
with China. The directorate, which had its own air wing, the Aviation Research Centre, and a paramilitary
comprising Tibetans, the Special Frontier Force (SFF),
was subsumed within raw when the external
intelligence agency was created in 1968. In 1982, the
directorate launched Project Sunray: It tasked a colonel
of the Army's 10th Para/Special Forces to set up a unit of 250 officers and men, all Indians unlike SFF, in
commando companies 55, 56 and 57. The unit, housed in tents at the Sarsawa Indian Air
Force base near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and
christened Special Group, operated under the RAW
chief. raw wanted to train the unit's officers with SAS--
SG officers had recommended it after a tour of the
British agency's training facility at Hereford-but the government turned down the proposal, apparently due
to the high training cost of £5,000 per trooper. SG
improvised its own training regimen; being directly
under the Prime Minister's Cabinet Secretariat helped.
"We just had to ask for equipment and it would be
given," recalls a former SG officer. A request for over 100 bulletproof vests and tactical helmets was met
almost overnight and the gear flown in from Israel. SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Foll

SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Following Indira's
assassination, SG men protected Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi and his family until the government raised the
Special Protection Group in 1985. Soon after, nearly 200
SG personnel were deputed to a new anti-terrorist force under the Union home ministry, the National Security
Guard. The Special Group remains RAW's ultra-secret
military unit for clandestine intelligence missions, the
equivalent of CIA's Special Activities Division.
Here is some info i got abt SG. Dont know if posted b4. Sorry if repost and will remove it then.

 

[Koovie]

Special group commandos
train at their base in
Sarsawa

In early 1983, six army officers from a classified unit
called the Special Group (SG) were flown to a secret
base of Sayeret Matkal, the Israeli commando force that
led the 1977 rescue of hostages from Entebbe airport in
Uganda. The mission, coordinated by RAW with Mossad,
was classified because India didn't have diplomatic ties with Israel and it did not want to anger its Arab friends.
The officers trained in counter-terror-in carefully
recreated landscapes of streets, buildings and vehicles-
at the base near Tel Aviv for 22 days. The experience, an
SG officer, now retired, recalls, was a culture shock for
the Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see women
guarding Israeli Defense Forces headquarters and
soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in handy.
New Delhi was hosting two summits in 1983 that would
burnish Indira Gandhi's standing as a global leader-the
Non-Aligned Summit in March and the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting in November-and it was
keen to prevent terrorist attacks of the sort that had bedevilled the West through the 1960s and 1970s. The
summits passed without event under SG's watchful eye. SG was created in 1981. Till then, the Army had shown
little interest in raising a specialised anti-terrorist force.
So the government turned to the Directorate General
Security, a covert unit set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru
government with CIA's assistance after the 1962 war
with China. The directorate, which had its own air wing, the Aviation Research Centre, and a paramilitary
comprising Tibetans, the Special Frontier Force (SFF),
was subsumed within raw when the external
intelligence agency was created in 1968. In 1982, the
directorate launched Project Sunray: It tasked a colonel
of the Army's 10th Para/Special Forces to set up a unit of 250 officers and men, all Indians unlike SFF, in
commando companies 55, 56 and 57. The unit, housed in tents at the Sarsawa Indian Air
Force base near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and
christened Special Group, operated under the RAW
chief. raw wanted to train the unit's officers with SAS--
SG officers had recommended it after a tour of the
British agency's training facility at Hereford-but the government turned down the proposal, apparently due
to the high training cost of £5,000 per trooper. SG
improvised its own training regimen; being directly
under the Prime Minister's Cabinet Secretariat helped.
"We just had to ask for equipment and it would be
given," recalls a former SG officer. A request for over 100 bulletproof vests and tactical helmets was met
almost overnight and the gear flown in from Israel. SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Foll

SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Following Indira's
assassination, SG men protected Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi and his family until the government raised the
Special Protection Group in 1985. Soon after, nearly 200
SG personnel were deputed to a new anti-terrorist force under the Union home ministry, the National Security
Guard. The Special Group remains RAW's ultra-secret
military unit for clandestine intelligence missions, the
equivalent of CIA's Special Activities Division.
Here is some info i got abt SG. Dont know if posted b4. Sorry if repost and will remove it then.

If these arent fake, they are the first pics of the Special Group, right?

 

[Unknowncommando]

If these arent fake, they are the first pics of the Special Group, right?

taken from INDIATODAY .ya may b. I really dont know abt this topic deeply but doesnt look like fake. Though it is informative. And the pics are also real. Doesnt look NSG too.

If these arent fake, they are the first pics of the Special Group, right?

taken from INDIATODAY .ya may b. I really dont know abt this topic deeply just found it while random search so posted here. but doesnt look like fake. Though it is informative. And the pics are also real. Doesnt look like NSG too.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Special group commandos
train at their base in

In early 1983, six army officers from a classified unit
called the Special Group (SG) were flown to a secret
base of Sayeret Matkal, the Israeli commando force that
led the 1977 rescue of hostages from Entebbe airport in
Uganda. The mission, coordinated by RAW with Mossad,
was classified because India didn't have diplomatic ties with Israel and it did not want to anger its Arab friends.
The officers trained in counter-terror-in carefully
recreated landscapes of streets, buildings and vehicles-
at the base near Tel Aviv for 22 days. The experience, an
SG officer, now retired, recalls, was a culture shock for
the Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see womethe Indians, coming as they did from a steeply hierarchical army: They were bemused to see women
guarding Israeli Defense Forces headquarters and
soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in soldiers high-five their officers. The newly trained officers would soon come in handy.
New Delhi was hosting two summits in 1983 that would
burnish Indira Gandhi's standing as a global leader-the
Non-Aligned Summit in March and the Commonwealth
Heads of Government Meeting in November-and it was
keen to prevent terrorist attacks of the sort that had bedevilled the West through the 1960s and 1970s. The
summits passed without event under SG's watchful eye. SG was created in 1981. Till then, the Army had shown
little interest in raising a specialised anti-terrorist force.
So the government turned to the Directorate General
Security, a covert unit set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru
government with CIA's assistance after the 1962 war
with China. The directorate, which had its own air wing, the Aviation Research Centre, and a paramilitary
comprising Tibetans, the Special Frontier Force (SFF),
was subsumed within raw when the external
intelligence agency was created in 1968. In 1982, the
directorate launched Project Sunray: It tasked a colonel
of the Army's 10th Para/Special Forces to set up a unit of 250 officers and men, all Indians unlike SFF, in
commando companies 55, 56 and 57. The unit, housed in tents at the Indian Air
Force base near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh and
christened Special Group, operated under the RAW
chief. raw wanted to train the unit's officers with SAS--
SG officers had recommended it after a tour of the
British agency's training facility at Hereford-but the government turned down the proposal, apparently due
to the high training cost of £5,000 per trooper. SG
improvised its own training regimen; being directly
under the Prime Minister's Cabinet Secretariat helped.
"We just had to ask for equipment and it would be
given," recalls a former SG officer. A request for over 100 bulletproof vests and tactical helmets was met
almost overnight and the gear flown in from Israel. SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Foll

SG was then prepared for Operation Sundown and, after
it was aborted, for Bluestar. Following Indira's
assassination, SG men protected Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi and his family until the government raised the
Special Protection Group in 1985. Soon after, nearly 200
SG personnel were deputed to a new anti-terrorist force under the Union home ministry, the National Security
Guard. The Special Group remains RAW's ultra-secret
military unit for clandestine intelligence missions, the
equivalent of CIA's Special Activities Division.
Here is some info i got abt SG. Dont know if posted b4. Sorry if repost and will remove it then.

Some pretty neat info there!

Not sure about how credible those pics are, but if they are then they're the first pics of SG available on the net.



Don't think one should be stating where their base is/was...

 

[Unknowncommando]