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You know i was initially very reluctant on sharing it coz i thought many people wont believe me and call me a guy who makes out stuff...but i am glad no one reacted like that and now we have an internet link proving it too.
If you know the mentality of IA higher command you can predict how would they react to various situations....My first reaction to the beheading incident thread was that the IA is not gonna sit quite.
It was a very well planned successful operation where not even a single personnel got injured...had we not reacted we would have sent a wrong message across the border.
IA SOF are best in the region.They can get the work done anywhere in the region and sit quiet as if nothing has happened.Fame is the last thing they seek.Some of the missions they would have done would get all of us surprised.
Lastly i would like to add that there has been a lot of change post 26/11 with the induction of new equipments and weapons.The mindset of the High Command has also changed on the use of SFs but i wont say this has anything to do with 26/11.I have been hearing about the use of SF in operations post 2000 which suggests the IA truely uses them as secret weapons/force multipliers/special weapons etc. and now with more and more effort being put to make them better i would say that in future we might get to hear about special ops(of bigger magnitude) if we are lucky enough.
Guys from IA aren't SF but are regular PARA (airborne).
This is what I have been seeing/hearing. I think you are right in terms of the changing mindset in IA command and, to some extent, in the politic establishment (this is probably influenced by 26/11 and OBL raid) however most of this started before 26/11. But the equipment upgrades- especially the new-found speed of upgrades-can really be attributed to 26/11 but, tbf, the process had started prior to 26/11 but Mumbai was the catalyst that has lead to what we are seeing (and not seeing wink wink!) now.
Well its a very controvesial topic which i hate debating on but i would like to share a few observations here.
The non SF Para battalions are 5,6 and 7.
Now since they are small in number hence the equipmwnts and weapons will be same.
In this first video which dates back to August 2010(close to INDIRA 2010) which is of a Non-SF battalion you can see their primary weapon is not a Tavor.
Rocky and Mayur with the Parashoot regiment - YouTube
Now in this second video which dates back to early 2011 you can again see that the clips which are from Non-SF battalions atr the ones which dont have Tavor as their primary weapon.
Mission Army- Ep 10 - YouTube
Note that the Captain in both the videos is the same,...which you can take for reference.
The non-SF battalions have only got Tavor in the last year ending(not fully sure of this though)...and not before that(fully sure of this)
This is the one reason i say that the Ghataks still dont have Tavors till now.
Mumbai incident was a turning point specially for our Police forces.
Mate I think we're both pretty sick of this debate! But just would say I do think these are PARA (airborne) and not SF but take your points, also if you look in the "Mission army" YT vid you will see there are PARAs equipped with TARs but anyway.......... let's agree to disagree!
+ yeah 26/11 had a BIG impact on police forces (and NSG) now we can see almost every state/large city has/is in the process of getting a well trained and well equipped ERT/SRT/QRT unit as well as other reforms and new acquisitions by police force around the nation.
+ you can be sure PARA (airborne) have TARs- the only picture proof I can find though is 2012 IA day celebrations where the contingent of PARA (airborne) all had TARs.
AFIAK the Mission Army Ep with PARA (Airborne) guys with Vz58 went out last March/April which means that it most likely was filmed in mid/late 2010 so before 7 PARA were equipped with the TAR. My guess was all btns in PARA regmt now have at least a few TARs with additional batches equipping all eventually. Even pics of last IA day show regular PARA with TAR- i'll track them down for you and post the link.
Regular PARAs (airborne)
COLDHEARTED- could you post some more SOFs/RR stories/anecdotes? I'm hungry for more juicy details!
WE nee more pics and vids, y are our Special forces so media shy
Thts not indian sf.
Marcos:
Also i believe tht PAK SFs are better equiped then their indian counterparts.
MARCOS taking blood oath
(Sorry if posted earlier)
One question, are all MARCOS from the IN???
Just that you know it, the Physical Fitniss test in the navy is a joke
Qualifying in this Test is mandatory for enrolment. The standard of PFT is (i) One Mile (1.6 km) run to be completed in 7 minutes. (ii) 20 sit ups. (iii} 10 push ups.