Most BRUTAL Military Drills in the World

[Abingdonboy]

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him,but because he loves what is behind him."

Capt Ragu Rahman?

 

[Levina]

Capt Ragu Rahman?

Nooh...
Capt Raghu Raman is a newbie, this quote belongs to G.K. Chesterton.

 

[SrNair]

One of my relative ,an officer in Navy said to me that most of the training programs of MARCOS are classified .Our media talks a lots about Army and their SF .But noone knows the real achievements and nature of other two SF wings ,Garud and MARCOS .

 

[Moonlight]

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Thanks for the tag Sista. I think the same as few of members said in about the psychological training over physical training.

@Moonlight @Akheilos @Armstrong @jhungary @Horus @MilSpec @lastofthepatriots
@MastanKhan @Chinese-Dragon @ChineseTiger1986 @SinoSoldier @Martian2 @Sinan

@Indos @Oscar @Levina

Thanks for the tag.
This is hard but I think the same that psychological training is more important. I wouldn't survive anyone of it. Lol

Btw where have you been? Long time.

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

look pretty usual to me..........

The worse part of any training is not physical training, but psychological.

I remember once I was training in Ranger School? (Forgot if that is ranger school or SERE........) The whole bunch of us have nothing but water for 2 and a half day, extremely tired and extremely hungry, to a point I can and we did eat mud out of nothing. The black hat come by and bring a bunch of food (MRE, Junk food so on) and picked one of us and his job is to eat it infront of us, while the rest of us looked on.

I can endure a lot of pain and exercise and even exhaustion, but these psychological torture is nothing you can prepare, because that's how you, as a person, work.

Imagine what we have to go through during Ramadan.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

enemy five times our size

Sorry. Correction. Nearly 7:1 advantage in population.

 

[Gauss]

If i were a general i wont want my soldiers to practice very hard physical tasks because in a war i would rather have them not do what is beyond their physical limits. For example, i wouldnt want a soldier that can lift very heavy stones. In war if a situation demands lifting of very heavy stones, i would skip that task and find some other way around the problem. Because its beyond normal human capacity and army is made of normal folk. But soldiers must be trained for the situation that they face frequently in war. i.e the cutting off of their supply lines. They must be able to function without supplies for a sufficiently long period. They should be able to live and fight hungry and dirty.

 

[Omega007]

Sorry. Correction. Nearly 7:1 advantage in population.

Population size doesn't count for shit pal.................not in this case, it doesn't!!

 

[Benign Persona]

there are so many documentries available on youtube about different special forces across the world like Spetsnaz,Sri Lanka LRRP,Philippine Scout Rangers,Royal British Special Forces - British SAS,Philippine Mamasapano SAF Fallen 44,Thailand Marine Recon and many more and their training is insane, my question is how hard is the training of our SSG as i couldnt find any good documantry about training of SSG.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Population size doesn't count

I would like to see you fight 1:1 and then against a mob - 1:7 to see if it does count. I know that does not quite fit the analogy but fact is military is drawn from the population pool of a country. The larger that pool means you have larger resources to draw from and can afford to be more picky on who you choose. In addition larger military age population means you can take far larger losses.

In WW2 if Russia had been the size of Belguim there is no way it could have fielded such large Red Army in quantity or quality or recovered from the massive destruction it suffered at the hands of Wehrmacht.

I am afraid in this case size does matter.

 

[Omega007]

I would like to see you fight 1:1 and then against a mob - 1:7 to see if it does count. I know that does not quite fit the analogy but fact is military is drawn from the population pool of a country. The larger that pool means you have larger resources to draw from and can afford to be more picky on who you choose. In addition larger military age population means you can take far larger losses.

In WW2 if Russia had been the size of Belguim there is no way it could have fielded such large Red Army in quantity or quality or recovered from the massive destruction it suffered at the hands of Wehrmacht.

I am afraid in this case size does matter.

What you say holds true if you are talking about a total war scenario,lasting months if not years!!But the chances of something like that happening down here between our countries,at this age are next to nil,especially since both of our nations are nuclear armed and therefore the worse that might ever happen would be a high intensity limited war,for no more than 14 days,20 tops,confined over a relatively smaller area,going not much deeper from the border itself.And in such a short conflict,the population size wouldn't really matter much,if it does at all.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

really matter much,if it does at all.

Agree with you most of what you said. However size still matters. India can draw from far larger population resource base (nearly seven times as much as Pak) therefore it can bring forth more resources and support a larger military than Pak can.

Not only that it can do so easily without straining itself. The military in any country is burden as it is not productive but "leaches off" the general population. The more the population that burden is shared out. If Pak was seven times larger the xyz cost would be divided by 7 times.

And don't forget the larger the pool to select from means (all things considered equal) you will probably end up with better talent.

 

[Hellfire]

One of my relative ,an officer in Navy said to me that most of the training programs of MARCOS are classified .Our media talks a lots about Army and their SF .But noone knows the real achievements and nature of other two SF wings ,Garud and MARCOS .

Actually the training routines are similar across the spectrum - till the probation lasts, then the specializations start. Front rolls for kilometers at an end on Indian Roads (and you know what I mean by that) with crawling in broken concrete and again the ever favorite Indian roads for hours and with complete sleep deprivation in 'zero week' is a norm, meant to break you psychologically when you are sleep deprived, and 20 kms morning and evening is but taken. Add to it, I remember once was asked to write a 10,000 words essay on Britney Spears after a grueling 40 km in summers (a run with standard 20 kgs weapons and obviously no sleep and rest for 72 - 96 hours). The physical part could be dealt with, this was which stumped us all. The result - the cycle was repeated as failed in allocated tasks!!! LOL!!!! Just for the fun of it, with your combat load and weapon and in full gear, you would be put in to the dirtiest of sewage drains and asked to conceal yourself there all night long ..... with the usual timings of 5 mins to clean up and dress for next tasking!!!! It sucks, but as everyone can attest, it is fun in retrospect. And there was always logic to it.

If i were a general i wont want my soldiers to practice very hard physical tasks because in a war i would rather have them not do what is beyond their physical limits. For example, i wouldnt want a soldier that can lift very heavy stones. In war if a situation demands lifting of very heavy stones, i would skip that task and find some other way around the problem. Because its beyond normal human capacity and army is made of normal folk. But soldiers must be trained for the situation that they face frequently in war. i.e the cutting off of their supply lines. They must be able to function without supplies for a sufficiently long period. They should be able to live and fight hungry and dirty.

The training for lifting heavy loads is not for any other reason other than two basic ones - to increase your endurance. The body is stressed repetitively to lift heavier loads to physiologically enable it to cope with longer duration of lower load stress. The various cells and muscles adapt to perform optimally with a heavier load over longer duration leading to increased stamina and endurance when loads are brought down.
Second reason is operational - you might need to carry greater ammunition, more communication equipment/injured team member etc. The motto of forces usually across the spectrum and special forces across the world is not to leave your team mate behind .... I am sure the veterans here can attest to that.

there are so many documentries available on youtube about different special forces across the world like Spetsnaz,Sri Lanka LRRP,Philippine Scout Rangers,Royal British Special Forces - British SAS,Philippine Mamasapano SAF Fallen 44,Thailand Marine Recon and many more and their training is insane, my question is how hard is the training of our SSG as i couldnt find any good documantry about training of SSG.

Relax. You have very professional soldiers, not only in SSG but in your armed forces. Take it from me as an Indian, I have respect for your troops and SSG.

 

[Mugwop]

Thanks for the tag Sista. I think the same as few of members said in about the psychological training over physical training.


Thanks for the tag.
This is hard but I think the same that psychological training is more important. I wouldn't survive anyone of it. Lol

Btw where have you been? Long time.

Hyde park,Kingsbridge,Coney Island.
I have been okay,How about you? I am gonna make a thread about psychological training without the disturbing stuff.

 

[Moonlight]

Hyde park,Kingsbridge,Coney Island.
I have been okay,How about you? I am gonna make a thread about psychological training without the disturbing stuff.

You mean new Hyde park?
Oh are you on spring break too? I'm doing great. Thanks!
And do tag me.