Pakistan's Special Operations Forces: SSG | SSGN | SSW | SOW | SOG

[Sunny4pak]

High-Quality Image of SSG's.

 

[PanzerKiel]

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High-Quality Image of SSG's.

2017 JS Parade.....

 

[blain2]

By defected troops of East Pakistan Rifles and East Bengal Regiment at the outskirts of Chittagong. CO of 2 Commando and an attached Signals officer were also killed.

This was the single biggest loss suffered by the SSG, ever! 16 troops (including 2 officers) were martyred during the ambush.

Not sure if posted before

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That is police.

Old but good

That is Maj Gen Faisal Alvi in the picture when these operations started.

 

[PanzerKiel]

This was the single biggest loss suffered by the SSG, ever! 16 troops (including 2 officers) were martyred during the ambush.


That is police.



That is Maj Gen Faisal Alvi in the picture when these operations started.

Exactly dear.

 

[Cuirassier]

This was the single biggest loss suffered by the SSG, ever! 16 troops (including 2 officers) were martyred during the ambush.


That is police.



That is Maj Gen Faisal Alvi in the picture when these operations started.

Well some sources suggest 20+ deaths ,maybe all weren't SSG.

I reckon the highest losses were suffered during the Sept '87 Op Qiadat (18 incld 2 offrs)

Alvi was seriously good. Cavalry officer, topped his OACC etc. I'd imagine him reaching the top brass if history was different...

 

[PanzerKiel]

Well some sources suggest 20+ deaths ,maybe all weren't SSG.

That ambush was actually under the command of a JCO of EBR who had laid it for the PA's Chittagong Brigade which was supposed to use this route for a linkup. However, Ghazi company along with CO 2 Cdo landed in the ambush first. However they managed to recover all bodies from the ambush site once additional SSG troops arrived to clear it.
A word about Col Suleman (CO 2 Cdo), he had been with the SSG since its inception...extremely brave....i dont remember who...either Gen Mitha or Brig Z A Khan later mentioned that Col Suleman was standing erect in his jeep once he was ambushed and was one of the first casualties. His buddy was a Bengali SSG soldier who, despite being injured himself, managed to pull CO's body back....

I reckon the highest losses were suffered during the Sept '87 Op Qiadat (18 incld 2 offrs)

Apart from this specific op, SSG otherwise suffered alot more since they were the first responders once Indians took over Siachen.....SSG was inducted a bit in a hurried fashion, no acclimatization, quality of snow equipment wasnt good either.....and then SSG was almost always part of all major operations conducted in this area.

 

[Cuirassier]

That ambush was actually under the command of a JCO of EBR who had laid it for the PA's Chittagong Brigade which was supposed to use this route for a linkup. However, Ghazi company along with CO 2 Cdo landed in the ambush first. However they managed to recover all bodies from the ambush site once additional SSG troops arrived to clear it.
A word about Col Suleman (CO 2 Cdo), he had been with the SSG since its inception...extremely brave....i dont remember who...either Gen Mitha or Brig Z A Khan later mentioned that Col Suleman was standing erect in his jeep once he was ambushed and was one of the first casualties. His buddy was a Bengali SSG soldier who, despite being injured himself, managed to pull CO's body back....



Apart from this specific op, SSG otherwise suffered alot more since they were the first responders once Indians took over Siachen.....SSG was inducted a bit in a hurried fashion, no acclimatization, quality of snow equipment wasnt good either.....and then SSG was almost always part of all major operations conducted in this area.

Many SSG officers like Shaukat Hamdani and Khalid Khan died in mountain expeditions in the Ghance area before and after the seizure of the glacier & subsequent hostilities. I'd reckon a lot of the 70 odd SSG fatalities were due to non-combat causes. The costliest assault in '92 involved 1 AK - not SSG.

 

[Ghost 125]

Brig Saleem Zia, Group Commander SSG in mid 70s.

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SSG during APS Op

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You sir, have brought the real stuff to this thread

 

[Metal 0-1]

Special Forces snipers setting up their gear....... AWMs, R-700(AICS) and SC-76 Thunderbolt

Some surveillance equipment like that camera on isomat....

 

[AMG_12]

Special Forces snipers setting up their gear....... AWMs, R-700(AICS) and SC-76 Thunderbolt

Some surveillance equipment like that camera on isomat....


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I posted this picture years ago. It was taken at Kotli during rifle trials.

 

[Metal 0-1]

I posted this picture years ago. It was taken at Kotli during rifle trials.

Gotcha,

So, SC-76 was selected right??

 

[Cuirassier]

Gotcha,

So, SC-76 was selected right??

Only seen it with Navy so far.

 

[PanzerKiel]

Op Janbaz

Op Janbaz

Op Janbaz

Later, Brig Abdul Rehman Bilal.....Chumik fame.

Naik Yaqoob, who was dropped along with Lt Naveed on Pt 22158, Chumik Glacier.....later dramatized in Alpha Brava Charlie serial....

 

[Amaa'n]

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Op Janbaz

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Later, Brig Abdul Rehman Bilal.....Chumik fame.

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Naik Yaqoob, who was dropped along with Lt Naveed on Pt 22158, Chumik Glacier.....later dramatized in Alpha Brava Charlie serial....

with reference to the Shield, i found something interesting recently, something our CT units could look into

 

[PanzerKiel]

with reference to the Shield, i found something interesting recently, something our CT units could look intoView attachment 642812

Lets hope he doesnt get a spray below his waist.