PHOTOS: Indian, US troops set Thar desert on fire!

[Varunastra]

Every regtt of the Indian Army recruits people from a particular region excluding The grenadiers and the Para.So Naga regtt will have Nagas only and not biharis or rajasthanis...but the officers can be from any region.

well perhaps i should not have used the word recruited................so if thats the case then that surely means that they are paras as paras being special forces are deployed to many regions...............a northeast contingent is also there!

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

The guy who said "he's my old Alaskan partner" is para? 2:33

Paras are the only ones that went to Alaska right?

Nice observation dude!

well perhaps i should not have used the word recruited................so if thats the case then that surely means that they are paras as paras being special forces are deployed to many regions...............a northeast contingent is also there!

It cant be Ghataks from Naga regtt if you see all the pics you will notice that guys are not having Naga like features..so thats also a point.

 

[Varunastra]

Nice observation dude!



It cant be Ghataks from Naga regtt if you see all the pics you will notice that guys are not having Naga like features..so thats also a point.

i am taking your point and saying that they must be paras as members of a para regiment are not neccessarily recruited from the region right???

The guy who said "he's my old Alaskan partner" is para? 2:33

Paras are the only ones that went to Alaska right?

right dude...........i is great to see that the para remembered his Alaskan mate!!good

NOTICE-BIGGEST PROOF-THIS GUY SAID THAT HE IS MY OLD ALASKAN PARTNER AND ONLY PARA'S WENT TO ALASKA AND SO THAT MEANS.....

 

[Abingdonboy]

You know i was among the few who said that these guys were Para at the time these pictures released.

I cant prove anything in an internet forum.All my life i have grown up in Army cantonments and i can even distinguish a soldier from a civilian by looking at the way he dresses.There are some things you cant prove but feel and everyone has a right to have their own opinion.

Now comming to the point..What i have seen is that Tavors are exclusively for Para coz the Army doesnt have enough of Tavors to equip Ghatak as of now so my guess was based on that at the time of INDIRA..some guys said that they were Ghataks and i have many many friends and relatives in the army..some were ex Ghatak too and all i can say is that Ghataks till now dont have Tavors.Maybe if it is there then only a few units would have got it as if the whole Indian army Ghataks would had it..i wont be posing with an INSAS in my avatar.

Regarding the current excercise..the way the bandana guys were moving i am 100% sure that they are Para guys but i have notihing to prove so..and thats the reason i am not stressing on anything.

Ghataks are shock troops and they are not a special force by any means reason being that it is not having fixed members,,infantry guys join it in turns but are specialised..its not an exclusive group.There is a gap between their training and special forces training for obvious reasons but they are very skilled.

I had a chat with an ex RR ex Ghatak guy yesterday where i would have asked him 10 times if he has seen Ghatak guys of any unit with Tavors but his answer was a big no and then i asked about the helmet to which he again said no,,,which makes me believe that these guys are Para.He said as of now we dont have it but in future we are difinitely getting those.

So i am pretty sure of what i am seeing but i dont want to force anyone to believe anything what i say...and i have no links to prove it also.....and i am sharing this for the few guys who belive like me that they are Para guys.

I would be extremely happy if these guys are Ghataks....if so then the Infantry guys have become better than some of the special forces too...coz Ghataks are just regular soldiers in the end.

Hey mate I'm not doubting your experiences but what I say is based in information on the net and information I have obtainined whilst in India and interacting with IA guys. All I can say is the last time in India (Ausgust-September 2011) I went with a couple cousins to a "know your army" day in Punjab (Ludhiana to be exact) the soldiers belonged to numerous regiments (Sikh Li, Jat, Arty, Logistics but NOT PARA/SF) however I was blown away to see many Tavors on display (I even got a play!). When I asked who these belonged to I was told Ghataks. Admittedly I did not see (nor ask about) any helmets like these ones but I did see the same sort of tactical vest in the vid and knee/elbow protection on display not to mention other neat things like a BLACK Galil, NVGs and the like. To be honest there were very few (or at least I couldn't find many) Ghataks actually around so I couldn't ask many Qs relating to kit and future upgradation.

This is one of the main sources of my info and where I got this idea from.

Mate..does the facial feature of these guys seem to you as they are from Nagaland?

From what I know Ghataks are not necessarily recruited purely from inside the regiment/battalion they are attached to and hence are "all-India" units made up of a variety of people from various ethnic backgrounds.

in the end tavors it self are meant for SF's(for close quarter combat especially).........so no point giving them to ghataks who are meant to remain in the frontline in a war scenario!!

Actually the beauty of the Tavor is it is a VERY compact ASSAULT rifle similar to the INSAS and M-4 in accuracy (in fact AFAIK it is actually MORE accurate than most other assault rifles) as the barrels length is the same length, if not longer, than its contemporaries the bull-pup configuration just makes the whole package shorter than other rifles. As such it is not purely for CQB but can be used in almost any environment but is an excellent weapon for SOFs. And thus can be used by SOFs, Ghataks and regular troops (in an ideal world) alike.






But what maybe the case in this instance is that these are not SF ( again I VERY much doubt SF took place on either side) but regular PARAs which may make sense as the US contingent is also made up up airborne troops and we have already seen regular PARAs are similarly getting big upgrades. These could be @COLDHEARTED AVIATOR's 3rd tier (faces covered with Tavors).

 

[Omar1984]

Why is the complete Urdu alphabet painted on the mud walls?

Are they hinting that the terrorists have also started an adult literacy program for their recruits ?

In the 2nd pic. Is that a tree or a nuclear mushroom cloud ?

It shows the mentality of hindus and zionists.

They write Urdu alphabets instead of the Hindi alphabets and scripts that is widely used in India.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

i am taking your point and saying that they must be paras as members of a para regiment are not neccessarily recruited from the region right???

You have to be a volunteer...and this is not the basis of my guess that they are Para other things are also there which makes me feel that they are Para.

 

[Omar1984]

It's most probably a school building, a lookalike of a local desert primary school.

India's Thar area is 90% Hindu. They don't use Urdu alphabets.

 

[Varunastra]

It shows the mentality of hindus and zionists.

They write Urdu alphabets instead of the Hindi alphabets and scripts that is widely used in India.

whatever rows your boat mate.........

 

[Water Car Engineer]

It shows the mentality of hindus and zionists.

They write Urdu alphabets instead of the Hindi alphabets and scripts that is widely used in India.

Making a big deal out of nothing.

 

[Abingdonboy]

i am taking your point and saying that they must be paras as members of a para regiment are not neccessarily recruited from the region right???



right dude...........i is great to see that the para remembered his Alaskan mate!!good

NOTICE-BIGGEST PROOF-THIS GUY SAID THAT HE IS MY OLD ALASKAN PARTNER AND ONLY PARA'S WENT TO ALASKA AND SO THAT MEANS.....

Actually the IA contingent that went to Alaska for Yudh Abhays 2010 was a mixed contingent of regular IA, regular PARA and PARA (SF).

 

[Omar1984]

More pics please guys, less hate. Your jealousy is SO transparent.

There's nothing to be jealous about. India can have Uncle Sam. India is always on the losing side, first the Soviets now the Amreekans.

 

[Varunastra]

Actually the IA contingent that went to Alaska for Yudh Abhays 2010 was a mixed contingent of regular IA, regular PARA and PARA (SF).

oh man!!.......................that does it.....................IA is way too much confusing for me!!!

There's nothing to be jealous about. India can have Uncle Sam. India is always on the losing side, first the Soviets now the Amreekans.

talk about loosing to us????...........we ahve always have been neutral but you guys have been first on the lap of uncle sam and then on the side of the chinese...............and look at your economy and your progress!!!...........who gets bombed and gets their soveriengity infringed from time to time.....u know who.....

 

[Abingdonboy]

oh man!!.......................that does it.....................IA is way too much confusing for me!!!

I was just thinking that!! IA is one of the most shady armies in the world! Confuses the f**k out of me! What doesn't help is the lose division (in purely cosmetic terms cos the training and capabilites couldn't be more stark) between regular PARA and PARA (SF). A separate SF regiment is desperately needed with different name and insignia.

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

@ Abingdonboy

I respect your knowledge mate but sometimes internet facts are not the exact as real life facts.Like for instance the Ghatak think you told is completely wrong.

Ghataks are purely from inside the battalion and not outside.Like for eg 1st battalion of the Naga regtt will have companies like Alpha,Bravo,Charlie,Delta Headquaters and Ghatak company which will have troops from other companies who are very fit and skilled and then are given specialised training of various things such that incase of a war they dont have to rely on the overburdened Paras.

And they keep on changing..its not an exclusive group.

 

[MUHARIB]

Wow crazy video and the music is nasty!!