All I know is, the British invented the concept of a dedicated special forces with their Commandos and later the SAS, and the Soviets perfected the idea of hard-as-nails soldiers with Spetsnaz. Other than that, you can't rank specialist groups within the military. Especially when it comes to SpecOps, there is so much secrecy and legend around most of them, it's impossible to judge them correctly. They don't even all have the same roles, that is why they are referred to as "special". Such rankings are generally based upon "charisma", "legend" etc.
As for the SSG. The SSGs role in Pakistan is much broader than most of the SOFs listed on that list, it ranges from counter-terrorism to body-guarding to special mountain warfare to covert operations to intelligence gathering and what not. If we go by the importance of an SOF to the country, you will be hard-pressed to find a single force that does more for its country than the SSG does for Pakistan's defence. That ranks it not only in the top 10, but quite close to number 1 in my book. It is correct that the SSG has rarely been used to its fullest potential, both in the 65 and 71 wars their capabilities were wasted, but then again, the SSG is about so much more than just fighting a straight-on war.
Other than that, it is all subjective. Such comparisons are quite naive.
Defeated the TTP!!!! When did that happen lol Sorry i might be a little behind on the news but from what I have word the situation is just like how it was. So your telling me that the soviets were defeated alone by the SSG
Now there
desidog, if I didn't know any better, I would think you were flame-baiting.
Sayyaf's words were quite clear,
"As for SWAT, it was a successful operation, SSG has helped in eliminating TTP". TTP is no longer in control of Swat, and are in no position to use it as any kind of strong-hold. But I don't blame you, neither the Canadian nor the Indian media has ever covered the successes of Pakistan Army in this War.
Sayyaf also never said that the SSG defeated the Soviet Army alone in Afghanistan, but their role cannot be denied. And yes, the SSG has done a marvelous job recently, from the GHQ hostage rescue to the heli-borne attacks in Swat to rescuing 80 school-children in less than a day, they've all been conducted admirably even if they haven't received the press others do.
Where was ur SSG
