Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
First im 13 so stop makin fun of youngins. Now i dont know that much about how good different special forces are and since im from the USA i was wondering if the SEAL's were good compared to other SF??? Or some of their known succesful operations.

Well they did some good ops in the vietnam war they did a lot of good operations in the Mekong Delta. They actually captured a lot of important documents from the enemy that really helped with the intelligence on their enemy army. Also they were really good at setting up ambushes and destroying enemy supplies, they destroyed thousands of pounds of rice, and they also destroyed a lot of enemy grenades, guns, rockets, etc. Look up their operations in the Mekong on google there's plenty of more stuff their.

First the whole argument about british forces being at the prison break, at the time the was footage of the troops firing back over the walls (will be on the web somewhere). Unless the US special forces are recruiting in Southern England and Scotland the voices you can hear are most definatly not US.

Secondly the UK and Dutch naval assets have a long history of working together so it is no suprise that the Naval special forces do joint ops. The dutch took over running the perisher course for sub commanders when we got rid of our DE subs. Our new amphibous ships are also based on Dutch designs.

Yea, their trained more 2 wound and disable them from a weapon more than 2 kill, so it takes ALOOOOOOT OF EXCELLENT ACCURACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am afriad mate thats general british army and BTW, the whole incident was a set up...
The RMC went there first and racked the beach so they would get stuck....
Pays to more information...

Yea, it's not SAS. Y? 1 guy was using a L85, SAS uses M16A2s, but that boat confused me of who it was. Plus, their helments rn't right.

Originally posted by SEAL Trident
Yea, it's not SAS. Y? 1 guy was using a L85, SAS uses M16A2s, but that boat confused me of who it was. Plus, their helments rn't right.

General infantry, basically any one of the regiments, the SAS doesnt just use the m16A2.
The army runs a number of boat units, hell that could even be a RN boat or a RM boat.

Commond now, those guys are very SPECIAL. Dont want to hurt thier feelings

Originally posted by devilwasp

Originally posted by D
Does anyone have info on the operations of USMC Recon and Force Recon operations? They must have done a lot considering US Marines are already a step up from regular ground forces and if US marines are already so good I'm just wandering how good their Recon units must be.

Force reacon mainly do...reacon...as the name suggests.
They do basically everything the SBS does but slightly diffrent.

I thought the SEALS would be more comparable to the SBS, afterall the Seals work with underwater demolitions, and that is one of the job of the SBS as well right ?

Each unit has its own purpose. The SASR (Australian SAS) are pretty tough. I read an article where the end of selection consisted of a packmarch over 4 mountain peaks, on their own, carrying up to 80 kilos in kit, all done over 5 days.

Their main purpose is long range recon. Some SASR members are also trained in counter terrorist operations, and they make up the TAG-W unit which protects the western side of Australia.

It costs around 2 million to train an SASR trooper, and one trooper was awarded a medal of valour for killing 22 Iraqis and blowing up two vehicles in a skirmish with Iraqi forces.

Originally posted by SKD
I thought the SEALS would be more comparable to the SBS, afterall the Seals work with underwater demolitions, and that is one of the job of the SBS as well right ?

Well america has two seperate SF units while we just have one.
The SBS does both the SEALS missions and force reacons mission.

America only has one Special Forces, and those are of the Army. The primary job of the Special Forces is obviously unconventional warfare and TEACHING. Their primary job is to teach other country's forces. That is why they must learn the language and culture of another country. They blend in and live amongst the culture, but work with the forces of those countries and they usually specialize in one of four landscapes: jungle, mountain, woodlands, or desert (or something like that).

The Special Forces are one of America's Special Operations forces. Other Spec Ops forces are Army Delta Force (which as far as anyone knows is for counter-terrorism), Navy SEALS, Army Rangers, Air Force Pararescue, Air Force ground controllers, and probably a few others I am forgetting about.

Marine Force Recon, of the United States Marine Corps, is Special Operations-CAPABLE, but they do not officially fall under the Spec Ops command of the U.S. military.

The Army also has the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (or SOAR), which are the helicopter pilots of the Army who fly the Spec Ops forces into their missions. they specialize in night operations, use very advanced technology, and are the top 5% of Army pilots.

I am not sure if the Marine Corps has specific pilots assigned to Force Recon, but I know they do not have something on the equivalent of the Army's SOAR.

The Air Force has something similar to SOAR for their own Spec Ops forces, but I forget what they call theirs.

Originally posted by Broadsword20068


The Air Force has something similar to SOAR for their own Spec Ops forces, but I forget what they call theirs.

Yeah its called the 8th special operations squardron, they specilaze in insertion, extraction and resupply of UW forces and equipment into hostile or enemy controlled territory using inland and airdrop procedures. Also their squadron name is black birds.

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