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Hi, this thread is exclusively for Indian Special Forces: News and Discussions.

Some of India’s Special Forces...

A) Indian Armed Forces

1) Indian Army: Para SF
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2) Indian Airforce: Garud

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3) Indian Navy: MARCOS
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B) Indian Paramilitary Forces

1) NSG
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2) CRPF

a) CRPF COBRA
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b) CRPR QAT
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C) R&AW

1) R&AW: Special Frontier Force (Establishment 22) [Secret Unit: Not many pics available]
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2) R&AW: Special Group (The Mavericks) [The Most Secretive Unit of India- “An old pic and a pic among the only available of them on the Internet”]
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Thank you for starting thread on it. Depending on activity/interest I might pin it later.

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India needs a joint command for special forces, with a separate budget
MoD recently formed the AFSOD on the lines of USSOCOM. It will include the best operatives from Para SF, Marcos and Garuds recruited through a further rigorous selection process with the total number expected to range around 1500 operators
 
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CRPF QAT

It's not an oversized helmet. The protection around the ears is projected outwards to accommodate comms, hearing protection

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Para SF in Desert Marpat Camo with the US Green Berets during a joint exercise (Vajra Prahar)

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If there is any Indian unit who transitioned into a world class Special Forces unit, it is the NSG

They went from this in 2008 (pic taken during 26/11). The woodland camo guy is a Marcos operator

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To this is 2018. Reportedly, the training and selection procedures have also drastically changed over the course of time with NSG establishing 5 major hubs across India for faster deployment. Since they're under MHA and not any armed forces division, they have access to procurement of any weapons system without undergoing a tender process

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CRPF seems to have different groups doing special tasks in different areas, they have COBRA commandos and this QAT operatives
Cobra units are specifically tasked for Naxal ops, you don't see em deployed elsewhere while QAT are more like CRPF's SWAT units. The QAT had great training but their gear was crap until Pulwama...It's quite obvious our planners have always been reactive and not proactive
 

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Cobra units are specifically tasked for Naxal ops, you don't see em deployed elsewhere while QAT are more like CRPF's SWAT units. The QAT had great training but their gear was crap until Pulwama...It's quite obvious our planners have always been reactive and not proactive
Our planners are pretty proactive when it comes to their own security ... example SPG
 

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