I still think you can't really say who's the best because they all have there speciality, but than I'm not very in to this stuff, they showed some special dutch force (yes even we have a special unit 😄 ) who are trained to deal with terrorist or kidnapping, and they blow up the site of a house so I laughed my ass of, but later on it appeared they where succesful.
Just to show I don't know a lot about this stuff.
The SAS are the best. These are very intelligent special individuals not just killing machines as someone mentioned. You have to be inteligent to be able to use the array of weapons they do, speak foreign languages, have amazing patience to do certain tasks.
but the SBS was not mentioned, the British equilavent of the Navy Seals. The SAS are selected from the Army, the SBS from the Marines.
Its the experience which make the master, and the IRA were a worthy adversary.
For this reason im suprised the Isreali special forces were not mentioned in the vote, they always have to be on top form.
Originally posted by XNavyXSEALX
The 75th Ranger Regiment —also known as the United States Army Rangers— is a special operations force of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC); with headquarters in Fort Benning, Georgia. The Regiment is a flexible, highly-trained and rapidly deployable Light Infantry force with specialized skills that enables it to be employed against a variety of conventional and special operations targets.The force specialises in airborne, air assault, Light Infantry and direct action operations, raids, infiltration and exfiltration by air, land or sea, airfield seizure, recovery of personnel and special equipment, and support of general purpose forces (GPF) among others. Each Ranger Battalion can deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours' notice.
Current SAS roles are believed to include:
* Intelligence collection in the deep battlespace.
* Battlespace preparation by sabotage and offensive raiding in the medium and deep battlespace.
* Counter Terrorism operations inside United Kingdom territory in conjunction with of police forces.
* Counter Terrorism operations outside UK territory.
* Training Special Forces of other nations.
* Counter Revolutionary Warfare activities in support of UK government Foreign Policy.
* Protection of senior British dignitaries and VIPs.The Special Air Service is under the Operational Control of Director Special Forces and is considered a strategic asset however OPCON may be delegated to Operational and Tactical commanders as required.
The Regiment is formed from three Battalion sized formations, one regular and two Territorial Army reserve, title Regiments; 22 SAS Regiment being the regular formation with 21 SAS Regiment and 23 SAS Regiment as the TA formations known as the Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)).
UK Special Forces are supported by by a signal regiment, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, which includes one TA squadron, 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (Volunteers) and by the Joint Special Forces Air Wing with 8 Flight Army Air Corps directly attached.
Each Regiment comprises a number of Sabre Squadrons with some supporting functions being undertaken within 22 SAS; Headquarters, Planning and Intelligence Section, Operational Research Section, Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing, and Training Wing.
Each Sabre Squadron is divided into four 16-man Troops with different functional responsibilities (Air Troop, Boat Troop, Mobility Troop, and Mountain Troop).
The CRW Wing is made up of one squadron, which rotates every 6–9 months. The squadron is split up into two combined troops, Red and Blue, with each troop made up of an assault group and a sniper team.
L Detachment, formerly R Squadron, is a TA formation comprising former regular troopers and assigned to 22 SAS for the provision of casualty replacements.
The three regiments have different roles:
* 21 Regiment - Medium and deep battlespace Intelligence collection, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and offensive operations.
* 22 Regiment - Medium and deep battlespace ISTAR and offensive operations, Counter Revolutionary Warfare (CRW), Counter-Terrorism (CT), close protection and defence diplomacy.
* 23 Regiment - Medium and deep battlespace ISTAR and offensive operations.
Each TA Squadron includes attached regular personnel with a ruling established by the then Brigadier Peter de la Billière, as Director SAS,specifying that promotion within the REgiment for any officer or senior NCO would be predicated on experience with the SAS(R).The SAS is based at Hereford, Herefordshire in the west of England. Stirling Lines, named after David Stirling, was initially the home of the Regiment but in 1999 they moved to the former RAF Credenhill site.
The United States Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) forces are the elite Special Operations Forces of the U.S. Navy, employed in unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, Counter-Terrorism, and special reconnaissance operations.
Those qualifying to become Navy SEALs are authorised, after completing a specialized program known as SQT (SEAL Qualification Training), to wear and display the Special Warfare Badge, also known as the SEAL Trident. This badge (sometimes called “the Budweiser” for its resemblance to the Anheuser-Busch eagle logo) serves as the insignia for the SEALs as a whole and is the largest and most recognizable warfare insignia among U.S. Special Operations Forces. It is usually worn along with the U.S. Navy paratrooper wings, which are awarded after 10 jumps. During the Vietnam War, SEAL members wore “tiger stripe” camouflage uniforms, often with civilian blue jeans and “coral” sneakers, for patrol missions. On base, they wore standard uniforms with a black beret during the early years (when they patrolled alongside the Swift and STAB boat units of the “Brown Water Navy”) and tiger-striped “boonie” hats in later years. Currently, they wear variations of the U.S. Marine Corps MARPAT camouflage and RAID BDUs. Only men may apply to become SEALs.
Concurrently, Naval Operations Support Groups were formed to aid UDTs, SEALs, and two other unique units—Boat Support and Beach Jumpers—in administration, planning, research, and development. During the Vietnam War, UDTs performed reconnaissance missions and SEALs carried out numerous offensive operations.
THESE are facts.
Deal with it.
Erm.... Herefords up North. You probably think that that whole island's England don't you. The top halfs Scotland.
Originally posted by ZOMG_Srsly
And you, in your VAST knowledge of the training each recieve, know this how?
I am not speaking about the spetsnaz nor for Himo but Delta isn't a unit formed in a traditional sense for the US. They recruit from all the forces in the US (only the elite) then train them for other missions purposes.
Most the elite's aren't "better" then the other anyway just trained for different missions, typically they cross train anyway.