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Durp
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada3117 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 15:57:13
November 27 2011 15:55 GMT
#161
Gotta go with the Mossad's Sayeret Matkal

These guys are feared around the world, they train other international spec ops forces, and then there's Operation Entebbe
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ShineOnYou
Profile Joined November 2011
93 Posts
November 27 2011 15:59 GMT
#162
I heard navy seal team six is some good shit. Good chunk of them are dead now though
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Orcasgt24
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada3238 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:16:02
November 27 2011 16:14 GMT
#163
On November 28 2011 00:55 Durp wrote:
Gotta go with the Mossad's Sayeret Matkal

These guys are feared around the world, they train other international spec ops forces, and then there's Operation Entebbe

thats pretty sick.

Canada's JTF2
Not alot here because everything this unit touches is classified and NDA'ed
On November 28 2011 00:59 ShineOnYou wrote:
I heard navy seal team six is some good shit. Good chunk of them are dead now though

Apprently none of Red squadron(the Bin Laden team) were in Afghanistan when that chopper was shot down.
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DIRESTRAIT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada155 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:15:24
November 27 2011 16:14 GMT
#164
I know the Canadian contingent of special forces is called the "JTF2" Joint Task Force though i'm not in any position to say which unit is the best.
****EDIT***** Guy above me posted exact same wiki link lol
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Here's a wiki link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Task_Force_2


In my opinion the scarriest units out there we probabl have never heard of just because they're so secret.
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Olsson
Profile Joined April 2011
Sweden931 Posts
November 27 2011 16:15 GMT
#165
I'm going to say British SAS, end of story. They see so much action, they we're the first as both special forces unit and counter terrorist unit. They revolutionized the tactics used in these areas, their qualifications are very high and I don't have access to their mission logs obviously but I know they've done a ton of missions by watching alot of TV.
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IntoTheBush
Profile Joined July 2010
United States552 Posts
November 27 2011 16:16 GMT
#166
If none of you know who the BOPE are from Brazil I highly suggest you watch "Tropa De Elite." It's a softer story of the how the BOPE operates in Rio.
Sylverin
Profile Joined February 2011
United States480 Posts
November 27 2011 16:19 GMT
#167
On November 28 2011 00:55 Durp wrote:
Gotta go with the Mossad's Sayeret Matkal

These guys are feared around the world, they train other international spec ops forces, and then there's Operation Entebbe

the mossad has to be it, they not only train other people how to do what they do but also are incredibly awesome xD
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TheLOLas
Profile Joined May 2011
United States646 Posts
November 27 2011 16:21 GMT
#168
I would suggest the U.S Army Delta Force. They are the elite of the elite in the U.S Army. There are roughly only 1200 of these combat soldiers and they are known to work with the CIA and the U.S Security Council.
Inertia_EU
Profile Joined October 2010
United Kingdom513 Posts
November 27 2011 16:23 GMT
#169
British SAS.
chickenhawk
Profile Joined February 2011
Portugal339 Posts
November 27 2011 16:23 GMT
#170
The most experience unit may be BOPE. And in Special Forces the technology although it helps, its not the top priority. intelligence and ability to preform a certain job is more important.
Wrath 2.1
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany880 Posts
November 27 2011 16:29 GMT
#171
On November 27 2011 17:59 actionbastrd wrote:
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On November 27 2011 17:37 Diamond wrote:
I don't know who is the most badass but the Russian Spetznaz for sure have the most gangster training.

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Edit: Nevermind, guess they don't exist anymore, but those images are still awesome.



They dont? Then what are the Russian special forces now adays? For some reason i still think they exist. I watched an episode of that deadliest warrior show where they had an ex-spetznaz person on there and it showed some of the shit they got put through during training. It is intense. Those guys are insanely hardened.

Whats the source on them no longer existing O.o But for real, i would never want to go toe to toe with someone that has that training. They are trained to be immune to pain, crazy stuff.


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Carras
Profile Joined August 2010
Argentina860 Posts
November 27 2011 16:30 GMT
#172
well..i dont think we can answer..if you know how they work, and what they do, ther are not that good at their jobs
UniquE.
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada143 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:39:05
November 27 2011 16:35 GMT
#173
If your talking in the World I would have to say the Gurkas. Dudes train and live in the mountains where there isnt much oxygen the dudes can march and walk for MILES and still be ready to fight

Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8247 Posts
November 27 2011 16:35 GMT
#174
Read a book a while back about special forces. It had done extensive research into several different SF from different countries, but I imagine it wasn't entirely objective considering the author used to be one. At any case, he considered British SaS to be nr 1, with FSK (Norway) in second mostly due to founding and small numbers. The Navy Seals weren't even on the list.

Spetznaz was pretty badass in their days, but they don't exist anymore.

Delta force, btw, is not special forces. They are a specially trained army unit. They work as an army, not as small numbered commando teams.
catid
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom47 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:37:19
November 27 2011 16:36 GMT
#175
how could we possibly know? if we did then they wouldn't be very good at their jobs :o
LuisArcadia
Profile Joined January 2011
Brazil16 Posts
November 27 2011 16:37 GMT
#176
On November 27 2011 17:19 decafchicken wrote:
BOPE definitely have balls of fucking steal. From what i've seen they're pretty much the only thing that keep brazil from being ran by drug cartels.


By "BOPE" and "brazil" you mean 9 completely independent elite units of nine different states. Brazil is a country that has 26 states and each state has its own elite police unit named differently.
Also, the favelas they infiltrate are pretty much restricted to the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio's BOPE was put in a spotlight because the "Tropa de Elite" movies. Like the movie portrays (and as someone mentioned above me) they are guilty of several Human Rights violations, so I wouldn't praise them too much.
As their role in keeping drug cartels in check, in their "favela occupations" and "infiltrations", I am sadly sure it is just a superficial and theatrical way to hide a problem that has much more complex reasons and solutions.
IntoTheBush
Profile Joined July 2010
United States552 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:39:50
November 27 2011 16:37 GMT
#177
On November 28 2011 00:51 Alpino wrote:
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On November 27 2011 21:37 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On November 27 2011 17:19 decafchicken wrote:
BOPE definitely have balls of fucking steal. From what i've seen they're pretty much the only thing that keep brazil from being ran by drug cartels.

Yeah, right. They are also known for being one of the greatest crew of murderers of all democratic nation's security forces.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR19/025/2005/en/bb459966-d49c-11dd-8a23-d58a49c0d652/amr190252005en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalhão_de_Operações_Policiais_Especiais#Criticism
http://www.extrajudicialexecutions.org/application/media/E_CN_4_2005_7_Add_1 2005.pdf

But if "Elite" is about killing a lot of people, having action like in a video game and having "badass" uniforms with skulls and everything, yeah, they fit the description.

Pity that for internet youth, "having balls of steal" and being a brutal murderer basically mean the same thing.


That's how it works in here. We don't have the time and the money to make a clean cut. We don't have enough qualified men and equipment to make a clean cut, so our forces need to instill fear. They need to make the drug lords KNOW that if one of our BOPE guys is killed shit will go down 100%.

So true, and BOPE is a small force. They only select a few that are remaining when training is finished. On top of that a lot of Civil Police in Brasil are corrupt because the pay is shit, and BOPE hates corrupt cops so that makes their pool smaller. Which brings me to another point, they aren't military, they are an extension of the Civil Police which don't get paid very well and lack funding. They have to instill fear in the Drug Dealers otherwise Brasil would b like Mexico. And we all know what happens when the Police in Mexico try to crack down on the Cartels, they die. So, these guys are true Policemen that really want to make Brasil a better place and will do what is needed to protect it. If they have to kill some scumbags in the process why the hell not? I mean the United States killed over 1,000 people so they can take Iraq's oil.

edit: got my facts wrong there, BOPE is military but groups like the GOA are Civil..
Resilient
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom1431 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:51:26
November 27 2011 16:49 GMT
#178
Shayetet 13 is very overlooked. They probably see the most missions and field warfare than any other force as of recent times...they're also trained in full martial arts. However, I'm pretty sure the British SAS is still the most trained and elite, they receive everything the SEALs do, with the extra counter-espionage training the Secret Service offers.
Biff The Understudy
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France8056 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-27 16:52:54
November 27 2011 16:50 GMT
#179
On November 27 2011 22:42 Sporadic44 wrote:
Back in highschool my PIG(participation in government) teacher told the class a story about his time in the Israeli Defense Forces. Due to the amount of terrorism he explained their methods of interrogation were always scrappy and at times, a bit unorthodox to say the least.

They were once trying to pry information from a terrorist, about planned bombings. Turns out a good way to do that is dangle them from their feet, out of a helicopter.

I'd chalk that up as pure badassness

Dangling people from the feet from a helicopter is pure badassness.

God, and you vote.


On November 28 2011 00:51 Alpino wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 27 2011 21:37 Biff The Understudy wrote:
On November 27 2011 17:19 decafchicken wrote:
BOPE definitely have balls of fucking steal. From what i've seen they're pretty much the only thing that keep brazil from being ran by drug cartels.

Yeah, right. They are also known for being one of the greatest crew of murderers of all democratic nation's security forces.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR19/025/2005/en/bb459966-d49c-11dd-8a23-d58a49c0d652/amr190252005en.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalhão_de_Operações_Policiais_Especiais#Criticism
http://www.extrajudicialexecutions.org/application/media/E_CN_4_2005_7_Add_1 2005.pdf

But if "Elite" is about killing a lot of people, having action like in a video game and having "badass" uniforms with skulls and everything, yeah, they fit the description.

Pity that for internet youth, "having balls of steal" and being a brutal murderer basically mean the same thing.


That's how it works in here. We don't have the time and the money to make a clean cut. We don't have enough qualified men and equipment to make a clean cut, so our forces need to instill fear. They need to make the drug lords KNOW that if one of our BOPE guys is killed shit will go down 100%.

Right. I'm sure if you lived in a favela, you would be thinking the same. Amnesty report shows interview of people who are more scared by this bunch of excited fascist psychopath idiots than by the narco themselves.
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Whitewing
Profile Joined October 2010
United States7483 Posts
November 27 2011 16:51 GMT
#180
New rule for this thread: you're not allowed to state a special forces group that comes from your own country. It needs to be what you think is the best from another country (so much bias in this thread lol).

I'd have to go with Mossad.
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