This. I did vote for the SEALs in the poll because they're awesome, but all of these teams kick ass at whatever they do best.Shock and Awe said:
Poll: Who do YOU think has the most elite military unit in the world?
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Then why do all the news people say it was "SEAL" Team 6?Snake Plissken said:
No sarcasm, just curious.
Being an Australian, I'll have to go with the SASR however we can't really tell who's the better unit. I mean, if you make a battlefield and then just threw them in there, every time you do it you'd just get a different result. Most units are also probably trained to approx. the same level but they also are being trained to focus on differing areas of expertise and are also likely to react to situations in differing ways. Also:
With all due respect, although the poll can't have all of them & I'm not particularly offended by it, you did miss out on the SASR, the Japanese SFG (Despite being restricted to Japan, they are classified as a SF group and have been trained by 1st SFOD-D personnel) and the French Foreign Legion.Jacco said:
DEVGRU. I know, they are all SEALs, but there is a distinct difference between a SEAL and a member of DEVGRU. It's like the difference between an ARMY Ranger and a member of DELTA.Shock and Awe said:
Who cares? All of them are putting their lives on the line for their cause, why do we have to have a pissing contest on which one is the "best"?
British SAS. Why? If you look at their history, how they were founded and what they've actually been up to since they were created, you'd know it takes a special sort of person to do any of those things. The SAS recruit badasses and train them to be even bigger badasses.
Good man, there are names everything from NSA (No such Organization) to the NVA (North Virginian Army) to GOD (horrible joke, I'm aware). They exist in the nebulous realm between special forces and the CIA. Not that I know anything on the topic... but, no. You are no longer John Smith from NYC once you've finished your career.loc978 said:
OT: I voted Delta simply because they're the closest to the real experts at killing people and breaking things that are either known or still exist.
If I'm allowed to go with past organizations than the Rhodesian Selous Scouts.
ok i have read all the posts and well i am american but many people are saying that there should just put more opains but to be truthful the sas and seals are the same cause alot of each have been creited them both a lot but in a few more years the saels will have a budegt cut and the sas will be better then the seals but for now the seals and sas are the same
Gotta give credit to the IDF. Well trained and they've shown in about four wars that they can take on some pretty big fish. When you look at it, they CAN'T lose a war, or else they lose everything. With that much riding on your shoulders, you'd be making a big mistake not to be the best.
Also Israel again since the Mossad can pull off some incredibly difficult missions and succeed.
Also Israel again since the Mossad can pull off some incredibly difficult missions and succeed.
Uh... that's what all SF groups do. DEVGRU members are cherry-picked from the SEALS, DELTA members are mostly cherry picked from the Rangers, but often come from other walks of life. DELTA like to recruit crazy motherfuckers. The list goes on, but all are badasses before joining an SF group, and their badassery increases by an order of magnitude or so.Gitty101 said:
In America, from experience, I'd say CAG (Combat Applications Group, AKA Delta Force). CAG soldiers are generally selected from special ops units across all branches (including SEAL) and they function in a very different manner than most special ops units. SEAL team 6 in particular would probably be up there with them.
Outside of America, I'd probably say the Israelis (forget the name) or the Indians (again, forget the name). I know the Indians win the competitions enough, at least.
Also, just as an aside, the Republic of Korea has an all female special forces unit. I forget the actual name, but we called them Black Widows. They were pretty fucking awesome, we actually got to meet a couple of them on a jump while I was over there. Also, they are hot.
Edit: This is not a personal photograph, just one I found on the internet.
Outside of America, I'd probably say the Israelis (forget the name) or the Indians (again, forget the name). I know the Indians win the competitions enough, at least.
Also, just as an aside, the Republic of Korea has an all female special forces unit. I forget the actual name, but we called them Black Widows. They were pretty fucking awesome, we actually got to meet a couple of them on a jump while I was over there. Also, they are hot.
Edit: This is not a personal photograph, just one I found on the internet.
As an AMURCIN I think I'm gonna have to side with the SEALS, but I have to say that the guys in the SAS are just as good (Y U NO MULTIPLE POLL OPSHUN).
I think the Irish Army in general is pretty good especially since we are a peace keeper force. Our troops have training only specialised forces in other armies get I can't remember off hand what exactly for. In the Spec ops only 15% get in or something like and I don't know how that matches up to other known Spec Ops forces although no woman has passed the Spec Op test.
Probably Russian or Chinese, why? Because they can take a child and start trainig it when it is like 2 yers old, hell they can even use genetic engennering to create a super soldier. USA or England can not start training ther spec ops befor the age of 16 (maybe?) how do you think is the best spec ops the person how haw trained for it in 40% of there life or the one how have trained in 90% of there life?( and they are the same age).
