Hello,my name is Deepak singh and iam one of defence aspirant like you.

I have been reading the articles and post on indin  army special forces for long time,both on ssb crack and other websites on internet.so i came up with the idea of writing some text on Indian army para special forces.I have grown up upon seeing these elite para commandos in front of eyes.so iam writing some facts and figures about them,hope you like them.

                                               

With my own experience,i want to tell you that life in special forces is not easy whether its Indian army sf or any other nation’s special forces.The men in sf are trained both mentally and physically to conduct special operations(mostly in Kashmir and east india) because they can jump from thousand of kms from aeroplanes,reach to any typical area,conduct special operations behind enemy lines and other special stuff that an ordinary army regiment can’t perform easily.

                                                       

Weapons they use:

Some of  the equipment  for the special forces are manufactured indigenously by the Indian Ordnance Factories controlled by the Ordnance  Factories  Board, Ministry of Defence, Government of India while others are procured from foreign sources.

• AK-47 7.62x39mm Assault Rifle                                    
• INSAS 5.56mm NATO Assault Rifle
• M4 Carbine 5.56mm US Assault Rifle
• M203 grenade launcher 40mm Grenade Launcher
  
• AGS-17 30mm automatic grenade launcher
• GM-94 Pump-Action Grenade Launcher
• Corner Shot Gun
• RPG-7 Rocket Launcher
• M72 LAW Anti Tank Weapons
• IMI Tavor TAR-21 5.56mm NATO Assault Rifle
• And other important weapons.

Transport

·          C-130J Super Hercules – transport aircraft

·         SH-3 Sea King – transport helicopter

·         HAL Chetak – utility helicopter

·         HAL Dhruv – utility helicopter

·         Cosmos CE-2F X100 two-man submarines

·         All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) & hovercrafts

·         Other military vehicles.

Recruitment

Well,there is no direct entry in para sf,you need to first become a recruit or an officer in Indian army’s  any regiment, then  you can switch to para sf  as a volunter.BUT in order to be a member of para sf,they gives you a training of  6-8 weeks of para jumping and commando course and test your physical and mental ability to be a part of them.Most of  the  men left training and gets back to their parent regiments.

             

Life in para sf:

There’s no easy day in special forces.you have to wake up at 5am,do physical training regularly each day by running 5 kms and conduct speed march of   more than 40 kms in

5 hrs,with  backpack of  22 kg+rifle  and remains in jungles or mountains for more than a week in search of terrorists.

Strength

15 Battalions (8 Special Forces, 4 Special Forces Airborne , 2 Territorial Army and 1 Rashtriya Rifles)

·         1st Battalion (Special Forces) - ex 1st Battalion, 2nd Punjab Regiment Raised 1761, conversion to Special Forces 1978

·         2nd Battalion (Special Forces) - ex 3rd Battalion, Maratha Light Infantry raised 1797, conversion to Special Forces 2000

·         3rd Battalion (Special Forces) - ex 1st Battalion, Kumaon Regiment raised 1813, conversion to Special Forces 2002

·         4th Battalion (Special Forces) raised 1961, conversion to Special Forces 2003.

·         5th Battalion (Special Forces Airborne) raised 1963

·         6th Battalion (Special Forces Airborne) raised 1963

·         7th Battalion (Special Forces Airborne) raised 1963

·         9th Battalion (Special Forces) raised 1966 as 9th Parachute Commando Battalion.

·         10th Battalion (Special Forces) raised in 1967 as 10th Parachute Commando battalion from 9 Para Cdo.

·         11th Battalion (Special Forces) raised in 2011

·         12th Battalion (Special Forces Airborne) under raising, as in 2011

·         21st Battalion (Special Forces) - ex 21st Battalion, Maratha Light Infantry raised 1985, conversion to Special Forces 1996

·         106th Infantry Battalion (Para) Territorial Army

·         116th Infantry Battalion (Para) Territorial Army

·         31st Battalion (Commando) - Rashtriya Rifles