Top 10 Best Special Forces in the world
10 GIGN, France
GIGN is the French National Gendarmerie’s élite tactical police unit. Its missions include counter-terrorism, rescuing hostages, monitoring national threats, protecting government officials and targeting organized crime. After the Munich massacre, GIGN was founded in 1974.
9 EKO Cobra, Austria
EKO Cobra is the tactical police unit of the Austrian Federal Interior Ministry. EKO Cobra is not part of the Austrian Federal Police but is under the direct control of the Federal Interior Ministry.The origins of the EKO Cobra lie in the Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando Bad Vöslau that was originally established by the regional police authority of Lower Austria to protect east European Jews during their migration from Austria to Israel against terrorist threats. As this unit ‘s tactical skills were also welcomed in other fields, the Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando ‘s mission became broader over the years, climbing the hierarchy from being a regional unit to being directly assigned to the Generaldirektion für öffentliche Sicherheit, the leading public security authority within the Interior Ministry.
8 SSG, Pakistan
The Pakistan Army Special Service Group, also known as Maroon Berets because of their distinctive head gears, are the Pakistan Army’s special operating forces tasked with five primary missions: foreign internal defense, recognition, direct action, counter-terrorism, and unconventional warfare – their most important task.
Other roles of the Special Service Group included combat search and rescue, seeking and destroying, counter-proliferation, military hostage rescue, information operations, peacekeeping missions, psychological operations, security assistance, and manhunts of the enemy.
7 MARCOS, India
The Marine Commandos, abbreviated to MARCOS and officially referred to as the Marine Commando Force (MCF), is the Indian Navy’s special forces unit that is responsible for carrying out special operations. … MARCOS are capable of operating in all forms of environments; at sea, in air and on ground.
6 JTF2- Canada
JTF2 was created in 1993 to counter the rising terrorist and insurgent activities. After the attacks of September 2001 it was extended to include more participants. We were known for supplying the VIP’s and high-level officials with secure securities, as seen at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
They have fought in the world, but they were mainly a land force. We served alongside the U.S. Navy Seals in the protection of Afghanistan.
5 Delta Force – USA
The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D), commonly referred to as the Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), “The Unit,” Army Compartmented Element (ACE), or within JSOC as the Green Task Force[2], is an elite United States Army Special Operations Force, under the operational control of the Joint Special Operations Command. The unit is tasked with specialized missions involving primarily counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action and special recognition, often against high-value objectives.
Most operators in the Delta Force are selected from the elite Special Forces Groups and the 75th Ranger Regiment of the United States Army Special Operations Command, as well as from other special operations units.
4 Shayetet 13- Israel
Shayetet 13 is an Israeli Navy unit, and one of Israel Defense Forces’ primary sayeret units. Shayetet 13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions, counter-terrorism, sabotage, maritime intelligence collection, maritime hostage rescue, and boarding. The unit is trained for actions at sea, air , and land.
3 GSG 9, Germany
GSG 9, abbreviation of Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (German: “Border Defense Group 9”), which operates within the Bundespolizei (Federal Police of Germany). It was formed in the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre. The West German government had been reorganized after the defeat of the Nazi regime in World War II.
2 Navy SEALs- US
Teams of the United States Navy Sea, Air , and Land (SEAL), commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States. Navy ‘s primary special operations group, and a Naval Special Warfare Command component. Special task operations in marine, forest, coastal, arctic, mountainous, and desert settings are among the core duties of the SEALs. SEALs are primarily tasked with capturing or eliminating high-level targets if necessary, or collecting intelligence behind enemy lines for future military actions.
1 SAS, United Kingdom
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a unit of British Army special forces. The SAS was created as a regiment in 1941, and later reconstituted as a corps in 1950. The unit takes on a number of roles including covert recognition, counter-terrorism, direct action and rescue of hostages. Much of the information and actions regarding the SAS are highly classified and are not commented on due to the sensitivity of their operations by the British government or the Ministry of Defence.
