Special Forces are special units of a country’s military. They conduct special operations and tasks. Some of these tasks are- Airborne operations, reconnaissance missions, counter-insurgency missions, counter-terrorism missions, rescue operations, hostage-rescue missions, Intelligence operations, etc.
Indian MARCOS with personnel from the Royal Australian Navy
Almost every country has its special forces. It may belong to any branch of the military or the security forces. Here is our list of world’s top 15:
- British Special Air Service (SAS)
- Indian MARCOS
- U.S Navy Seals
- Russian Alpha Group
- Sayeret Matkal (Israel)
- Russian Spetsnaz
- French National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN)
- Indian Para SF
- U.S Delta Force
- Pakistani SSG
- GIS (Italy)
- Polish GROM
- Special Boat Service (Britain)
- GSG 9 (Germany)
- Spanish GOE
