who thinks in the world today the sas and sbs is still the best special forces in the world?

Question

people say the yanks are the best but they only have numbers not quality do you think this is true

Answer 1

yes I agree with you 100% The British special forces are the best trained in the world.

Answer 2

The SAS and the SEALs are both pretty badass. Obviously the SAS came first and really set the stage for every other special forces in the world. I think the SAS has the tradition and the expierience but SEALs might win on technology and equipment.

But for my money, I think the Israeli Mossad is one of the best. They have the whole special forces thing, but they also have the religious zealotism and millenia old traditions to uphold. They just seem so ruthless and efficient when they do things.

Watch the movie Munich. They just kill people, plain and simple.

Answer 3

Would have to disagree to some extent as they have less active service than many Special forces, The best soldiers after all are the ones who are most often in battle (and survive) however with respect to actually getting in and getting out the fact that they train with many of the active special forces means they are near the top at all times while many of the so called Americans special forces are not. You also have to consider specialisation, is the SAS the best people to have on a mountain mission, no they are not the Mountain Cadre are, on the other hand the SAS supported by mountain cadre are an awesome combination.

Answer 4

If you go through the history books regarding the mission-success ratio then yes, the SAS is the best infiltration/annihilation unit in the world...followed very closely by the splendid SBS for there own skills.
Both units are known to train other special force units around the world.
God bless those brave boys.
And respect to other special forces around the world...It's a tough job and not for the faint hearted.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

The Navy Seals are the best trained and equipped in the world. LO that is just a fact that everybody knows. The UK does not even have their own equipment, 80-90% of the British military gear comes from the sole Hyper Power on earth, the United States. Your like Blair, our little poodle.

Answer 7

Yes - they're the origional 'special forces' and still the most lethal in the world- America routinely uses them instead of their own.

However- there is a point about deployment- what are your goals? what opposition is there? sometimes its more feasible to send in normal infantry- or Marines.

Someone said they mainly train- that's not true, they are deployed during nearly every conflict (not as much as normal troops, true, but still enough combat duty) and even so- their training is no doddle. Here's an article on what they have to do to join up.

Selection is reputed to be the most demanding military training course in the British Army with a reported pass rate of less than 10%. It is a test of strength, endurance, and resolve over the Brecon Beacons and Elan Valley in Wales, and in the jungle of Brunei, taking around 6 months to complete

Selection is held twice a year regardless of conditions. A candidate must be male and have been a regular member of the Armed Forces for at least three years or a member of 21 SAS or 23 SAS (which can be joined directly from civilian life) for at least 18 months. All soldiers who apply must have at least 39 months of military service remaining and to be eligible for selection the candidate must not exceed 32 years of age. A candidate who fails any stage of the selection is 'Returned to [his parent] Unit' (RTU'd). Candidates are allowed only two attempts at selection, after which they may never reapply. Many are not even allowed that.

The selection phase can be broken down in to three main sections: 1) Physical endurance 2) Combat 3) Survival and evading capture

The physical endurance phase is the phase in which most candidates will be eliminated due to the difficulty of the test. The SAS use the Brecon Beacons in Wales to carry out the test. The candidates must undertake a long distance hike, and a short distance, but timed, run. For the long distance test, the candidates will carry about 50-80lbs of weight including a rifle. The short distance run is usually 8 miles, but the candidates must complete this in an hour.

The combat phase is held in the jungle, normally in Africa or Asia. This is where the successful candidates will learn to use weapons and tactics to outwit and outmanoeuvre enemy forces. The SAS, unlike most regiments, uses live ammunition on their combat phase. This is because they are trained to fight while considering friendly positions from the start, so that they can carry this straight on to the battlefield: 'You only get one chance'.

If candidates have managed to pass through this combat phase then now they have to go through survival and escape and evasion training. In this phase candidates that are left from the hundreds that apply will undergo a survival phase in the jungle, in which they only have a small 'survival kit'. They must 'survive' for a week while evading an enemy tracking party. This is a particularly hard phase because the tracking party is normally accustomed to the ground. After this week, the candidates must give themselves up at an agreed meeting point. They will then be taken back to the enemy HQ and interrogated. This interrogation phase will make or break their career as they must undergo physical and mental torture as well as aggressive interrogation. The SAS will accept roughly 2-7% of the soldiers who started selection.

Personnel completing selection are placed on probation for 4 years and undergo specialist and continuation training appropriate to their employing Troop or more general training such as language. This training will include jungle, desert, urban and counter-terrorism specialist courses.

Answer 8

Without doubt the best they even helped out the yanks by sending men to Viet Nam.Other special forces are just second rate copies

Answer 9

i would say the SAS and SBS are superior in quality, after all the american equivalents are modeled on them.

the only reason i think the navy seal may be considered better is purely because they are american

Answer 10

"The UK does not even have their own equipment, 80-90% of the British military gear comes from the sole Hyper Power on earth, the United States."

Yep and yet strangely enough probably 80-90% of our casualties in the last two gulf wars have been by friendly fire. Yes you supply great kit but unfortunately it is largely manned by trigger happy morons. Thanks for the sidewinders but you can keep the A-10's.

As for the seals ability check out:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1526629,00.html

Great going guys 19 special forces dead for 17 civilians by air-strike..... gee your great.