ELITE FORCES: MARCOS

Nick Name - Magarmachh ( Crocodiles)

Motto - "The Few The Fearless"

Brief -

Terrorists in Kashmir are afraid of MARCOS they call them "DADI WALA FAUJ" (Beardy Soldiers).

Indian MARCOS are one of the best forces present in the world, HALO and HAHO trained, Equipped with best Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles and real-time war Equipment required.

The rejection rate during the selection is as high as 98%, that's why India has only 2000 marine commandos.
Indian special forces/MARCOS- they are the one who is prepared to keep in view the worst ever situation and they have series experience of war and terrorism, So they are the best.

HISTORY-

In 1983, the 340th Army Independent Brigade based at Trivandrum, was converted to an amphibious assault unit.

Since then, the navy has conducted various exercises to demonstrate its amphibious abilities, notably the Andaman Islands in 1984, and Goa in 1986. These assault operations included both airborne and amphibious forces.

In April 1986, the Indian Navy started planning for a maritime special force which could conduct amphibious reconnaissance, raids, and counter-terrorist operations.

The force was initially trained by the other special forces of the country, including those under the Home Ministry and the Army. Three officers were then sent to undergo a hard training schedule with US Navy SEALs and further training was then acquired through exchanges with the British Special Air Service.

The officers formed the first nucleus of the Indian Marine Special Force (IMSF) which was officially established in February 1987. The first batch of marine commandos qualified in February 1987. It was later renamed as the Marine Commando Force (MCF) in 1991.

INITIAL TRAINING-

Any Indian Navy personnel who wants to join this outfit must first undergo a three-day long, physical fitness test and aptitude test. Within this process, 80% of the application are screened out.
The further screening process is known as 'hell's week'. This is actually a five-week-long process which involves a high degree of physical exercises and sleeps deprivation. It is only after this process that actual training begins.
The total duration of training of MARCOS is between two and a half to three years.
The basic training lasts six months. The first two months is the weeding out phase. The first phase of which lasts one month, in which they undergo many rigorous physical tests of which only 50% pass.
Then for the next nine months, they are taught how to use different types of weapons, conduct special warfare techniques and how to gather intelligence from the enemy.

FURTHER TRAINING

The cadets start with basic diving and commando tactics and skills. Those that go on are trained in every aspect of modern warfare and in every situation. This includes firing while lying down, standing, running full-sprint, even backwards and looking into a mirror – with a reaction time of 0.27 seconds.
This is followed by a year of training of specialised skills. They are trained in various types of close combat includingKrav Maga.
Different forms of warfare training are imparted through field operations in counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist operations within the country and are trained to operate in any kind of environment like beaches, deep sea, on the surface of the ocean, in jungles, ravines and for situations like hostage rescue, urban combat, and piracy.
A notably rigorous training program is the "death crawl" – an 800-metre struggle through thigh-high mud, loaded with 25 kg of gear and after a 2.5 km obstacle course that most soldiers would fail. After that, when the trainee is exhausted and sleep-deprived, he has to undergo the final test – shooting a target 25 metres away, with a partner standing next to it.
The MARCOS are trained in every kind of weapon and instruments, from knives and crossbows to sniper rifles, handguns, assault rifles, submachine guns and bare hands. Being divers, they can reach hostile shores swimming underwater.

TRAINING LOCATIONS-

MARCOS will carry out amphibious operations at Frasersgunj in the Sunderbans as part of their routine training. Frasersgunj, with its beach and proximity to the estuarine delta, is an ideal location for such exercises, the source added.
The Marcos are also preparing for urban warfare and have begun practising on 3D virtual models of offshore installations to ensure a swift response during a terrorist attack. After the attack of 26/11.

It is a force multiplier, earlier it took 48 hours to deploy MARCOS as they had to travel through ships,

Know Marcos squadrons, deployed in Mumbai and Port Blair, equipped with “duck drop” systems fitted on Ilyushin-76 aircraft can be deployed within an hour once they are dropped they can assemble inflatable motorised boats in 10 minutes and race towards ships in distress.

Once commandos are near the target, they can dismantle the boats and travel underwater to mount a surprise attack

WORDS OF SCIENTIST “It took us two years to develop the system; it’s a cost-effective way to rush commandos for rescue operations. It costs less than a tenth of a similar system that US marines use onboard C-130J Super Hercules. It is also impossible to acquire these as the US has banned their sale,”

EXPLANATION-

All the information available about MARCOS on different govt sites and wiki is considerably old, as India or any other country does not share much details about their best assets of safeguarding the country.
So we can not say that they are the same as described here, but we can imagine they are somewhere near this description or better than this.
Yes, we do possess some of the information which prove they more lethal than described but we will share it once we get it confirmed.

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