beatentrails
New Member
I was just going through some thread history when I came across the one which read ''World's best soldier'' from last March.
There were posts about saying:
Delta Force
Ghurkas
British SAS
Navy SEALS
Even the Greek Spartans came up who achieved 70/1 kill ratios.
However nobody even came close to mentioning the Aussie SASR.
What is so remakarble about the SASR is their record in modern warfare.
Their results in Vietnam were unparrallelled in any historical ground force combat role. Here's a quote.
SASR Squadrons rotated through Vietnam on one year long deployments until the last Squadron was withdrawn in October 1971. During its time in Vietnam the Regiment was extremely successful in the reconnaissance role and, reportedly, achieved a 500 to 1 kill ratio against Vietnamese Communist forces. Members of the Regiment became known as 'Phantoms of the Jungle' to Vietnamese Communist forces, attributed to their cunning and fieldcraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SASR
Just a touch of pride coming through for the Aussie Hard Men.
Any other stunning feats like this in today's millitary?
There were posts about saying:
Delta Force
Ghurkas
British SAS
Navy SEALS
Even the Greek Spartans came up who achieved 70/1 kill ratios.
However nobody even came close to mentioning the Aussie SASR.
What is so remakarble about the SASR is their record in modern warfare.
Their results in Vietnam were unparrallelled in any historical ground force combat role. Here's a quote.
SASR Squadrons rotated through Vietnam on one year long deployments until the last Squadron was withdrawn in October 1971. During its time in Vietnam the Regiment was extremely successful in the reconnaissance role and, reportedly, achieved a 500 to 1 kill ratio against Vietnamese Communist forces. Members of the Regiment became known as 'Phantoms of the Jungle' to Vietnamese Communist forces, attributed to their cunning and fieldcraft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SASR
Just a touch of pride coming through for the Aussie Hard Men.
Any other stunning feats like this in today's millitary?