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Originally Posted by RAMMIUS
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Originally Posted by Mattk
SEALs are the US Navy's equivalent of the SAS in Commonwealth armies (I think only Britain, Australia, and New Zealand have SAS troopers), so I would expect them to similarly proficient in hand-to-hand combat.
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Wrong !
The direct equivalent of the SEALs in the British military are the Royal Marines SBS - Special Boat Service (ex Special Boat Squadron).
SAS`s direct equivalent in the US army is SFOD ( Special Forces Operational Detachament Delta, aka CAG - Combat Aplications Group or COG - Combat Operations Group)
The creator of Delta, col Charlie Beckwith aka Chargin` Charlie had a tour with the 22 SAS in Malaya. After that he formed Delta , and the first Delta recruits were trained at Hereford by the SAS. |
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. . . I read that book by Charlie Beckwith, it was a very good read. But aren't Deltas special in counter-terrorism and hostage situations? Not necessarily open warfare? I mean they did do a good amount of combat during Vietnam though. And they are always part of the US military operations - Afghanistan and Iraq.
So, I think maybe SAS is more direct counter-part of the Army Special Forces - aka Green Berets?