The list of the world’s most elite special forces in 2020 is based on the unit’s missions, numbers, training, and history. It is hard to decide who is the best among elite special forces. These guys are often the best what one country may offer in military view. They are some of the best-trained and most formidable warriors in the world. They often go where other soldiers fear to tread or don’t have the required skills to accomplish needed objectives.
Special Operations Forces operators are scoping out potential threats, taking out strategic targets, and conducting daring rescue missions, often in the most dangerous and unfriendly environments worldwide. These are the best of the best what you can find around the world.
Introduction
Although it’s challenging to judge and rank these special forces relative to one another because their mission is almost the same, some units rise above all others. Elite soldiers rise in their track record and the fear they instill in their enemies. These warriors have been through rigorous selection and training exercises designed to find the best candidates and weed out those who can’t hit their exacting standards. And their standards are high, for many people too high…
In a world where the importance of the sheer size of a country’s military forces is no longer a guide to their effectiveness, these warriors are the ones states look to get the job done. In one or another way…
The list of the top 10 most elite special forces globally is based on the research conducted in 2020.
Unidad de Operaciones Especiales
Spain’s Unidad de Operaciones Especiales, or the Naval Special Warfare Force, has been renamed since 2009. They had for long been one of Europe’s best-respected special forces units, publicly relatively unknown. Naval Special Warfare Force was originally established as the volunteer Amphibious Climbing Company unit in 1952. Since then, they have followed the British SAS’s example to become an elite fighting force ready to perform all given tasks.
To become a member of UOE (Unidad de Operaciones Especiales), you need to earn the green beret. However, it looks almost impossible because the failure rate of candidates averaged between 70% and 80% what means that only two are accepted for every ten candidates, only two are accepted. It’s not uncommon to reject all would-be new candidates in one year.
The Special Service Group (SSG)
The Special Services Group abbreviated as SSG is Pakistan’s most elite special forces unit. They are better known at home as the Black Storks. That nickname comes because of their unique headgear. Their Commando selection training reportedly includes a 36-mile march in 12 hours and a five-mile run in 50 minutes in full gear, and that is only one part of overall selection and training.
Polish JW GROM
Alpha Group
Delta Force (1st SFOD-D)
Among all the assets related to special operations of the US military, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta or shortly 1st SFOD-D, more commonly known in public as Delta Force, is undoubtedly covered by the strictest confidence, especially when it is about direct action and urban warfare.
The 1st SFOD-D is a unit of “black” and the Department of Defense Tier 1 unit (along with SEAL Team Six, the 24th Special Tactics Squadron and Intelligence Support Activity CIA) is placed directly under the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC ). To become their member is often told to be “hard as hell”. On every selection course, there are plenty of candidates but only a few accomplish the course.
In 2019, Delta Force just completed a glorious mission: the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, at Barisha, north-western Syria, 28th October 2019. They blasted a hole in a wall while the inhabitants were asleep. Al-Baghdadi ran down a tunnel—in his panic, he picked the wrong one—at a dead-end, he detonated his suicide vest, exploding himself and 2 children. His body-parts were dumped at sea, and the entire compound reduced to rubble:
National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN)
Sayeret Matkal
Special Air Service (SAS)
As you might presume, the first place is reserved for the US Navy SEALS. They might one-up even the Marines. To join their ranks, you have to be able to do a minimum of 42 push-ups in two minutes, 50 sit-ups in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles in 11 minutes. And that’s before training starts. Shortly after, they are directed to BUD/s, where the wanna-be candidates are driven through one of the toughest military training in the world.
Author forgot the Father of them all…India’s Para Special Forces.
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Who are the retards who write these articles are they retarded or what ffs the SAS and SBS are the special forces all others are based off so there the best in the world ffs the guy who wrote this actually wrong and knows fuck all
You a very wrong. We, in Macedonia, have much bether prepared special forces named Squad for special operations Tigar. Try to find some sources to make some conclusion before you publish.
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Ljupcho Tanaskoski.
I am not sure about Tigers. I remember there was some serious encounter with rebel group where dozen Macedonian special forces operators were killed… I assume those were from the Tigers?
“Gibbush” translated literally from Hebrew is just (a) “formation” (of something), not a place. It’s usually the very first stage of selection into any special unit and most often takes place before you even enlist. If you enlist into a regular infantry brigade you have a period of a couple of weeks called “pre boot camp” prior to being assigned to a battalion. During that period if you so choose you can also take part in a several-days long “gibbush” for a spot in one of the more specialized units in the brigade.
There are some missing that would be in top 5. However Pakistans forces were better than Indians. Don’t know about now. Things can change drastically in few years.
Everyone is cool 😎 except India because India is shit did the right thing by not mentioning India in that list 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I guess the friend who made the news is unaware of the Turkish burgundy berets ????
The easy day was yesterday🔥🔥🔥🔥
The SAS and the SBS are the best special forces in the world because almost every single special forces are based on the SAS and SBS so they are the best and should be 1st so the person who wrote this does not know SHIT
WHO GIVES A FUCK
I agree SAS/SBS are some of the absolute best to ever do it but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are #1. Yes true just about everything is based off their training. But if “based on” SAS/SBS training that probably means that others found the holes or weaknesses in that particular forces training and tweaked some trainings and added other elements to put them above or be better prepared for what the original training had. Example what if we fought any modern military the exact way the Romans did just bc they were #1 in their time. Times change trainings change.
Here’s a far more thorough listing of SPECOPS units. And do I know which are based off which? Nope, but I know which is generally considered the best in the world. It has a trident as it’s insignia.