History's Best Elite Fighting Force

[ABWorsham4]

I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?

[Noll]

Mongolian Horse-Archers

They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.

They were also skilled at melee if necessary.

[HolyLand_Crusader]

How about the Nazi SS and members of the 3rd Crusade that almost defeated Muslim forces in the Levant?

[Gargantua]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Assistance_Command,Vietnam%E2%80%93_Studies_and_Observations_Group  :)

But I agree with Crusader.  Though I would argue those are some of the ‘coolest’  but not necessarily the ‘best’

Spanish Blue Division, And Dirlewanger Divisions, get shout out’s for sure too.

[newpaintbrush]

@ABWorsham:

I’ve always thought the Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were awesome fighters. Who is your favorite Elite fightin force?

It’s the eternal question, yo.

NINJAS or PIRATES?

[empireman]

NINJA!!!

Well besides them um…… SEALS or SAS or SS

[ABWorsham4]

We got some good responses.

[Clyde85]

One word  that makes an enemies blood run cold; Gurkha  :-)

[aequitas-et-veritas]

• Gideon
• Spartans
• Praetorian Guard
• 5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“
• Division Brandenburg
• GSG9
• Russian Spetsnaz GRU
• Mossad
• Légion étrangère    French Foreign Legion
• U.S. Navy Seals
• U.S. Rangers

…there would be a few more

[Jermofoot]

I always admired the British paratroopers under (Col.?) Frost covering the last bridge in Operation Market Garden.  I think it was the 6th Airborne, maybe at Neijmegen (sp, for sure)?

The book A Bridge Too Far recounts very well what they went through.

[Jermofoot]

Actually I think that was Arnhem.  It’s been a while since I thought of that stuff.

[Guerrilla Guy]

Arnhem! My favorite battle of World War II.

GG

[CWO Marc]

@Noll:

Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.

In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.

[dij671]

@CWO:

@Noll:

Mongolian Horse-Archers
They were trained to shoot while raiding a horse, they were very precise (They were shooting only in that half a second when the horse’s legs are not touching the ground), and they had a very hard and strong bow that pierced through heavy plates like a gun through butter.

In Richard Armour’s satirical history of warfare, he states (as I recall) that Atilla the Hun’s cavalrymen used formidable double-handed battle axes which could split in two an enemy rider and his horse, but that sometimes the Huns would get lazy and use their axes one-handed, with the result that the enemy rider would be split in two while his horse would escape with only a slight nick on its back.

ouch

[dij671]

Task Force 141!!!
from call of duty

[empireman]

GO TASK FORCE 141!