Why american SOF are the only SOF that dont use balaclavas ?
Even the burger police related SOF like SWAT dont use balaclavas
Why american SOF are the only SOF that dont use balaclavas ?
Even the burger police related SOF like SWAT dont use balaclavas
they're proud of their atrocities and want the public to know decades down the line when they're running for office
because we're a professional force and not a bunch of edgy wannabe larper losers (at least most of the time). Americans conduct war like going to your 9-5 office job, and you don't go to the office in a balaclava.
as a side note this is why I'm upset we abandoned normal collars for homosexual "mandarin" collars
mandarin collars are based frick off
okay ping ping
>t. never foot patrolled for hours
I have and mandarin collars are fricking gay and you should be ashamed to wear them. Lapels are useful as frick for extending the usefulness range of temperatures for a uniform by turning them up and down, but that's not something I'd expect any seppo burger to understand since none of their military learns basic fieldcraft or soldiering skills. Mandarin collars are the military uniform equivalent of an adult wearing onsie and a diaper.
>since none of their military learns basic fieldcraft or soldiering skills.
None of the US military learns basic fieldcraft or soldiering? Really? I get third world cope over this type of shit, but this is just genuinely pathetic.
And any outdoorsman of the slightest bit knows lapels are better than not having them in cold weather conditions, this isn't some groundbreaking secret. Only thing better is a turtleneck that can go high enough to be a half-face-mask and be rolled down securely when not needed.
i dont get what hes trying to say either "omg i pop my collar and i get 3/4 of an inch around my neck for warmth compared to mandarin collar only pops up 1/2 of an inch. (so to speak.) clearly just splitting hairs. or actually great at baiting thinking that mandarin collar is always worn up and velcroed while in gear.
im sorry youre yurop
Post your Infantry Combat Badge with a timestamp you homosexual cuck Australian. Your entire military has 1/10th of the capability of an MEU
go register your gel blaster and get another vaccine or you're not allowed out of the voluntary concentration camp
>homosexual "mandarin" collars
Those are practical.
Lapels are just pure fashion and serve no practical function. Wasted material for no gain and stuff gets caught on them.
>Lapels are just pure fashion
a good uniform combines function and fashion. there is no excuse to ditch the fashion aspect unless you're uncreative.
some of the greatest uniforms to ever exists would have never been made if autistic homosexuals like you were always obsessed with efficiency instead of keeping an eye for style
Unfathomable based. Bring back the fricking good old days when your dress was your combat and you could be fricking proud to wear it. Wasn't only the British, everyone used to pull this shit
Forgot pic.
we asked for wiener pics but red coats work just as well
>tfw no K98 rifle grenade launcher
>having to put flour and grease in your hair and tie it painfully tight
>having to wear a tight piece of leather round your neck that chafes all the time
>sweating your wiener off in the Indian/Iberian sun because you're wearing so much
I'm good.
This. Allyness saves lives.
>Those are practical.
so practical we abandoned them?
>Americans conduct war like going to your 9-5 office job, and you don't go to the office in a balaclava
imagine that sweaty crack smell.
before you ask.
pick one.
Dude your business degrees are a fair part of why the US kinda sucks at soldiering a lot of the time.
Robert McNamara is not a guy to idolise.
Everyone conducts war like a 9-5 job. Its not mutt exclusive
because they suck to wear. besides the mountains of afghan might be the only time anyone cared to use one, even then it was scarves or half face masks.
>hiding your identity
>being a coward
what the frick is someone going to do to the US, call them mean names?
Face cam hide identity too but burgers use it
Atleast i think
Why hide your face when you got paper pushers at home that do that for you?
US SOF don't usually do police work so they don't really fear revenge attacks from cartel/mafia etc.
They don't usually commit war crimes.
They might wear them in the cold but we don't see hundreds of photos of them in the alps, usually it's jungles or sandboxes.
>They don't usually commit war crimes.
SWAT isn't SOF, we don't lump civilian organizations into that umbrella term like you guys do with "Spetznaz", Ivan.
Frick off moron im not even russian
This moronic war ruined discussions
but they do wear them, when you google "navy seals" or other us sf units, plenty of guys on photos are masked.
if they have balaclavas, they can wear them whenever, this is especially true for tier 0 glowies who can wear whatever.
They dont tho
Pics you see are airsoft larpers or non us SOF
>Getty Images photograph of navy seals that is easily reverse searched
>"dude they're playing airsoft"
Good place to ask this question:
Cam cream - not seen it in Ukraine.
Is it a NATO thing?
face paint? it fricking sucks i dont get it, freezes to skin or opposite then you get burning crayon on your face. its for officers to come around and tell the soldiers they look scary
But it look cool
It make me feel like Big Boss
it's not that kind of sneaky forest/jungle war where face paint actually matters a lot
if you walk around white as frick in a northern forest or tropical rainforest you're gonna be mulch
dont worry my white socks will give me away first and untucked bootlaces getting caught on a twig.
not the same thing at all, your face is what you use to look and your hands is what you manipulate stuff with
dunno what to tell you, i've notionally "killed" people who neglected this
Probably because balaclavas are specific kit depending on the environment and purpose of the mission.
If you're in cold weather, you'll probably want to wear one.
If you're on task in an urban centre with large amounts of civilians, you'll probably wear one for identity protection reasons.
If you're in a warzone, balaclava or no, the people you're fighting want you dead anyways so it is redundant.
>Urban
Why Swat sometimes dont use them despite fighting mostly in a urban environement
SWAT teams tend not to be classified as special forces in the US. Mostly because it is military nomenclature, and the military and police forces are mutually seperate entities.
It really depends on various factor to why they do or do not wear balaclavas, personal preference, whether or not it will be highly publicized, who exactly they're going after. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't, that's all there really is to it.
swat are little more that standard issue basic b***h infantry that do more mout, i dont consider tem SF either
FBI SWAT, specifically the HRT, one could make an argument for, since counter-terrorism is part of their objectives. But the average municipal SWAT team is most certainly not.
The correct term is PTU (Police Tactical Unit)
excuse me no it isnt, its called SRT (Special Response Team)
well you just skipped right to the top on that one. of course the letter agencies will but the other 99% of police stations nah.
SRT is just another name like SWAT
SWAT is just the common name but any name could work. Again the official term is PTU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_tactical_unit
i literally dont care
You don't need one for arresting a crackhead with a hostage, no one is coming after you.
You might for raiding a cartel safehouse.
They're hot and you get sweaty, I wear them for cycling in snow or skiing but I take them off as soon as convenient.
Because SWAT doesn't fear revenge attacks by gangs that have more power than them, or the military. No need to hide your identity when none that you arrest dare touch you for fear of the life sentence and prison gaurds leaving your cell open so Jamal and his boys can get all up in your bootyhole for an extra hour of private visitation.
Because they are not comfortable to wear and often times are unnecessary in certain environments. You will only see them wearing mask or balaclavas when they are in cold or sandy/dusty environments. There is barely any practicality for balaclavas in most cases and SOF are not larpers. US troops will occasionally wear balaclavas, but thats like 1 out of an entire squad that will be willing to wear them.
>balaclavas are the third worlds answer to Toilet Paper
>And dont you forget it
My CO always said only terrorists hide their faces.
don't worry they will use a mask when they'll come for your freedumbs
why isnt that airsoft player wearing his goggles.
REF REF REF
oh no not my poor Black personinos attacking a federal courthouse! so sad!!
>They'll wear a mask
If it makes them happy I guess
I already don't view them as people anyway so the dehumanizing part is moot
Commies don't deserve freedoms.
Also they were just ganking theor on operatives anyway.
>Sub 80 iq post.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED
Bill of rights only apply to human beings.
Noguns
Nice one
You sound like a glowie trying to push anti 2A sentiment
You sound like an Antifa apologist and a homosexual
>actively wants less guns in america
okay fed
Those are just regular fed goons, not SOF.
it gives them an excuse to use blackface
nothing to fear nothing to hide
My guess would be because they're usually deployed in an advisory role, and balaclavas are sub-optimal for building rapport with the local forces they're supposed to be training. same reason (on paper at least) that they grow beards. hearts and minds.
for political and pr reasons. balaclava is far too associated with terrorists in the view of the american public.
Most pics you see on the internet of US Special Forces are either training photos or photos of them doing LRRP or coordinating with local forces. During direct action (kill/capture, hostage rescue, etc.), especially ones taking place in close quarters where there's an expectation that explosive entries will be necessary, you do tend to see them wearing flame moronant masks or balaclavas to protect themselves from receiving flash burns from things like flashbangs or door charges
They do. They don't usually take photo ops with them.
I have seen Detroit Oblast SRT wear masks and balaclavas numerous times.
In the US they don't have any kind of real organized crime anymore as everyone is subject to the government like a good boy. In other eu countries secret police and sf need to hide their identities to protect their life and their family.
They usually don't deploy where it is cold.
If they were deployed to an environment like Ukraine for whatever reason, they would be sporting face coverings as well, but only during the cold seasons.
Same reason burgers threw autistic shitfits over wearing flu masks