Germany has GSG9, why should it form KSK

Newcomers to a brief.

The German GSG9 is a special police force of the German Federal Police, which was formed for international terrorist activities, similar to the Snow Leopard Commando of China's armed police force.

The German KSK is a special forces unit directly under the German Army, which is an army that, in addition to performing special tasks at home, is mainly responsible for overseas missions, similar to the status of the US Navy SEALs.

It should be noted that GSG9 does not have a legal military status and cannot perform military tasks, but can only perform tasks such as counter-terrorism and VIP protection. Because in the final analysis, it is still the special forces of the police rather than the special forces of the army, and the comparison of this can refer to the difference between the Snow Leopard Commando of the Chinese Armed Police and the Jiaolong Commando of the Navy.

GSG9 is a well-known SWAT force (the formation at that time was indeed with the help of SAS, and the battle of Mogadishu was also participated by SAS consultants), which can carry out global anti-terrorist operations, but GSG9 cannot perform the same tasks as seals, SAS, and deltas, while seals, deltas, and SAS can perform the tasks of GSG9.

GSG9 (special police force) can only perform tasks in a peaceful environment (that is, the surrounding environment is controlled), facing a small number of **** or armed personnel, mainly in cities or vehicles and other places, in order to rescue hostages and deal with situations that ordinary police forces cannot cope, etc., but it must not be used in war areas (such as civil war countries) or enemy hinterland and other war environments (this is the biggest difference between special police forces and special forces in the world). In other words, in a foreign country with a peaceful environment, GSG9 can carry out missions, but in war-torn areas, GSG9 is absolutely impossible.

The SEAL, SAS, and Delta forces are mainly based on the war environment, and in many cases, the tasks are carried out deep into the hinterland of the enemy, concealing and hiding in the local area, and a large number of heavy armed forces are possessed, so the SAS, SEAL, and Delta special forces are trained more brutally, with a higher level of professionalism, and a wider range of tasks to perform, and greater danger (once the target is exposed or the intelligence is wrong, it will face the attack of the enemy's numbers, firepower, and armor superiority).

Therefore, the SEALs (SEAL 6 Global Counter-Terrorism Force), SAS (22 Special Service Regiment), and Delta are fully capable of completing the tasks of GSG9, and can carry out hostage rescue and anti-terrorist operations in any region of the world and in any environment, and can also be used in the hinterland of wars and enemy countries, of course, it is not the special forces that belong to the anti-terrorism department (such as other SEAL Team 1, 2, 3, etc.) in terms of rescuing hostages in cities in a peaceful environment, it is possible that GSG9 is more professional.

In April 1994, 11 staff members of the radio station Deutsche Welle were imprisoned by rebels at a railway station near Kigali, the war-torn capital of Rwanda. In desperation, Germany had no choice but to ask Belgium for help, and Belgium sent its special forces of the Airborne Forces to organize and carry out the rescue work. In order to cope with the anti-terrorist operations in the war and war environment, Germany formed the KSK special forces (not the former KSK frogman units) in 1996 with the help of the US and British special forces, and received training from the US and British special forces.

GSG9, known as the Border Police Brigade, is actually a German special forces, which conducted anti-hostage-taking operations in Somalia in 1977.

The full name of GSG9 is the Ninth Brigade of the Border Police, which is mainly used for anti-terrorism, explosive disposal and riot suppression, and generally does not carry out foreign missions.

Mainly dealing with domestic affairs, in emergency situations, such as hostage-taking, protecting dignitaries, etc., can carry out missions abroad, and its famous work is the anti-hijacking operation in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The main task of the KSK is to rescue hostages, it is well-trained, most of the firearms and equipment are made in Germany itself [it seems that there is no HK company], and the main guns in service seem to be the G36 series. As for GSG9, I'm not familiar with it, but it seems to be the Munich special forces, and HK company's HKMP5 and HK416 are probably closer to them than relatives.

There is no comparison! The KSK is subordinate to the Bundeswehr, and the GSG9 is subordinate to the police department.

This is clear, each has its own advantages.

It belongs to the world-class level, but it is not easy to rank, after all, it is a combat detachment, and it cannot be ranked simply by competition or equipment, so it is not rigorous. Our army is different in nature and national defense thinking, so there are no special forces in the drama "I Am Special Forces", and there is no elite combat detachment similar to the small-scale military power of foreign armies, dozens or hundreds of people, composed of officers, non-commissioned officers and other professional soldiers, who carry out kidnapping and assassination, and attack special targets. Our army's special forces are mainly to provide services for the entire campaign and open up channels for the main forces, and to be the vanguard units that adapt to the joint operation mode of future wars, they are relatively large, with as few as 1,000 people, with brigades as units and as many as tens of thousands of people, with armies or divisions as combat units.

The Armed Police Special Police Command College has a combat detachment similar to that of foreign armies, which is composed of armed police officers, non-commissioned officers or cadets, and has strong combat ability and professionalism, and belongs to the police force in the strict sense. It turned out that the students of the People's Liberation Army Sports Academy in Guangzhou had similar abilities to the special forces of foreign armies, but they did not form a team. Do you understand what I mean?

Please give a satisfactory answer, thank you.

KSK is definitely in the forefront of similar special forces in the world, and the specific ranking is difficult to say.

I agree with the WLMUFO, but I would like to correct that the above-mentioned forces are mainly anti-terrorism, and neither the US Navy SEALs nor the US Delta Force are mainly anti-terrorist forces, but combat units.