South African Police Special Task Force Vasbyt

Morris1962 Says:

Jun 11, 2008 - Yes I agree with you there, these guys see a lot of combat. However how much of that combat involves shortages of food, long grueling marches, and shortages of sleep. I bet none of it. As I have said repeatedly before I respect these guys and their dangerous job to save the lives of innocent people. But their training and selection process are as relevant to their mission as it would be to a bunch of firemen.

thunderflash82 Says:

Jun 11, 2008 - Well, first off, the sleep and food deprivation is both a test of psychological toughness and mental/physical training. It's a way of weeding out the weak. Second, these guys apparently end up working sometimes 3 or 4 days straight all over the country without any sleep. So the training is necessary in order for them to remain alert and motivated each and every time they go out no matter how exhausted of tired they may be. Lives depend on it.

Icarusdecending82 Says:

Jun 16, 2008 - these guys are the shit.

XdoveboyX Says:

Jul 1, 2008 - the exercsises are not ment to train them for the real situations (well some of them) but the ones with the long marches andnot eating is all about building there stamina

reprimand33 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Morris 1962!! do you know where you word commando comes from??? After Winston Cherchill was captured in SA by the Komandoes. In honour of their sacrifice and fierce fighting ability he made this unit during WW2 we had them before. And please keep in mind this is a police unit not a military one. Just police Doubt it you average bobby in the UK can perform such tasks!!

hasbet Says:

Jul 31, 2008 - holy shit

Tonyd10111 Says:

Aug 3, 2008 - Well I must say that not only is the Video Great and makes me Home sick. But the Comments make me sick. The Police in South Africa take a lot of shit from both ends of the spectrum. So unless you have walked a mile in their shoes, and taken the insult because of your colour ( white or black) , SHUT UP and appreciate the video.

Tonyd10111 Says:

Aug 3, 2008 - This is not a pissing contest this is just a selection phase that just happens to have a colour balance that isn't to your liking. If you had to attend all the selections you'll see it has nothing to do with colour, but rather skill and endurance. Thank you for taking the time to watch it an dappreciate the effort of the STF in South Africa

kenlaw001 Says:

Sep 29, 2008 - This is typical! If its not European or from the states it cant possibly be the best.

kenlaw001 Says:

Sep 29, 2008 - This is typical! If its not from Europe or from the States it cant possibly be the best.

stubones Says:

Oct 21, 2008 - The average bobby does not even carry a firearm. While they are brave and do a great job, it is a totally different type of policing. The UK police have dedicated Firearms Units (SO19), who are proficient, but not in this way, but then they dont need to be.They train for what they are required to do and face in the UK. This selection and training is based on SADF Special Forces selection, but toned down a fair bit. I saw the whole program when it aired back in 2001. Awesome!

stubones Says:

Oct 24, 2008 - You have to bear in mind these are not ordinary police... 99% of ordinary cops dont make it into this unit. Theyre just not good enough.. the same as soldiers who try out for Delta, SAS, SEALs.... these guys are probably closer to being special forces operators than cops... the training is based on SA special Forces (originally called Reconaissance Commandos or Recces for short) selection and training.

stubones Says:

Oct 24, 2008 - I mean the ones who pass selection and get fully trained are like Spec Warfare Operators, obviously not the ones who are RTU'd....

GroenRizla Says:

Oct 30, 2008 - According to British SAS & US Marines South Africa had the toughest special force training in the world

Algorythm18 Says:

Nov 3, 2008 - Legends.. absolute legends. As for those who think that these cops arent as good as their western counterparts.. well, you need to realise this: 1) These guys are not only highly trained operators, they still work on investigations much like regular police officers... yet they are trained to similar standards to the SAS CT level. 2) They dont face average western citizens or petty criminals - they face crazy mofo's armed with everything from AK47's to RPG-7's, R1A1's to R4's / R5's and beyond..

techlogi7 Says:

Nov 4, 2008 - For the training these guys go through they're not very massive

techlogi7 Says:

Nov 4, 2008 - So much for sleep deprivation one of em falls asleep on the job twice in the other videos

wineDEvine Says:

Nov 5, 2008 - Not only that, when they train, they don't use bullet proof vests or fake bullets. They are the South African version of the Marines!

fraz1971 Says:

Nov 13, 2008 - BOPE are excellant too (Brazil).

vinrho123 Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - So what? If they thought he were not competent to perform his duties they would have booted his arse already.

bossdowner Says:

Nov 30, 2008 - Impressive. -Bossdowner (USA)

RabidDog5150 Says:

Dec 10, 2008 - Mega respect. See South African Police still PWN!

dazenman11 Says:

Dec 16, 2008 - I've never heard that one before, however if you look for Chris Ryan's Elite Police Unit documentary he says the Polish Elite Police are most like the SAS. Go search it on YouTube and have you forgotten the South African Recces, Seyerat Metkal, Delta is all just talk at the end od the day.

GroenRizla Says:

Dec 18, 2008 - At 1 stage I was interested in all of this stuff cause I had some friends who were in the SA forces I also spent some time with some ex-selous scouts from Zim who became gun-dealers & supplied the Congo with ammo when they were having their wars, another forgotten bunch Unfortunately its vertually impossible to find any docs & info of these things these days but ill have a look at the polish elite, I saw 1 clip of them of youtube before Cheers

anni45l Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - These guys are the best. no f-ing argument.