Portuguese Elite Forces (Paratroopers and Comandos)

[2SARPQ]

Two of Portugal finest troops....our Green and Red Berets....(i served in the first in 1995... ;) )

PARATROOPERS (http://boinas-verdes.planetaclix.pt/paras.htm)

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COMANDOS (http://www.geocities.com/maseumaseu/)

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[elguapo]

Green is BAI and red is....?


LoL what an unpleasant surprise :)
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[2SARPQ]

Green is BAI and red is....?


LoL what an unpleasant surprise :)
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Green is B.A.I (Airborn Independent Brigade=Paras) and those with red berets are Comandos. ;)

The "unpleasant surprise" is called "Jump into the unknown", it's self-confidence test.

[CannibalSquirel]

Nice pic´s ;)

[2SARPQ]

Nice pic´s ;)
These pics are rather old, some of them must be around mid-80's as those guys holding the log don't fit the "looks" profile of a modern Para. Neither do those Comandos, that's from early 90's.

I'd like so see some recent pics of our Comandos, since the reactivation of their unit is quite recent.

In 1993 the Comandos Regiment was extinguished and those remaining joined the Paras, who were attached to the Army in 1994, instead of the Air Force, which was their military branch until the end of 1993.

[CannibalSquirel]

Some recent pics of the portuguese "comandos" .

Comandos selection and training:
( During the course )

http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/DSC04554.jpg

http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/com_sai_ag.jpg

http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/arame.jpg

http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/SIGSG543.jpg

[2SARPQ]

Thanks ! :D

Those pics are really nice.

[Saranof]

[quote="2SARPQ"]Two of Portugal finest troops....our Green and Red Berets....(i served in the first in 1995... ;) )

PARATROOPERS (http://boinas-verdes.planetaclix.pt/paras.htm)

http://boinas-verdes.planetaclix.pt/img/foto_ctp02.jpg



Saddam parachuting? :)

[Jose Le Baron]

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Autch... my back still hurts from doing situps upon those rocks. Worst of all is the civilian road just in front, where everybody passes by and stares at the poor bastards sweating it out. The trunk lifting looks worse than it really is. 200m to the rear is the Pista Vermelha (Red Track), and that one sure is tough.

[2SARPQ]

Autch... my back still hurts from doing situps upon those rocks. Worst of all is the civilian road just in front, where everybody passes by and stares at the poor bastards sweating it out. The trunk lifting looks worse than it really is. 200m to the rear is the Pista Vermelha (Red Track), and that one sure is tough.
When did you served there??? My helmet number was nº3 and if you still remember, the guys on the same patrol has the course leader (nº1 helmet) had the biggest and heaviest log.....and usually the instructors hozed the logs with water until they were even heavier....bastards.... :P

Apart from the Red Track (Rope Obstacles Track) theres also nearby the combat track in the woods with all those nice narrow tunnels, "rabbit hole" mud tracks and high obstacles (like the one you had to jump from a small platform to a pole)...... :P

[2SARPQ]

Some old Paras pics....

http://www.terravista.pt/BaiaGatas/1137/LargadaArrepiado.JPG

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[UoUo]

Those are galils right?

[CannibalSquirel]

Those are galils right?

yeup

[DeutschBrasilianisch]

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Pq a maioria dos portugueses usam bigode??? Que coisa mais fora de moda...

[2SARPQ]

Pq a maioria dos portugueses usam bigode??? Que coisa mais fora de moda...
Esta foto é MUITO antiga, anos 80 julgo eu.....nos Páraquedistas havia um pouco a tradição do bigode, uma vez que era o único tipo de pelo facial permitido, nada da barbas.....hoje em dia já não vês muitos Páras de bigode....ou portugueses em geral.... :D

[Jose Le Baron]

When did you served there??? My helmet number was nº3 and if you still

Around the time of Alexander the Great :lol: CGM 1/83. Didn't finish it.


Apart from the Red Track (Rope Obstacles Track) theres also nearby the combat track in the woods with all those nice narrow tunnels, "rabbit hole" mud tracks and high obstacles (like the one you had to jump from a small platform to a pole)......

Where everybody hides and the instructors throw big rocks at the helmets that show above the trench lines. And the Jardoa. Nice place to stand at attention in plain fatigues from 00:00 to 04:00 in JANUARY ! p-)

[2SARPQ]

Around the time of Alexander the Great :lol: CGM 1/83. Didn't finish it.
I was also in a CGM course (seargeants) in February 95....12 years after you. In your days you had for sure some instructors that were in the war in Africa....it must have been some "sweet" instruction with them..... :D


Where everybody hides and the instructors throw big rocks at the helmets that show above the trench lines. And the Jardoa. Nice place to stand at attention in plain fatigues from 00:00 to 04:00 in JANUARY ! p-)
Jardoa in February was "nice".....specially when we went for some night "swimming" in those small creeks in the middle of the night, with temperatures under 5ºc , sometimes straight after humping for miles on those night marches..... :P

Or "Vale Escuro" (Dark Valley),a tradition in the Paras, the combat track near the BETP (Instruction Center) were we had our asses kicked by other green berets while we had to do all kinds of obstacles, always inside a creek filled with freezing water.....getting punched, kicked, stressed, etc..... :P
:bash:

Those were the good old days.... :D

[SiFiOn]

[quote="CannibalSquirel"]Some recent pics of the portuguese "comandos" .


http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/arame.jpg

I think someone has to explain some scratches to his wife tonight ;)
Nice pics here!

[SiFiOn]

[quote="CannibalSquirel"]Some recent pics of the portuguese "comandos" .


http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/ueo/EP/arame.jpg

I think someone has to explain some scratches to his wife tonight ;)
Nice pics here!

[Jose Le Baron]

In your days you had for sure some instructors that were in the war in Africa....it must have been some "sweet" instruction with them..... :D

Those were very decent guys! Remember fondly Sgt. Melo, from Tomar, which was an outstanding soldier, and an outstanding human being. The bad asses were all young bucks. Lt. Gil Prata, an academy grad which was full of ****, and a crazy bodybuilder, Alf. Silva, which was a complete psycopath. Silva once beat a comrade of mine with a "barrote" (that's a construction-site log for our english-speaking buddies) right on top of the helmet. Snuffed the guy's lights for quite a few and worrisome hours. He was called by the higher-ups with "pleas" to lighten up. That man was far more of a liability than an asset to the paras.

[Gauntlet]

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What are they doing? Peeing on the wall?

[2SARPQ]

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What are they doing? Peeing on the wall?
They are having something you wouldn't like to have....P.O.W. (Prisoner Of War) treatment..... :P

[Bulkowski]

[quote=2SARPQ]Two of Portugal finest troops....our Green and Red Berets....(i served in the first in 1995... ;) )

PARATROOPERS (http://boinas-verdes.planetaclix.pt/paras.htm)

http://boinas-verdes.planetaclix.pt/img/foto_ctp02.jpg



Saddam parachuting? :)No my friend, thats Tom Selleck :slap:

[2SARPQ]

In your days you had for sure some instructors that were in the war in Africa....it must have been some "sweet" instruction with them..... :D

Those were very decent guys! Remember fondly Sgt. Melo, from Tomar, which was an outstanding soldier, and an outstanding human being. The bad asses were all young bucks. Lt. Gil Prata, an academy grad which was full of ****, and a crazy bodybuilder, Alf. Silva, which was a complete psycopath. Silva once beat a comrade of mine with a "barrote" (that's a construction-site log for our english-speaking buddies) right on top of the helmet. Snuffed the guy's lights for quite a few and worrisome hours. He was called by the higher-ups with "pleas" to lighten up. That man was far more of a liability than an asset to the paras.
I guess those things never change....on my first day there, in front of the barracks still on civillian clothes, came a young officer (Alf.Leitão) who punched us in the stomach, one by one....anyway i can say i had a very good group of instructors, and later on, when i became one myself, i found that the best of them were the ones i liked less (the "Mr.Nasty" ones....") when i was a recruit.... :D

[2SARPQ]

I've already posted this pics on another thread, but since it's related to this topic....and these are more recent than the ones i've posted here....i'm on the first 3 pics and on the last 3 it's a friend of mine, in East Timor


http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/SANDRO.BRAVO/images/Portuguese%20Green%20Beret_Sargeant.jpg

http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/SANDRO.BRAVO/images/Portuguese%20Green%20Beret.jpg

http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/SANDRO.BRAVO/images/Portuguese%20Green%20Berets.jpg

http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/SANDRO.BRAVO/images/Galil%20-%205%2056mm%20-%20Portuguese%20Green%20Berets.jpg

http://cosmos.oninetspeed.pt/SANDRO.BRAVO/images/Portuguese%20Green%20Berets%20in%20East%20Timor.jpg

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[Yosy]

Great pics mate.

I thought that the paras used the G3.

[/McH\]

Galil Galil Galil... I love this gun!

[Yosy]

^^^^really? I don't like it that much - it's not a "good looking" gun like the M4 or the Tavor. It's just a cross between the M-16 and the AK-47. And some people say it's a little heavy

[Javehn]

It's heavy like hell !!!! I don't like it , and i had it for a long time .

[pretorian669]

It's heavy like hell !!!! I don't like it , and i had it for a long time .

It depends wich one ;)
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[Javehn]

I don't see **** , but I guess you showing Micro Galil ? I hold it , and it's really nice . :)

[oldsoak]

This questions has probably been asked - if so I apologise, and I sure cant remember the answer. Why do the paras wear green berets and the commandos red ones ? Most other countries have it the other way round.
rgds

[pretorian669]

I don't see **** , but I guess you showing Micro Galil ? I hold it , and it's really nice . :) :petting:

Just for you!!!!!! :hug:

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[Ria]

Awesome pics :D woot

[anonymous individual]

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What are they doing? Peeing on the wall?
They are having something you wouldn't like to have....P.O.W. (Prisoner Of War) treatment..... :P

I was just about to post the very same question myself. Thanks for the clarification.

A question, how can I join the portugese army with if I have a portugese passport?

[CannibalSquirel]

A question, how can I join the portugese army with if I have a portugese passport?

You need to be a portuguese citizen to join the army. Depending on what you aplied for, yu have to turn in some papers, and then you would be called to do some avalitions.

[2SARPQ]

Great pics mate.

I thought that the paras used the G3.
The Paras started using the Galil during the war in Africa, mid 60/70's
It's heavy like hell !!!! I don't like it , and i had it for a long time .
We used the H&K G3 during basic training...it's just over 5kg, against the 3kg of the Galil....i remember it as a light weapon, easy to carry during long patrols and great to shoot with, very accurate and easy to bring up to aim.

This questions has probably been asked - if so I apologise, and I sure cant remember the answer. Why do the paras wear green berets and the commandos red ones ? Most other countries have it the other way round.
rgds
Yep...that's a fact....i don't know why, but in Portugal, Paras have always wore the green beret....it's too late to change colors anyway..... ;)

[Boina verde]

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