Talk:Para Commandos (India)

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There is a basic difference between the Parachute Regiment and the Para Cdo. The Paras are Airborne Infantry tps whereas the Para CDos are Special Forces lihe the MARCOS & US Navy SEALS. Both are trained to very high standards; but have differing op roles, employability and training.callmetarantula

There's a lot of background and origins info in the page Parachute Regiment (India), but seems to be unreferenced and not very well structured.

This page is well structured but could also do with some of the background info that is contained in the page Parachute regiment page since they're on the same subject. I am proposing a merger. Ranam 15:02, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Para Commandos indicates a specialty in the Indian Army. The Parachute Regiment is an individual regiment which needs its own seperate page Hammersfan 20.20 BST, 10/9/06

• Merge Para Commandos are part of the Parachute Regiment. jaiiaf 19:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

though the Para Cdos are part of the Parachute regiment. but they consider themselves a breed apart, and they are right in doing so. they only wear the maroon beret common to all paratroopers in the indian army. but they are far better than the normal airborne units. so the two articles should remain sperate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.98.105 (talk • contribs)

• Oppose I don't think we should merge the two. Although the Para Commandos are part of the Parachute Regiment, they are a Special Forces entity within the Indian Army. The Para Commandos undertake special operations not entirely undertaken by the Parachute Regiment. Also, only the Commandos where the "Balidan" badge which is conferred when a commando completes one year of duty with in the Battalion. The training that a Commando undergoes is different from the training a normal paratrooper undergoes. In another army with a Special Forces Command, the Commandos would be given their own name and regiment.

• Oppose India isn't the only country to have units called 'para commandos'. I believe that Belgium has (had?) para commando units. --Nick Dowling 07:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

• I believe Para Commandos should be a disambiguation page, with...

Para Commandos (Belgium)

Para Commandos (India)

and any other nation's unit called 'Para Commandos'? Chwyatt 08:49, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disambig page

As per discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Para Commandos , i am moving this article to Para Commandos (India). -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up ®} 12:10, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)