INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD (NSG): TOP 5 FACTS

INTRO & SELECTION :

NSG OR NATIONAL SECURITY GUARD AS ITS NAME STATES IS INTERNAL SECURITY AGENCY OF INDIA.
ITS MAIN OBJECTIVES ARE COUNTER, VIP PROTECTION, RESPONDING TO LARGE ATTACKS WITHIN THE NATION.



FIRST THING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE IS NO DIRECT ENTRY FOR NSG COMMANDO.
BEST PERSONNEL ARE SELECTED FORM DIFFERENT SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS.


THE SELECTED PERSONS ARE ASKED FOR THEIR CONSENT , AND IF THEY AGREE THEY ARE DEPLOYED FOR TRAINING.
RECENTLY NSG HAS ALSO STARTED INDUCTING FEMALE COMMANDOS ALSO.


TRAINING & HUBS:

THE BASIC TRAINING PERIOD AT THE ORGANIZATION’S TRAINING CENTRE, LASTS 90 DAYS.
TRAINING IS DONE IN MANESAR, IN THE STATE OF HARYANA.

TRAINING IS VERY VERY TOUGH,INCLUDES DUCKING LIVE BULLETS, MANY OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS DIE DURING TRAINING.

ONLY THOSE WHO COMPLETE THE ENTIRE COURSE SUCCESSFULLY ARE INDUCTED INTO THE NSG AND GIVEN FURTHER SPECIALIZED TRAINING.

THE PROBATION GRIND SAPS THE TOUGHEST OF RECRUITS AND THE DROP OUT RATE IS 50 - 70%.


THE NSG HAS CREATED HUBS IN MUMBAI, KOLKATA, CHENNAI AND HYDERABAD, INCLUDING A REGIONAL CENTRE EACH IN HYDERABAD
AND KOLKATA



STRUCTURE:

NSG IS HEADED BY A TOP RANKING POLICE OFFICER.

NSG IS DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS - THE SPECIAL ACTION GROUP OR SAG AND THE SPECIAL RANGERS GROUP OR SRG.

THE SAG, WHICH COMPRISES 54% OF THE FORCE, IS THE ELITE, OFFENSIVE WING WITH MEMBERS DRAWN FROM THE INDIAN ARMY.

THE SRG, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAS MEMBERS ON DEPUTATION FROM CENTRAL POLICE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BORDER SECURITY FORCE ,
THE CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE (, THE INDI-TIBETAN BORDER POLICE AND THE RAPID ACTION FORCE.
THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE SRG IS TO PLAY A SUPPORTIVE ROLE TO THE SAF, ESPECIALLY IN ISOLATING TARGET AREAS.

THE MOST ASTOUNDING FACT IS THAT THE COMMANDOS CAN SERVE ONLY 3 YEARS IN THE FORCE. AFTER THAT, THEY RETURN TO THEIR OLD REGIMENTS.



MARKSMANSHIP:

NSG COMMANDOS ARE TRAINED TO TAKE ONLY HEAD SHOTS. AND TWO AT A GO - THE DOUBLE TAP SYSTEM. IT'S TO ENSURE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE TARGET.

THE NSG COMMANDOES ARE ALSO PUT THROUGH A BATTLE INOCULATION PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE TO STAND RIGHT NEXT TO THE TARGET WHILE ONE OF THEIR PARTNERS SHOOTS AT IT.

THEY HAVE TO BECOME USED TO LIVE BULLETS FLYING UNDER THEIR NOSES.
ALSO THE PERSON SHOOTING IS CONSCIOUS THAT IF HE MISSES BY EVEN A COUPLE OF INCHES THE BULLET IS GOING TO HIT HIS PARTNER. THEY DON'T WEAR EVEN WEAR BULLET-PROOF VEST.

NSG COMMANDO DO MORE FIRING IN A WEEK OF ALERT STATUS THAN IN THEIR ENTIRE STAY IN THE ARMY. ON AVERAGE A PERSON FIRES CLOSE TO 14,000 ROUNDS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS IN ALERT STATUS.
THE TARGET STRIKE RATE HAS TO BE ABOVE 85% FOR A PERSON TO REMAIN IN THE FORCE.



WEAPONS:

NSG USES MANY MODERN WEAPONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED. HERE IS WHAT IS KNOWN.

MP-5 ASSAULT RIFLES,
THE MP5 IS A 9MM SUBMACHINE GUN OF GERMAN DESIGN, DEVELOPED IN THE 1960S BY A TEAM OF ENGINEERS FROM THE GERMAN SMALL ARMS MANUFACTURER HECKLER & KOCH.
IT HAS EFFECTIVE RANGE OF 200 M,MUZZLE VELOCITY OF 400 M/S AND IS EQUIPPED WITH 15- OR 30- ROUND DETACHABLE BOX MAGAZINE, OR 100-ROUND BETA C-MAG DRUM MAGAZINE



GLOCK PISTOLS
THE GLOCK PISTOL IS POLYMER-FRAMED, SHORT RECOIL-OPERATED, LOCKED-BREECH SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOLS DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY GLOCK GES.M.B.H., LOCATED IN AUSTRIA
IT HAS EFFECTIVE RANGE OF 50 M , MUZZLE VELOCITY OF 375 M/S AND MAGAZINE CAPACITY OF 17 ROUNDS


CORNER-SHOT GUN

CORNERSHOT IS A WEAPON INVENTED BY LT. COL. AMOS GOLAN OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES IN COOPERATION WITH AMERICAN INVESTORS. ITS PURPOSE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE PERISCOPE RIFLE; IT ALLOWS ITS OPERATOR TO BOTH SEE AND ATTACK AN ARMED TARGET, WITHOUT EXPOSING THE OPERATOR TO COUNTERATTACK.


APART FROM THESE, NSG USES MULTITUDE OF WEAPONS, INCLUDING "BUSTER" AMMUNITION TOOLS TO BREAK DOORS & WALLS.

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