Special Forces are not aware of wins: American "Delta Force" Bashny.Net

The most expensive, the most pretentious detachment of special forces troops in the world - the American "Delta Force" - "Delta Force" - is also the most unsuccessful and bezslavnym.

It went all to hell - cursed US President Jimmy Carter and hung up. It can be understood: he had just received a report that authorized them special forces operation in the territory of a sovereign foreign country ended in failure. And now he was threatening to collapse in the next presidential election.
It began November 4, 1979 A group of students at Tehran University, perturbed illegal actions of Washington, took the US embassy in Tehran, taking hostage its 53 employees. In exchange for the freedom of the hostages, students demanded that President Carter's extradition fugitive Shah of Iran Shah and return stolen wealth. When the US government made sure that the measures diplomatic settlement (t. E. A threat and blackmail) on Tehran does not have any effect, it was decided to let his fists.

After studying for Iranians trusted superelliptic US armed forces - of Special Forces "Delta" under the command of Colonel Charles Beckwith, "tough guy", as if descended from the motion pictures of the Hollywood blockbuster about Rambo. Vietnam veterans, "green beret", hung with medals from the neck to the waist, Beckwith own hands created and produced "Delta" in defiance of his fellow competitors, British commandos from the 22 Regiment of the Special Airborne Service - 22SAS, legendary squad, has to his credit many brilliant Win.
 - Charlie - said softly Brigadier Calvert, commander 22SAS, having been a guest of the "Delta" - I'm afraid of your guys too much muscle. ... As though it did not affect the head.
Beckwith chose not to hear the antics Calvert (well, as the Yankees coolest!)., But in vain.
... Operation "Eagle Claw" started April 24, 1980 8 transport and assault helicopters CH-53 "Stallion" and the same shock AH-6 started with the deck of aircraft carrier "Forrestal" cruising in the Persian Gulf, and headed for the point of "desert -1 "- an abandoned airfield English halfway to Tehran. Soon they were joined by 8 transport aircraft C-130 "Hercules" with paratroopers and extra fuel on board the aircraft coming from the airport on. Masirah (Oman). Since the range of the helicopters was insufficient, in the "desert 1" they had to refuel with "Hercules" and take on board the paratroopers. Then the helicopters flew to the point of "desert-2" - the old salt mines, 80 km from Tehran. Under the plan the operation, on the night of April 26, when riot police fire support AH-6 had to take by storm the embassy, ​​free the hostages, and together with them to retreat to the Tehran stadium, where the whole company would be taken "stallions».
 - 50 to 50 - if the machinery and people will work as it should, - he praised the plan mentioned above Brigadier Calvert.
Did not load. To start a "Stallion" fell into the water next to the aircraft carrier. The second was lost in the darkness and chose to come back. The third sat on a forced landing in the desert. Thus, without a shot being fired band transport helicopters was reduced to a dangerous limit: to take all the hostages and commandos, Beckwith required minimum of 4 CH-53, and is subject to possible losses from anti-aircraft fire. A pad meanwhile, continued to pile on one another ...
Exploration and bozhilas swore that the "desert 1" - it is really a desert, t. E. A completely deserted place. In reality, it turned out that passes near a busy road! Nerves "supermen", it seems to have already begun to take as deltovtsy not come up with anything smarter as to shoot a passing tanker to block the road. The rising column of flame was visible from a distance of 70 km! If the surrounding Iranian garrisons up to this point, and slept the sleep of the righteous, the fire kindled by the Americans precisely tore them with bunks. Moreover, the tanker driver managed to escape on the same drive-by cars. Deltovtsy chased him on motorbikes, but not caught up, fired, but missed. The reality is less and less like a Hollywood thriller advertising ...
Meanwhile, work is in full swing at the airport. When refueling helicopters revealed that the hoses too short, and because the disposal unit trucks, naturally, was not, the helicopter had to taxi to the tanker aircraft under its own power. At the same time one of the "stallions" propeller blades slashed his fuel tank for "Hercules» ...
Now the flames could be seen, perhaps even from Tehran! Both cars were burned to the ground along with the crew (8 deaths), 4 paratroopers suffered severe burns. For a thin nervous system of American Rambo it was the straw that broke. Before the eyes of "the coolest guys in the world" has already got up picture of dusting the airfield armored vehicles, and to fight face to face with armored Iranian motorized infantry, having behind him a six-year experience of a difficult war, deltovtsam well, did not smile - it's not for students to shoot. Skrezhetnuv teeth, Colonel Beckwith ordered to throw helicopters and cut bait.
No sooner said than done. Jitters from the Yankees to this point clearly escalated into a real panic, since the hasty escape no one even bothered to burn serviceable helicopters! So they went to the Iranian army - weapons, equipment and top-secret classified documents as "Operation Eagle Claw" - to the delight of the whole world. So, again, President Carter can understand ...
Beckwith for this failure to retire early, but luck "Delta" is not added. Again and again, with remarkable consistency, livestock Beckwith managed to get out their tasks. They were beaten in Asia, Africa and Latin America; Europe is not beaten just because there is "Delta" is not involved. After another failure in Grenada American commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, publicly vowed that more than for any price will not agree to use "Delta" in operations led by them! However, when the time came to invade Iraq, Gen. still persuading connect "Delta" to search Iraqi ballistic missiles, presumably for the purpose of rehabilitation mnogazhdy goof commandos. Reluctantly, Schwarzkopf agreed - and deltovtsy brilliantly confirmed that he was right: the only road to their participation ended in another defeat ...
In the midst of "perestroika" in our part of an unofficial friendly visit to our opponents, colleagues - American frogmen repeatedly publicized group of US Navy SEALs SEAL, «fur seals." The visit provided for holding, so to speak, the friendly match - competitions in shooting, orienteering and overcome the obstacle. And nothing happened!
The funny thing happened on the orientation. The children come to us with their priborchik GPS, as under the terms of the competition each team - and our American - believes only a map and compass. Both detachments landed from helicopters in advance unknown to them a point; they would, collate and map the area to determine your location and perform a march to the meeting point. In our group, such tasks were ubiquitous on edge all concoctions; the matter is so uncomplicated that I trusted in training definition of ordinary soldiers on the ground - I myself have long tired of this game, anyway, that the old book for the tenth time to re-read. So, "seals" immediately managed to get lost. And instead of moving from our group we had to look for these pseudo-supermen in the coastal taiga that they, God forbid, not bent from hunger or caught the eye of the soldiers of the Interior Ministry troops and border guards - and those other people are special, sharpened to fight and shoot without reflection. And rightly so.
When we found the "lion", the kind they had, to say the least, to blame. The program of the visit had to crumple and quickly complete the simplest way - together drinking.








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