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Originally Posted by rc_p120
So.... The generally accepted idea is that CSOR is like the Army Rangers to the JTF-2's Delta Force, so to speak, in terms of comparing them to what we know about the Americans. Is this in any way true or accurate, or just pure speculation? How would any of us know which one is 'higher level' than the other or which one does which jobs, etc etc??
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More or less yes.
This is not pure speculation but as there is indeed very little open information, I guess you could call that that "educated guesses"?
It's however hard to say 1:1 what they'd match the US... because the US has about (just off my head) a dozen actual special operations units (not counting those that are "special operations capable", or paramilitary units like the DEA FAST, CIA SAD shooters, State Dept QRFs, etc).
FID, a big part of CSOR's mission both in Afghanistan (was) and in Africa. For US forces, it's fullfilled by SF and MARSOC (for the most part). Rangers are purely a direct action unit (and in a more limited way reconnaissance with the RRPs but that's another thing entirely).
So... again, can't really say 1:1 what's their US counterpart.