Elite Units of /his/

>>2576656
praetorians and teutonic order are a meme.

>>2576656
Keshiks

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praetorians were glorified bodyguards that got cut to pieces when facing experienced legionaries

and varangians were decent infantry whose main merit was being personally responsible to the emperor paying them as opposed to being from a landed aristocratic family with loyalties that often put them at odds with their commander/emperor

>>2576691
>Keshiks
I swear I mentioned leave the mangudai memes at the moor.

>>2576700
monster

their anti-inflamatory armor is dope senpai

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Australians

Gallowglass, man.

>>2576761
Only excel against gooks in the jungle, suck balls when pitted against anything else.

Spanish tercios my man

Longbowmen
Mangudai
Tarkan
Axe-Throwers
Cataphracts
Berzerks
Conquistadores
Jaguar Warriors
Plumed Archers
Janisseries
Woad Raiders
Huscarls
War Elephants
And of course, the shelby cobra

>Cossacks and Punjabis
yes, no?

>>2576785
Sikhs?

>>2576784
Bûcheron

Mamelukes
Janissaries
Sipahi
Timariots

>>2576771
population to area density gives a lot of options

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>>2576656
>forgetting about literally the best group of men ever assembled in the history of warfare

do yourself a favor and never post ever again

>>2576784
>Longbowmen
Hardly an elite, they made less money then knight's for example. They also died in far larger numbers

>Axe-Throwers
?
>Cataphracts
Depends on the culture. The Sasanids had different kinds of Cataphract for example.
>Berzerks
They were meant to die glorious deaths, that was not an elite.
>Conquistadores
Fucking scum of the earth
>Jaguar Warriors
True
>Plumed Archers
?
>Janisseries
>Woad Raiders
Every guy that went to war probably wore woad
>Huscarls
Sure a bit
>War Elephants
No

>>2576953
This

>>2576656
Bosniaks....
Oh wait, it's Janissaries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1EFe1vSb3s

>>2576953
only right answer

>>2576700
Severus reformed the pretorians to contain experianced troops

>>2577162
>Hardly an elite
Longbowmen would only be hired if they could fire 14 arrows a minute,a group of them could lay down a heavy storm of arrows.

>>2577162

>giving serious critique to the faction units list from age of empires 2

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>>2577320
Fuck I have been had.

>>2577162
It's a meme you dip.

Seriously how have you never played Age of Empires II?

i said elite not unique you autspergs

they all have an elite variant upgrade though

>>2576656
Companion Cavalry under alex

>>2576656
>SS
Not Stoßtruppen

>>2576656
>no Swiss
>no Scottish
>no Ottoman

Dropped hard

>>2576677
Praetorians were overall pretty good, better trained than regular legionnaires, but somewhat less experienced. The Teutonic Order was in its core knightly.

>>2576656
SS were not an homogen institution. They were some of the most fanatical, overall best axis soldiers, but could also be Volkssturm tier, concerning their effectiveness. Sturmtruppen (WW1) on the other hand could break the stalemate of the west, just by employing advanced tactics and light weapons.

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>forgetting King Arthurs Knights of the Round Table and seekers of the Holy Grail.

Fearless, Elite, Exclusive, Swift as an unladen African Swallow, Not befuddled by mystery and riddle, Chaste, wise in the ways of science and above all....

RUN AWAY! Run Away!

>>2577758
Praetorians were fucking shite, they killed more Emperors than any other group within rome.

>>2577869
So what?

>>2576656
>SS
>elite

Come on.

>>2576784
Samurai, Turtle Ship, War Wagon, Chu Ko Nu, Mameluke

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How about Hussites? Their tactics weren't flashy, but they were hella effective

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>>2577663

World War One, regardless should be included.

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Wehrmacht Brandenburger Commandos
The Devil's Brigade

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SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502.

>Formed June 1943, commanded by Otto Skorzeny and was based at Schloß Friedenthal north of Berlin. After an unsuccessful attempt to train members of an SS penal facility, Skorzeny obtained permission to recruit volunteers from the Wehrmacht, and 100 SS personnel, 50 Luftwaffe and 150 Army personnel were admitted.

>In September 1943, fourteen members took part in the Gran Sasso raid, which resulted in the rescuing Benito Mussolini.

>They placed on standby for several operations that never took place, including a proposed kidnapping of Philippe Pétain. In February 1944, a third company was formed from mainly Flemish and Dutch personnel.

>On 20 July 1944, it was deployed in Berlin, briefly occupying the Bendlerblock after the attempted assassination of Adolf Hitler.

>In August 1944, fifty members of the unit carried out Operation Landfried in Romania, destroying road and railway bridges in an attempt to delay the Soviet advance.

>In September 1944, SS-Jäger-Bataillon 502 was dissolved and its personnel absorbed into a new battalion, SS-Jagdverband Mitte.

>SS-Jagdverband Mitte

>It took part in the Ardennes offensive as part of Panzer-Brigade 150 wearing American uniforms and using American Equipment (Operation Greif). After the failure in the Ardennes the men received a brief leave before being sent to fight the Red Army (Division Schwedt) on the outskirts of Schwedt/Oder. In April 1945 it was sent to Austria to fight in the Alpine Redoubt and it ended the war in Linz. Otto Skorzeny and the rest of his men surrendered to the Americans on 20 May 1945.

>At least two volunteers from Ireland fought in SS-Jagdverband Mitte, SS-Uscha James Brady and SS-Mann Frank Stringer (aka Le Page). Many more fought as agents and elite soldiers of the Abwehr and later of the Sicherheitsdienst alongside hundreds of thousands of foreign soldiers.

>On 16 March 1945 SS-Jagdverband Mitte halted a Red Army offensive in front of Niederwutzen.

>>2578025

At the en of the war, the unit became a unique source of hated for the Soviets. These commandos would sneak across the line and steal Soviet tanks and equipment, then proceed to use it until they were disabled or ran out of ammunition, and then sneak back into German held territory shortly after.

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>>2576656
>SS
akshually the SS were not elite they were all sadists tjhe most evil people in society and some of them could not even tie theirt own shoelaces i learned that from antony beever

>>2577980
who is that guy? i recall hearing something about him doing some crazy shit but dont remember his name or what he did

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>>2576656

>SS

>elite unite

>>2578078

Adrian von Folkersam

>In early August 1942, a Brandenburger unit of 62 Baltic and Sudeten Germans led by von Fölkersam penetrated farther into enemy territory than any other German unit. They had been ordered to seize and secure the vital Maikop oilfields. Disguised as men of the dreaded Soviet security police, the NKVD, and driving Soviet trucks, Fölkersam's unit passed through the Soviet front lines and moved deep into hostile territory. The Brandenburgers ran into a large group of Red Army deserters fleeing from the front. Fölkersam saw an opportunity to use them to the unit's advantage. By persuading them to return to the Soviet cause, he was able to join with them and move almost at will through the Russian lines.

>Operating under the false identity of NKVD Major Truchin, based in Stalingrad, Fölkersam explained his role in recovering the deserters to the Soviet commander in charge of Maikop's defences. The commander not only believed Fölkersam, but the next day gave him a personal tour of the city's defenses. By August 8, the German spearheads were only 12 miles away and the Brandenburgers made their move. Using grenades to simulate an artillery attack, they knocked out the military communications centre for the city. Fölkersam then went to the Russian defenders and told them that a withdrawal was taking place. Having seen Fölkersam with their commander and lacking any communications to rebut or confirm his statement, the Soviets began to evacuate Maikop. The German spearhead entered the city without a fight on August 9, 1942.

>>2578036

Grand Theft Auto Berlin

>>2578096
Thanks anon
what's the source? Would love to read more

>>2578123
Behind Soviet Lines: Hitler’s Brandenburgers capture the Maikop Oilfields 1942 David R. Higgins

>>2576656
Selous Scouts
SEALs
Rikusentai

>>2576656
>SS
Only the first few units. By 42/3 most of the new units were average at best, and by 45 they were down to untrained children.

>>2576656
Mamzukoo dual wielders

>No British Grenadiers

>>2578328
Everybody knows the light infantry was the true strength of the Brits, not the Grenadiers.