List of special forces units
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The following is a list of special forces units.
[edit] Albania
- Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)
- Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS)
- Shqiponjat
- Batalioni Special Commando
- Regiment Commando
- FNSH
- Republican Guard Operative Company
- Reparti Special i Farkes
- Port Authority Security Force
[edit] Algeria
[edit] Argentina
- Army
- Navy
- Tactical Divers Group (APBT)
- Amphibious Commandos Group (APCA)
- Air Force
- Special Operations Group (GOE)
[edit] Australia
- Australian Special Air Service Regiment (ASAS)
- Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)
- 4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo])
- Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East)
- 1st Commando Regiment
- Incident Response Regiment
- 171st Aviation Squadron
- Navy
[edit] Austria
- Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
- Jagdkommando
[edit] Bangladesh
- Army Commandos
- Para-Commandos
- Presidential Guard Regiment
- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
- Special Security Forces
[edit] Belgium
- Belgian Army Special Forces Group (SFG)
- Belgian Army Para-Commandos
- Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)
[edit] Bolivia
- Polivalente
[edit] Bosnia
- Crni Labudovi (Black Swans)
- Patriotska Liga (Patriotic League)
- Rendzeri (Rangers)
- Zelene Beretke (Green Berets)
- 505 Buzimska Muslimanska Brigada (505th Buzim Muslim Brigade)
- Peti Korpus Armije BiH (5th Korpus Of Bosnia-Hercegovina Army)
- 1. bihaćka pješačka brigada
- 2. bihaćka muslimanska pješačka brigada
- 1. cazinska pješačka brigada
- 105. bužimska pješačka brigada
- 101. muslimanska krajiška brigada
- 111. bosanskokrupska pješačka brigada
- 1. velikokladuška pješačka brigada
- 5. bataljon vojne policije
- 5. mješovita artiljerijska baterija
- 5. inžinjerijska četa
- 5. tenkovska četa
- 5. mješovita lahka baterija
[edit] Botswana
- SSG
[edit] Brazil
- Brigada de Operações Especiais
- 1º Batalhão de Forcas Especiais
- 1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos
- Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais
- Comando de Operações Táticas
- Força de Ação Rápida
- PELOPES
- COMANF
- GRUMEC
- GERR
- PARA-SAR
- Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais
- Projeto Talon
[edit] Bulgaria
[edit] Canada
- Devil's Brigade (World War II)
- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2)
[edit] China, People's Republic of
- Army
- Air Force
- 15th Airborne Corps
- Law Enforcement
- Snow Wolf Commando Unit (SWCU)
- Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
- Special Police Unit (SPU)
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- Beijing SWAT Unit
[edit] Chile
- Navy
- Tactical Divers Group (COMBUTAC)
- Amphibious Commandos Group (COMANDOS)
[edit] Colombia
- Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEUR)
- Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales
- Compañías Contra Guerrilleros Urbanos
- Centro de Información Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros (CIAES)
- Grupo Operacional Contra Extorsión y Secuestros (GOES)
- Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (GASDA)
- Grupo de Comandos Anfibios (GCA)
- Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal (GAULA)
- Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES)
[edit] Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- 10th Special Infantry Brigade
[edit] Costa Rica
- Unidad de Intervención Especial (UIE)
[edit] Croatia
- Bojna za specijalna djelovanja
- Prvi hrvatski gardijski zdrug
- Antiteroristička jedinica Lučko
[edit] Czech Republic
- 7th Reconnaissance Battalion
[edit] Denmark
[edit] Ecuador
- Special Forces Brigade
[edit] Egypt
- Unit 777 Combat
- HRF - Hostage Rescue Force
[edit] El Salvador
- Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT)
- Grupo de Reacción Policial (GRP)
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE)
[edit] Eritrea
- Eritrean Special Forces (accepts female members)
[edit] Estonia
[edit] Ethiopia
- 205th Commando Brigade
- 206th Commando Brigade
- Agazi Commando Division
[edit] Fiji
- Police Tactical Response Unit
[edit] Finland
- Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
- Karhu Ryhmä (Bear Force)
- Sissikomppaniat
- Utti Jaeger Regiment
- Taistelusukeltajat ("Combat divers")
[edit] France
- Army
- Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre (BFST)
- 13ème Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13ème RDP)
- 1er Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RPIMa)
- Détachement ALAT des Opérations Spéciales (DAOS)
- 11éme Régiment Parachutiste d'Intervention (disbanded)
- Escadrille des Operations Spéciales (EOS)
- Groupement Spéciale Autonome (GSA)
- Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP)
- Air Force
- Commando Parachutiste de l'Air (CPA 10, 20, and 30)
- Escadrille des Helicopteres Speciaux (EHS)
- Recherche et Sauvetage au Combat (RSC)
- Navy
- Detachement d'Intervention Operationnelle Subaquatique (DINOPS)
- Gendarmerie
- Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (EPIGN)
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
- National Police
- Division des Operations Spéciales (DOS)
[edit] Germany
- WWII
- Army
- Division Spezielle Operationen
- Fernspäherkompanie 200
- Luftlandebrigade 26 (Airborne Brigade)
- Luftlandebrigade 31 (Airborne Brigade)
- Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
- Division Luftbewegliche Operationen
- luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (Air Assault Brigade)
- Navy
- Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
- Kampfschwimmer (Combat Diver)
- Minentaucher
- Boarding-Spezialisten
- Marineschutzkräfte (Fleet Protection Group)
- Air Force
- Objektschutzregiment
- CSAR (planned)
- Federal Police
- Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)
- State Police
- Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)
- Customs Police
[edit] Greece
- Army
- Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (Special Paratrooper Unit, ETA)
- Z Moira Amfivion Katadromon (Z Amphibious Raider Squadron, Z MAK)
- 13th Dioikisi Eidikon Epichiriseon (13th Special Operations Command, 13η ΔΕΕ)
- Navy
- Dioikisi Ypovrihion Katastrofon (Underwater Demolitions Command, ΔΥΚ)
- Air Force
- 31 Moira Eidikon Epiheiriseon (31st Special Operations Squadron, 31η MEE)
- Police
- EKAM (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)
- Coast Guard
- OEA
[edit] Guatemala
[edit] Honduras
- Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales
- TESON
[edit] Hong Kong
- Police
[edit] Iceland
- Police
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
- Coast Guard
- Ordinance disposal Unit / Frogman team
[edit] India
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Counter-Terrorist Units
- Other units
[edit] Indonesia
- Army / TNI AD
- Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus / Army Special Force) TNI AD
- Tontaipur (Peleton Intai Tempur / The combat and reconnaissance platoon) Kostrad TNI AD
- Batalyon Raiders (Raiders Battalions) TNI AD
- Navy / TNI AL
- Marine Corp / Korps Marinir TNI AL
- Denjaka (Detasemen Jala Mengkara / Maritime Anti Terror) TNI AL
- Taifib (Intai Amphibi / Marine Reconnaissance) Korps Marinir TNI AL
- Air Force / TNI AU
- Detachment Bravo (Modelled on the British SAS) PASKHAS TNI AU
- Police / POLRI
- Detachment 88 (National Police Special Detachment 88 Counter-terrorism)
[edit] Ireland
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
- Irish Army Rangers (accepts female members)
[edit] Israel
- Defense Force (IDF)
- General Staff (GS)
- Unit 101 (disbanded)
- Sayeret Matkal
- Unit 8200
- Combat Corps (CCH) (MAFHASH, Hebrew מפח"ש)
- Sayeret Yahalom (Diamond)
- Sayeret Egoz (Nut)
- Sayeret Duvdevan (Cherry)
- Sayeret Tsanhanim (Paratroopers)
- Sayeret Golani (of the Golan [heights])
- Sayeret Yael (Chamois)
- Sayeret Shaked (Almond)
- Duhifat
- Unit Oketz (Sting)
- Alpinistim (Alpinists)
- Special Air Force Units (SAU) (KA'AM, Hebrew כא"מ)
- Sayeret Shaldag
- Unit 5707 (TSASAM, Target Acquisition Unit)
- Unit 669 (YEHIDAT HILUTZ, Extrication Unit)
- Special Sea Corps Units (SSU) (SHAYETET, Hebrew שייטת)
- Shayetet 13 (13th Flotilla)
- YALTAM (Underwater Task Force)
- Commandos Yamit
- Police
- YAMAM (Special Police Unit)
- Force 100
[edit] Italy
- Carabinieri
- State Police
- Army
- 9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
- 185th Parachute Reconnaissance Regiment "Folgore"
- 4th Alpini Parachute Regiment "Monte Cervino"
- Navy
- Air Force
- Reparto Incursori dell'Aeronautica Militare (RIAM)
- Fucilieri dell'Aria
[edit] Japan
- 1st Airborne Brigade
- Guide Unit
- Special Operations Group
- Western Army Infantry Regiment
- Ranger Platoon
- Maritime Interception Team
- Special Boarding Unit
- Special Assault Team
- Special Investigation Group
- Special Security Force
- Special Security Team
[edit] Kazakhstan
- Aristan
- Spetznaz Brigade
[edit] Kenya
- D Company, 20th Parachute Battalion
[edit] Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau
[edit] Korea, Republic of
- ROK Army Special Operations Command
- ROK Army 707th Special Mission Unit (White Tiger)
- ROKMC 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (Sharkmen)
- ROKMC Force Reconnaissance
- ROK Navy 56th Special Warfare Brigade
- ROK Air Force 6th CCT/CSAR
- ROK National Police Special Weapons and Tactics
- Special Guard Team
[edit] Kuwait
- 10th Commando Battalion
[edit] Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)
[edit] Latvia
[edit] Lebanon
- Army
- Commando Regiment
- Marine Commando Regiment
- Police
- Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
[edit] Lithuania
- Aras
- Aitvaras
- Pasienio SPB
[edit] Macedonia
- Skorpii (Scorpions)
- Volci (Wolfs)
[edit] Malaysia
- Army
- 10 Paratrooper Brigade
- Grup Gerak Khas (GGK, English:(Special Strike Group))
- 11 Rejimen Gerak Khas
- 21 Regimen Komando
- 22 Regimen Komando
- Navy
- Air Force
- PASKAU (Pasukan Khas Udara, English: Special Air Team)
- Force Protection Team Paskau
- Skuadron Sayap Tempur (Assault Wings Squadrons) PASKAU
- Police
- Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Royal Malaysian Police Special Operations Counter Terrorism)
- VAT69/UTK (69th Commando Tactics/Malaysian Police SWAT)
[edit] Malta
- Armed Forces
- C (Special Duties) Company (1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
- Rapid Deployment Team (2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)
- Police
- Special Assignments Group
[edit] Mexico
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE)
- Fuerzas Especiales (FES)
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command GAFE)
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)
[edit] Netherlands
- Army
- Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
- Marine Corps
- Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (BBE)
- 7th Troop (integrated with British SBS)
- Mountain Leader Platoon (integrated with British ML)
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] Norway
- Army
- Norwegian Army Special Forces (Hærens jegerkommando, HJK)
- Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
- Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando, FSK)
- Navy
- Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
- Norwegian Naval Special Forces (Marinejegerkommandoen, MJK)
- Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen, KJK)
- Norwegian Mine Diver Command (Minedykkerkommandoen)
- Tactical Boat Squadron
- Air Force
- 720 Squadron
[edit] Pakistan
[edit] Peru
- Navy
- Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
- Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC)
- Agrupamiento de Comandos Anfibios
[edit] Philippines
- Light Reaction Battalion
- 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR "A")
- 1st Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR)
- Philippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion
- Special Warfare Group
- 710th Special Operations Wing
- Special Action Force
- Special Reaction Unit
- Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
- National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Division
- Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group
[edit] Poland
- 1st Special Commando Regiment
- GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)
- 6th Airborne Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen. Sosabowskiego)
- Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków (GSP)
- Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji Antyterrorystycznych, ZOA KGP)
- 4101st Paratroop Battalion (LRRP units)
[edit] Portugal
- Army
- Comandos (Commandos)
- Special Operations Troops (Portuguese Rangers)
- Companhia de Precursores (Paratrooper Pathfinder Company, Precs)
- Navy
- Fuzileiros (Marines)
- Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment, DAE)
- Destacamentos de Mergulhadores Sapadores (Combat Divers Detachments)
- Air Force
- ResCom - Resgate em Combate (Combat Search and Rescue unit)
- Police
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (Police Special Operations Group, GOE)
- Companhia de Operações Especiais da GNR (Portuguese National Republican Guard Special Operations Company)
[edit] Russia/Soviet Union
- Alpha Group (FSB).
- Beta Group
- Delfin (Dolphin)
- Saturn
- Kaskad (Cascade)
- Grom (Thunder)
- Vympel (Pennant, aka Group V) (FSB)
- Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
- VDV
- 7th, 76th, 98th, 99th, 103rd, 104th, 105th, and 106th Airborne Guard Divisions
- Independent Air Assault Brigades
- 45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
- MVD
- SVR
[edit] Romania
- Detaşamentul de Intervenţie Rapidă (MApN)
- Paratroopers Command
- 60th Paratroopers Battalion "Băneasa-Otopeni"
- 495th Paratroopers Battalion "Captain Stefan Soverth"
- 498th Paratroopers Battalion "Smaranda Brăescu"
- Recon
- 528th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 313th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 317th Reconnaissance Battalion
- Special Operations Command
- Batalionul 1 Operaţii Speciale
- Batalionul de Informatii (HUMINT)
- Departamentul Operatiuni Psihologice (PSY OPS)
- Navy
- 307th Marine Battalion
- Scafandri de luptă (Combat Divers)
[edit] Saudi Arabia
[edit] Serbia
- 63rd Paratroop Brigade (63. padobranska brigada)
- 72nd Assault Brigade (72. jurišna brigada)
[edit] Singapore
- Army
- Navy
- Naval Diving Unit (NDU)
- Law Enforcement
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- Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
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- Special Task Squadron (STS)
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- Singapore Prison Emergency Action Response (SPEAR) Force
[edit] Slovakia
[edit] Slovenia
- MORiS
- Enota za specialno delovanje
- Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)
[edit] South Africa
- Army
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- Special Forces Brigade (SFB), commonly known as "Recces" an abbvreviation for "reconnaissance commandos".
- Police
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- Special Task Force (STF)
[edit] Spain
- Army
- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army Special Operations Command)
- Batallón de Cuartel General
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales III GOE III
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales IV GOE IV
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales XIX GOE XIX
- Air Force
- Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)
- Navy
- Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC)
- Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Unit, UOE)
[edit] Sri Lanka
- Special Task Force (STF)
- Special Force (SF)
- Special Boat Squadron (SBS)
- Sri Lankan Army Commandos
- LRRP
[edit] Switzerland
- Grenadiers
- Fallschirmaufklärer (Kompanie 17)
[edit] Syria
- Special Defence Companies
- Republican Guard
[edit] Sweden
- Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group)
- Kustjägarna (Costal Rangers)
- Säkkomp sjö (Naval Counter SOF Unit)
- Fallskärmsjägarna (Airborne Rangers)
- Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT unit)
- Flygbasjägarna (Air Force Rangers/SAFRs)
[edit] Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Thunder Squad (Police CT unit)
- Security Preservation Force
- Nighthawks Force (Counter-decapitation unit, Military Police Command)
- Aviation and Special Warfare Command
- 862nd Special Warfare Brigade
- Airborne Special Services Company (ASSC)
- 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (ROC Army Frogmen)
- Underwater Demolitons Unit (UDU)(disbanded)
[edit] Thailand
- Royal Thai Special Forces
- Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
- Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
- Royal Thai Navy SEALs
- Thai Royal Guard
[edit] Tunisia
- GCGN
- USGN
[edit] Turkey
- Bordo Bereliler
- Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu
- Su Altı Taaruz (SAT)
- Su Altı Savunma (SAS)
[edit] Ukraine
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
[edit] United Arab Emirates
- Commando Squadron
- Police Special Unit
[edit] United Kingdom
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- Special Boat Service (SBS)
- Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
Units in direct support of UKSF:
- Special Forces Support Group (SFSG)
- 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment
- Special Forces Air Wing
[edit] United States
[edit] Vatican
[edit] Venezuela
- Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE)
- Grupo de Acciones Especiales (GAE, GAC)
- JCEF
- 42 Brigada de Paracaidistas
- 5 División de Infantería de Selva
- 507 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Coronel Domingo Montes"
- 107 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "General en Jefe José Gregorio Monagas"
- Comando de Operaciones Especiales "Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda"
- Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales
[edit] Vietnam
- Đặc công (Special Attack)