Paratrooper forces around the world

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This article is about Paratroop and Parachute Infantry Units . For Special Forces Units, see List of special forces units.

The following is a list, albeit incomplete, of paratrooper forces from around the world.

[edit] Argentina

Argentine Army
- 4th Parachute Brigade (Brigada Paracaidista IV)

[edit] Australia

Royal Australian Regiment

Australian Army
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
- 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

[edit] Austria

Austrian Federal Armed Forces
- Special Forces: Jagdkommando
- Airborne and Parachute Battalion: Jägerbataillon 25

[edit] Belgium

Belgian Army
- The Para-Commando Brigade

[edit] Brazil

Brazilian Army - Brazil at one time maintained a Parachute Division of two brigades. The Division was later disbanded and the 2nd Parachute Brigade became the 2nd Mixed Brigade.
- Paratrooper Infantry Brigade (Brigada Infantaria Paraquedista) - aka the 1st Paratroop Infantry Brigade.

[edit] Bulgaria

Bulgarian Army
- 68th Brigade Special Forces (68 Бригада Специални Сили)

[edit] Canada

Canadian Army
- Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded in 1995)
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment
- C Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- M Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment
- A Company 3rd Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment
- Para Company The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

[edit] Chile

Chilean Army

[edit] China

People's Liberation Army
15th Airborne Corps Wuhan
- Airborne Special Operation Team
  - 43 Airborne Division, Keifeng
    - 127, 128, 129 Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 44 Airborne Division, Yingshan
    - 130, 131, 132 Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 45 Airborne Division, Huangpi
    - 133, 134, 135 Para regt and one light arty regt
- Airborne Training Division

[edit] Czech Republic

Czech Army
- 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (4. Brigáda Rychlého Nasazení)
  - 41st Mechanised Battalion (Žatec)
  - 42nd Mechanised Battalion (Tábor)
  - 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion (Chrudim)
- 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion (Prostějov)

[edit] Netherlands

Dutch Army
- Luchtmobiele Brigade
- Korps Commando Troepen
- Korps Mariniers

[edit] Finland

Finnish Defence Forces
- Utin Jääkärirykmentti – Utti Jaeger Regiment [1]

[edit] France

Parachutable Panhard jeep of the 1st RPIMa of the French Army

French Army - includes the French Marines
- 11e Brigade Parachutiste (11e BP) : a Brigade including height parachute regiments :
  - headquarters in Balma
  - 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1er RCP) based in Pamiers
  - 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes (1er RHP) based in Tarbes
  - 1er Régiment du Train Parachutiste (1 RTP) based in Toulouse
  - 2e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes (2e REP, Foreign Legion unit) based in Calvi
  - 3e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (3e RPIMa) based in Carcassonne
  - 8e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (8e RPIMa) based in Castres
  - 17e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste (17e RGP) based in Montauban
  - 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste (35e RAP) based in Tarbes
  - Commandos Parachutistes (formerly known as Commando de Recherche et d'Actions en Profondeur "CRAP" -meaning : long range action & recon commando) (GCP : "Groupement des commandos parachutistes" since French restructuring of the armies in 1999) : pathfinders of the 11e BP
- 1er Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine : special forces unit
- 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes; an old former French cavalry regiment now converted into a special forces regiment. Its mission is to collect intelligence on the ground in pre-war/war/battlefield environment
French Police
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale and Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale are two French Gendarmerie special units
- RAID is the only French National Police unit having HAHO/HALO qualified paratroopers

[edit] Germany

See article Fallschirmjager

Wehrmacht
German Federal Armed Forces
- German Federal Army
  - Luftlande- und Lufttransportschule (Training Center)
  - Division Spezielle Operationen (DSO)
  - luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (Air Assault)
    - Jägerregiment 1
- Kommando Schnelle Einsatzkräfte Sanitätsdienst (Medical)
- Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M) (Special Forces)
East German Army
- 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger
Stasi
- Felix Dzerzhinsky Watch Regiment - the reconnaissance company and others within the regiment were parachute trained.

[edit] Greece

Hellenic Army
- 71st Airborne Brigade (71η Α/M ΤΑΞ), based at Nea Santa,Macedonia
- 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1 Taxiarhia Katadromon-Alexiptotiston) (Special Forces) (also known as the 1st Commando/Para Brigade) (1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ), based at Rentina, Macedonia

[edit] India

Indian Army
- Parachute Regiment (India)
- Para Commandos

[edit] Israel

Israeli Defence Forces
- Paratroopers Brigade "Hativat HaTzanhanim" חטיבת הצנחנים

[edit] Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti

Regio Esercito (Royal Army)
- 80th La Spezia Infantry Division - trained and equipped similar to the German Airlanding divisions.
- 183rd Ciclone Parachute Division - Disbanded while forming at the Italian 1943 Surrender.
- 184th Nembo Parachute Division - Destroyed at Anzio and remnants formed the German 4th Parachute Division.
- 185th Folgore Parachute Division - Raised for the Invasion of Malta but was instead deployed to and later destroyed in North Africa. In its final form it was the 185th Folgore Parachute Battalion.
Italian Army
- Folgore Parachute Brigade
Carabinieri
- 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment

[edit] Japan

[edit] Malaysia

Malaysian Army
- 10th Brigade (Para)

[edit] Mexico

Mexican Air Force
- Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas

[edit] Norway

Norwegian Army
- Hærens Jegerkommando (Army Ranger Command)

[edit] Philippines

Philippine Army

Philippine Air Force

710th Special Operations Wing

Philippine Navy

Philippine National Police

Special Action Force

[edit] Poland

Polish Army
- 6th Airborne Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa)

[edit] Portugal

Portuguese Army
- Army's Rapid Reaction Brigade:
  - 1st and 2nd Paratrooper Infantry Battalions (1º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista from Regimento de Infantaria 15 at Tomar and 2º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista from Regimento de Infantaria 10 at S. Jacinto)
  - Parachute Troops School (Escola de Tropas Paraquedistas at Tancos), with an Aeroterrestrial Support Battalion, which include a Pathfinder (Percursores) Company and other small Combat Support and Service Support units
  - Brigade Support Unit, with a Brigade HQ and Command and Services Company and a Signals Company
  - Members (approx. 30/40) of Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol from Special Operations Troops Centre (Centro de Tropas de Operações Especiais) at Lamego
Portuguese Navy
- Members (approx. 20/30) of DAE (Destacamento de Acções Especiais) - Special Actions Detachment from Portuguese Marine Corps
Portuguese Air Force
- Members (approx. 30/50) of NAFP (Núcleo de Aprontamento de Forças de Protecção) - Protection Forces Readiness Nucleus, responsible for CSAR and Force Protection, from the Air Police.

[edit] Russia

Russian armed forces
- VDV (Airborne Assault Troops) - the largest airborne and paratroopes force in the world
  - 7th 'Cherkassy' Guards air-assault Division (A) (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 108th 'Kuban Cossack' Guards Airborne Regiment (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 247th 'Cossack' Guards Landing Assault Regiment (Stavropol, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 1137th Guards Artillery Regiment (Anapa, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 185th Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Krymsk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
  - 76th 'Chernigov' Guards air-assault Division (A) (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 104th 'Iasi'? Guards Airborne Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 234th 'Black Sea' Guards Airborne Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 242nd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
  - 98th 'Svirsk' Guards Airborne Division (B) (Ivanovo, Moscow Military District)
    - 217th Guards Airborne Regiment (Ivanovo, Moscow Military District)
    - 331st Guards Airborne Regiment2 (Kostroma, Moscow Military District)
    - 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment (Kostroma, Moscow Military District)
    - 243rd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Ivanovo - Kokhma, Ivanovo Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 106th Guards Airborne Division (A) (Tula, Moscow Military District)
    - 51st Guards Airborne Regiment (Tula, Moscow Military District)
    - 119th Guards Airborne Regiment (Naro-Forminsk, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Military District)
    - 137th Guards Airborne Regiment (Ryazan, Moscow Military District)
    - 1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment (Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Moscow Military District)
    - 110th Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Tula - Klokovo, Tula Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 31st Guards independent air-assault Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class brigade (Ul’yanovsk)
  - 45th Special Designation Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment (B) (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast)
  - 38th Separate Communications Regiment (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast)
  - 58th Separate Military Transport Aviation Squadron (Ryazan - Dyagilevo, Ryazan Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 242nd Training Center (Omsk, Siberian-Transbaikal Military District)
  - 226th Training Airborne Regiment (Omsk, Siberian-Transbaikal Military District)
  - 285th Training Airborne Regiment (Omsk, Siberian-Transbaikal Military District)
  - 1120th Training Artillery Regiment (Ishim, Omsk Oblast)
  - Ryazan Higher airborne command Twice Red Banner military institute named after V.F. Margelov
  - 332nd School for praporshiks (Non-commissioned officers) (Moscow)

[edit] Serbia

Serbian Army
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion

[edit] South Africa

South African Army
- 44 Parachute Regiment, also known as Parabats.

[edit] Spain

Spanish Army
- BRIPAC (Brigada Paracaidista "Almogávares" VI)
Spanish Air force
- Image:Logo zapadores.jpgEZAPAC (Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas )