Special Forces of Chile

The Chilean military has raised a range of special forces and special operations units, which fall into four categories:

1. Commando Companies 2. Reconnaissance units 3. Counter-terrorism units 4. Support units

Units

Chilean Air Force

• Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Group)
  • Agrupación Antisecuestros Aéreos (Air Counter-Terrorism Group)
  • Comandos de Aviación (Aviation Commandos)
  • Paracaidistas de Busqueda, Salvamento y Rescate (Parachute Search, Rescue and Recovery)

Chilean Army

• Brigada de Operaciones Especiales "Lautaro"
  • 1º Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru" (1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru")
  • 1º Compañía de Comandos "Iquique" (1st Commandos Company "Iquique")
  • 10º Compañía de Comandos (10th Commandos Company)
  • 13º Compañía de Comandos "Escorpión" (13th Commandos Company "Escorpión")
  • Grupo Especial de Montaña (Special Group Mountain)

Chilean Navy

• Comando de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Command)
  • Buzos Tácticos de la Armada (Tactical Divers of the Navy)
  • Equipo de Intervención Rápida (Rapid Intervention Team)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Special forces of Chile.

• List of special forces units