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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
ALGERIA
Groupe D'Intervention Spécial
(GIS)
ARGENTINA
Federal Police
:
---
Federal Special Operations Group
(GEOF)
---
Special Group One
(GE-1)
---
Infantry Guard Corps
(CGI)
National Gendarmerie
:
---
Scorpion Group
Naval Prefecture
:
---
Albatross Group
Santa Fe Province Police
:
---
Special Operations Troops Company
(TOE)
Buenos Aires Police
:
---
Hawk Special Operations Brigade
(BEOH)
Argentine Army
:
---
Special Operations Forces Group
--
601st Commando Company
--
602nd Commando Company
--
601st Air Assault Regiment
Argentine Navy
:
---
Tactical Divers Group
(APBT)
---
Amphibious Commandos Group
(APCA)
Argentine Air Force
:
---
Special Operations Group
(GOE)
Argentine Armed Forces
:
---
Rapid Deployment Force
(FDR)
AUSTRALIA
Special Operations Command
(SOCOMD)
---
Australian Special Air Service Regiment
--
Tactical Assault Group (West)
(TAG West)
---
Australian Commandos
--
4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
(4RAR
{Link without Title}
)
-
Tactical Assault Group (East)
(TAG East)
--
1st Commando Regiment
---
Incident Response Regiment
Royal Australian Navy
---
Clearance Diving Team
Royal Australian Air Force
--- None, though
Airfield Defence Guards
(ADG) fulfill a defensive ground combat role
AUSTRIA
Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando
(GEK)
Jagdkommando
BANGLADESH
Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB)
BELGIUM
Belgian Army Special Forces Group
GVP/ESR
(LRRP units)
Federal Police Special Units
(former SIE/ESI)
BOLIVIA
Polivalente
BOTSWANA
SSG
BRAZIL
Brazilian Armed Forces
:
---
1st Batalhão De Forcas Especiais
---
Comando De Operações Táticas
---
Força De Ação Rápida
---
GER
---
GRUMEC
---
Grupo De Ações Táticas Especiais
---
Projeto Talon
Rio De Janeiro Police
:
---
BOPE
BULGARIA
Naval Specialized Research And Analysis Division
CANADA
See Also:
Canadian special forces
Devil's Brigade
(World War II)
Canadian Airborne Regiment
(Disbanded 1995)
Canadian Special Operations Regiment
(Forming summer 2006)
Joint Task Force 2
(JTF-2)
CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
People's Liberation Army
---
People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces
People's Armed Police
:
---
Immediate Action Unit
(IAU)
---
Special Police Unit
(SPU)
Hong Kong Police
:
---
Special Duties Unit
(SDU)
---
Airport Security Unit
(ASU)
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)
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
10th Special Infantry Brigade
COSTA RICA
Unidad De Intervención Especial
(UIE)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Armed Forces
---
6th Special Forces Brigade
---
115th Long Range Reconnaissance Battalion
---
4th Reconnaissance Battalion
---
43rd Airborne Mechanized Battalion
---
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
---
7th Reconnaissance Battalion
Czech Police
---
Útvar Rychlého Nasazení
(URNA)
DENMARK
Frømandskorpset
Jægerkorpset
Slædepatruljen Sirius
ECUADOR
Special Forces Brigade
EGYPT
Unit 777
EL SALVADOR
Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista
(CEAT)
Grupo De Reacción Policial
(GRP)
Grupo De Operaciones Especiales
(GOE)
ERITREA
Eritrean Special Forces
(accepts female members)
ETHIOPIA
205th Commando Brigade
206th Commando Brigade
Agazi Commando Division
FIJI
Police Tactical Response Unit
FINLAND
Erillinen Pataljoona 4
(
Continuation War
)
Karhu Ryhmä
(''Bear Force'')
Sissikomppaniat
Utti Jaeger Regiment
FRANCE
French Army
---
Brigade Des Forces Spéciales Terre
(BFST)
--
13ème Régiment Des 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)
French Air Force
---
Commando Parachutiste De L'Air
(CPA 10, 20, and 30)
---
Escadrille Des Helicopteres Speciaux
(EHS)
---
Recherche Et Sauvetage Au Combat
(RSC)
French Navy
---
Naval Commandos
French Foreign Legion
:
---
Detachement D'Intervention Operationnelle Subaquatique
(DINOPS)
French Gendarmerie
:
---
Escadron Parachutiste D'Intervention De La Gendarmerie Nationale
(EPIGN)
---
Groupe D'Intervention De La Gendarmerie Nationale
(GIGN)
French National Police
:
---
Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion
(RAID)
Direction Générale De La Sécurité Extérieure
:
---
Division Des Operations Spéciales
(DOS)
GERMANY
German Armed Forces
:
---
Brandenburgers
(World War II)
---
Kommando Spezialkräfte
(KSK)
---
Kampfschwimmer
(KS)
German Federal Police
:
---
Grenzschutzgruppe 9
(GSG-9)
German State Police
:
---
Spezialeinsatzkommando
(SEK)
German Customs Police
:
---
Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll
(ZUZ)
GREECE
Hellenic Army
:
---
Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston
(''Special Paratrooper Unit'', ETA)
---
Z Moira Amfivion Katadromon
(''Z Amphibious Raider Squadron'', Z MAK)
---
575 Tagma Pezonavton
(''575 Marine Battalion'', 575TPN)
Hellenic Navy
:
---
Dioikisi Ypovrihion Katastrofon
(''Underwater Demolitions Command'', DYK)
Hellenic Air Force
:
---
31 Moira Eidikon Epiheiriseon
(''31st Special Operations Squadron'', 31 MEE)
Hellenic Police
:
---
EKAM
Hellenic Coast Guard
:
---
OEA
GUATEMALA
Kaibiles
ICELAND
Police
---
Víkingasveitin
(''Viking Squad'' / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
Landhelgisgæslan
--- Ordinance disposal Unit/ Frogman team
INDIA
Army
---
Para Commandos
Navy
---
Marine Commando Force
Air Force
---
Garud Commando Force
Counter-Terrorist Units
---
National Security Guard
Other units
---
Special Frontier Force
---
Special Protection Group
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
---
Kopaska
(Komando Pasukan Katak /
Navy
Combat
swimer /
UDTs
) 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
---
Detasemen Bravo
(Modelled on the
British
SAS
)
Paskhas
TNI AU
Police / POLRI
---
Detasemen Gegana
Brigade Mobil
(National
Police
SWAT
,
Paramilitary
Police
,
Bomb Squad
) Polri
---
Detasemen Khusus 88
(National
Police
Special Detacement 88
Counter-terrorism
)
IRELAND
Emergency Response Unit
Irish Army Rangers
(accepts female members)
ISRAEL
Israel Defense Forces
(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
{Link without Title}
'')
--
Sayeret Yael
(''Chamois'')
--
Sayeret Shaked
(''Almond'')
--
Duhifat
--
Unit Oketz
(''Sting'')
--
Alpinistim
(''Alpinists'')
--- Special Air Force Units (SAU) (KA'AM,
Hebrew
כא"מ)
--
Unit 5101
(
Sayeret Shaldag
, ''Kingfisher'')
--
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
Israel Police
---
YAMAM
(''Special Police Unit'')
---
Force 100
ITALY
Carabinieri
:
---
Gruppo Di Intervento Speciale
(GIS)
Polizia Di Stato
:
---
Nucleo Operativo Centrale Di Sicurezza
(NOCS)
Italian Army
:
---
9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
---
185th Parachute Reconnaissance Regiment "Folgore"
---
4th Alpini Parachute Regiment "Monte Cervino"
Italian Navy
:
---
Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei Ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei"
(COMSUBIN)
Italian Air Force
:
---
Reparto Incursori Dell'Aeronautica Militare
(RIAM)
---
Fucilieri Dell'Aria
JAPAN
National Police Agency
:
---
Special Assault Team
---
Special Investigation Team
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
:
---
1st Airborne Brigade
--
Guide Unit
---
S Unit
---
Western Army Infantry Regiment
--
Ranger Platoon
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
:
---
Maritime Interception Team
---
Special Boarding Unit
Maritime Safety Agency
:
---
Special Security Force
---
Special Security Team
KAZAKHSTAN
Aristan
Spetznaz Brigade
KENYA
D Company, 20th Parachute Battalion
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Special Forces Command
707th Special Mission Unit
ROK Capital Command
ROKMC 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion
(''Sharkmen'')
56 Special Warfare Squadron
(Korean Navy)
56 Special Warfare Squadron Special Missions Group
Military Police Special Guard Team
(Military Police)
Korean National Police SWAT
(''868 Unit'')
Korean Metropolis Defense Force
KUWAIT
10th Commando Battalion
KYRGYZSTAN
Kyrgyz Special Forces
(''Scorpion'')
LATVIA
OMEGA
Speciālo Uzdevumu Vienība
(SUV)
LEBANON
Marine Commando Regiment
LITHUANIA
Aras
Aitvaras
MACEDONIA
Skorpii
(''Scorpions'')
Volci
(''Wolfs'')
MALAYSIA
GGK
Paskal
Paskau
VAT 69
MALTA
Maltese Armed Forces
:
---
C (Special Duties) Company
(1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
---
Rapid Deployment Team
(2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)
Maltese Police Corps
:
---
Special Assignments Group
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)
NETHERLANDS
Royal Netherlands Army
:
---
Korps Commandotroepen
(KCT)
Netherlands Marine Corps
:
---
Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid
(BBE)
---
7th Troop
(integrated with British SBS)
---
Mountain Leader Platoon
(integrated with British ML)
NEW ZEALAND
Special Air Service Of New Zealand
NORWAY
Norwegian Defence Force
:
---
Forsvarets Spesialkommando
Norwegian Army
:
---
Hærens Jegerkommando
Royal Norwegian Navy
:
---
Marinejegerkommandoen
Norwegian Police
:
---
Beredskapstroppen "Delta"
PAKISTAN
Special Services Group
PHILIPPINES
Light Reaction Company
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
POLAND
1st Special Commando Regiment
GROM
(''Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Mobilnego'')
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)
PORTUGAL
Destacamento Do Acções Especiais
(Special Actions Detachment, DAE)
Grupo De Operações Especiais
(Special Operations Group, GOE)
Comandos
(Commandos)
Companhia De Precursores
(Pathfinder Company, Cprecs)
Brigada Aerotransportada Independente
(Independent Airborne Brigade, BAI)
RUSSIA
/
SOVIET UNION
Alpha Group
(
FSB
).
Beta Group
Delfin
(''Dolphin'')
Saturn
Kaskad
(''Cascade'')
Grom
(''Thunder'')
Vympel
(''Pennant'', aka Group V) (
FSB
)
Spetsnaz
(''Spetsialnoje Naznachenie'')
---
Spetsnaz
GRU
---
Naval Infantry
Spetsnaz
(
Black Berets
)
VDV
---
103th, 104th And 105th Airborne Guard Divisions
---
Independent Assault Brigades
---
45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
(possibly a
Spetsnaz
GRU
unit)
MVD
---
OSNAZ
(
Rus
,
Vitiaz
,
Grom
)
---
ODON
(''Separate Operational Purpose Division'')
---
OMON
---
OMSN
(
SOBR
)
---
Berkut
(''Golden Eagles'')
---
Kondor
SVR
---
Zaslon
ROMANIA
Secret Services
---
Brigada Antiterorista
(SRI)
---
Unitatea Specială De Luptă Antiteroristă
(USLA) (disbanded)
---
Formatiunea Interventie Anti-Terorista
(SPP)
---
Grupul Anti-Terorist
(SIE)
Police
---
Serviciul Independent Pentru Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale
(SIIAS)
--
Serviciul De Politie Pentru Interventie Rapida
(SPIR)
--
Detasamentul De Politie Pentru Interventie Rapida
(DPIR)
---
Brigada Speciala De Interventie A Jandarmeriei
(BSIJ)
---
Grupul Special De Protecţie şi Intervenţie
(ACVILA)
---
Detasament De Interventie A Politiei De Frontiera
Military
---
Detasamentul De Interventie Rapida
(DIR MApN)
---
Comandamentul Trupelor De Parasutisti
--
60th Paratroopers Battalion "Baneasa-Otopeni"
--
495th Paratroopers Battalion "Captain Stefan Soverth"
--
498th Paratroopers Battalion "Smaranda Braescu"
---
307th Marine Battalion
---
Cercetasi
--
528th Reconnaissance Battalion
--
313th Reconnaissance Battalion
--
317th Reconnaissance Battalion
---
Batalionul De Forte Speciale
---
Scafandri De Lupta
SAUDI ARABIA
Special Emergency Force
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Police - Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs
---
Specijalna Antiteroristička Jedinica
(''Special Anti-terrorism Unit'', SAJ)
---
Žandarmerija
(''Gendarmerie'')
---
Jedinica Za Specijalne Operacije
(''Special Operations Unit'')
Army Of Serbia And Montenegro
---
63rd Paratroop Brigade
(''63. padobranska brigada'')
---
72nd Assault Brigade
(''72. jurišna brigada'')
SINGAPORE
Singapore Armed Forces
---
Naval Diving Unit
---
Singapore Commandos
--
Singapore Special Operations Force
Singapore Police Force
---
Special Operations Command
--
Police K-9 Unit
--
Police Task Force
--
Special Tactics And Rescue
---
Special Task Squadron
SLOVAKIA
5th PSU
SLOVENIA
MORiS
Enota Za Specialno Delovanje
Specialna Enota Policije
(SEP)
SOUTH AFRICA
South African National Defence Force
:
---
Special Forces Brigade
South African Police Service
:
---
Special Task Force
(STF)
SPAIN
Spanish National Police
:
---
Grupo Especial De Operaciones
Spanish Civil Guard
:
---
Grupos Antiterroristas Rurales
---
Unidad Especial De Intervención
Ertzaintza
:
---
Berrozi
Spanish Armed Forces
:
---
Mando De Operaciones Especiales
(MOE) (Army special operations command)
---
Escuadrilla De Zapadores Paracaidistas
(EZAPAC)
---
Escuadrilla De Apoyo Al Despliegue Aereo
(EADA)
---
Unidad Especial De Buceadores De Combate
(UEBC)
---
Unidad De Operaciones Especiales
(UOE)
---
Bandera De Operaciones Especiales De La Legión
(BOEL)
SRI LANKA
Special Task Force
(STF)
LRRP
SUDAN
144th Special Forces Company, 9th Airborne Division
SWITZERLAND
Grenadiers
SYRIA
Special Defence Companies
Republican Guard
SWEDEN
Särskilda Skyddsgruppen
(SSG'')
Fallskärmsjägarskolan
(Airborne Rangers)
Nationella Insatsstyrkan
(Police CT unit)
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)
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
TUNISIA
GCGN
USGN
TURKEY
Bordo Bereliler
Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu
Su Altı Taaruz
(SAT)
Su Altı Savunma
(SAS)
UKRAINE
Berkut
(''Golden Eagles'')
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Commando Squadron
Police Special Unit
UNITED KINGDOM
See Also:
United Kingdom Special Forces
Royal Marines Commandos
---
Mountain Leader Training Cadre
---
Brigade Patrol Group
Directorate Of Special Forces
(DSF)
Special Air Service
(SAS)
Special Boat Service
(SBS)
Special Reconnaissance Regiment
(SRR)
63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (R)
14 Intelligence Company
(Northern Ireland)
16 Air Assault Brigade
(16 AAB)
Pathfinder Platoon
4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery
148 (Meiktila) Commando, Forward Observation Battery
United Kingdom Special Forces Reserve
(
{Link without Title}
)
Special Forces Support Group
UNITED STATES
See Also:
United States Special Operations Forces
United States Army
:
---
Rangers
---
Special Forces
---
Delta Force
---
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
United States Navy
:
---
Navy SEALs
United States Air Force
:
---
Air Force Special Tactics
United States Marine Corps
:
---
Force Reconnaissance
---
Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
Central Intelligence Agency
:
---
Special Activities Division
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
:
---
Hostage Rescue Team
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
VIETNAM
Đặc Công
(Special Attack)
