List of special forces units

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This is a list of special forces units.

• 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

• Groupe d'Intervention Spécial (GIS)

• 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)

• Special Operations Command (SOCOMD)
• * Australian Special Air Service Regiment (ASAS)
• ** Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)
• * Australian commandos
• ** 4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo])
• *** 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

• Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
• Jagdkommando

• Army Commandos
• Para-Commandos
• Presidential Guard Regiment
• Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
• Special Security Forces

• Belgian Army Special Forces Group
• GVP/ESR (LRRP units)
• Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)

• Polivalente

• Crni Labudovi

• SSG

• 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

• Naval specialized research and analysis division

• Devil's Brigade (World War II)
• Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded 1995)
• Canadian Special Operations Regiment (Forming summer 2006)
• Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2)

• 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)

• 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)

• 10th Special Infantry Brigade

• Unidad de Intervención Especial (UIE)

• Bojna za specijalna dijelovanja
• Prvi hrvatski gardijski zdrug
• Antiteroristička jedinica Lučko

• 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)

• Frømandskorpset
• Jægerkorpset
• Slædepatruljen Sirius

• Special Forces Brigade

• Unit 777

• Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT)
• Grupo de Reacción Policial (GRP)
• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE)

• Eritrean Special Forces (accepts female members)

• K-Commando

• 205th Commando Brigade
• 206th Commando Brigade
• Agazi Commando Division

• Police Tactical Response Unit

• Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
• Karhu Ryhmä (Bear Force)
• Sissikomppaniat
• Utti Jaeger Regiment

• 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)

• Wehrmacht (WWII):
• *Brandenburgers
• *Fallschirmjäger

• German Armed Forces:
• *German Army (Deutsches Heer)
• **Division Spezielle Operationen
• ***Fernspählehrkompanie 200
• ***Luftlandebrigade 26
• ***Luftlandebrigade 31
• ***Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
• *German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
• **Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
• ***Kampfschwimmer
• ***Minentaucher
• ***Boarding-Spezialisten
• **Marineschutzkräfte
• *German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
• **Objektschutzregiment
• **CSAR (planned)
• *Central Medical Services (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst)
• **Kommando Schnelle Einsatzkräfte Sanitätsdienst (KSEKS)

• German Federal Police:
• *Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)

• German State Police:
• *Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)

• German Customs Police:
• *Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ)

• 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 (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)
• Hellenic Coast Guard:
• *OEA

• Kaibiles

• Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales
• TESON

• Police
• * Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
• Landhelgisgæslan
• * Ordinance disposal Unit/ Frogman team

• 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

• 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, ParamilitaryPolice, Bomb Squad) Polri
• * Detasemen Khusus 88 (National Police Special Detacement 88 Counter-terrorism)

• Emergency Response Unit
• Irish Army Rangers (accepts female members)

• 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 [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
• Israel Police
• * YAMAM (Special Police Unit)
• * Force 100

• Carabinieri:
• *Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS)
• Polizia di Stato:
• *Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
• Guardia di Finanza:
• *AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego(AT-PI)
• 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

• National Police Agency:
• *Special Assault Team
• *Special Investigation Team
• Japan Ground Self-Defense Force:
• *1st Airborne Brigade
• **Guide Unit
• *Special Operations Group
• *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

• Aristan
• Spetznaz Brigade

• D Company, 20th Parachute Battalion

• Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau

• 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

• 10th Commando Battalion

• Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)

• OMEGA
• Speciālo uzdevumu vienība (SUV)

• Marine Commando Regiment

• Aras
• Aitvaras

• Skorpii (Scorpions)
• Volci (Wolfs)

• Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia)
• * Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia)
• ** Grup Gerak Khas (GGK)
• *** 11 Regimen Gerak Khas
• *** 21 Regimen Komando
• *** 22 Regimen Komando
• * Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia)
• ** Paskal
• * Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia)
• ** Paskau
• Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Malaysian Coast Guard) (Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia)
• Royal Malaysian Police (Polis DiRaja Malaysia)
• * Special Operations Group (Pasukan Gerakan Khas)
• ** Special Action Units (Unit Tindakan Khas (UTK))
• ** VAT69

• Maltese Armed Forces:
• *[C (Special Duties) Company] (1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
• *[Rapid Deployment Team] (2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)
• Maltese Police Corps:
• *Special Assignments Group

• 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)

• 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)

• Special Air Service of New Zealand (NZSAS)

• Norwegian Army (Hæren):
• *Norwegian Army Special Forces (Hærens jegerkommando, HJK)
• **Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
• **Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando, FSK)
• Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret):
• *Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
• **Norwegian Naval Special Forces (Marinejegerkommandoen, MJK)
• **Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen, KJK)
• **Norwegian Mine Diver Command (Minedykkerkommandoen)
• Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret):
• *720 Squadron
• Norwegian Police:
• *Beredskapstroppen

• Special Services Group

• Peruvian Navy
• *Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
• *Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC)
• *Agrupamiento de Comandos Anfibios

• 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

• 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)

• Rangers
• Destacamento do Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment, DAE)
• Fuzileiros (Navy Marine Commandos)
• Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group, GOE)
• Comandos (Commandos)
• Companhia de Precursores (Pathfinder Company, Cprecs)
• Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (Independent Airborne Brigade, BAI)

• 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, Vityaz, Grom)
• * ODON (Separate Operational Purpose Division)
• * OMON
• * OMSN (SOBR)
• * Berkut (Golden Eagles)
• * Kondor
• SVR
• * Zaslon

• Secret Services
• *Brigada Antiteroristă (SRI)
• *Formaţiunea Intervenţie Anti-Teroristă (SPP)
• *Grupul Anti-Terorist (SIE)
• Police
• *Serviciul Independent pentru Intervenţii şi Acţiuni Speciale (SIIAS)
• **Serviciul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (SPIR)
• **Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (DPIR)
• *Brigada Specială de Intervenţie a Jandarmeriei (BSIJ)
• *Grupul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie (ACVILA)
• *Serviciul Actiuni Speciale si Interventii - Politia de Frontiera (SASI)
• Military
• *Detaşamentul de Intervenţie Rapidă (DIR MApN)
• *Comandamentul Trupelor de Paraşutişti
• **60th Paratroopers Battalion "Băneasa-Otopeni"
• **495th Paratroopers Battalion "Captain Ştefan Soverth"
• **498th Paratroopers Battalion "Smaranda Brăescu"
• *307th Marine Battalion
• *Cercetaşi
• **528th Reconnaissance Battalion
• **313th Reconnaissance Battalion
• **317th Reconnaissance Battalion
• *Batalionul de Forţe Speciale
• *Scafandri de luptă

• Special Emergency Force

• 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 Armed Forces
• *Naval Diving Unit (NDU)
• *Singapore Commandos
• **Singapore Special Operations Force (SOF)
• *Singapore Guards
• Singapore Police Force
• *Special Operations Command (SOC)
• **Police K-9 Unit
• **Police Tactical Unit (PTU)
• **Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
• *Special Task Squadron (STS)
• *Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (SPEAR)

• 5th PSU

• MORiS
• Enota za specialno delovanje
• Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)

• South African National Defence Force:
• *Special Forces Brigade (SFB)
• South African Police Service:
• *Special Task Force (STF)

• Spanish National Police:
• *Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
• Spanish Civil Guard:
• *Grupos Antiterroristas Rurales
• *Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
• 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)

• Special Task Force (STF)
• LRRP

• 144th Special Forces Company, 9th Airborne Division

• Grenadiers

• Special Defence Companies
• Republican Guard

• Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (SSG)
• Fallskärmsjägarskolan (Airborne Rangers)
• Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT unit)
• Kustjägarna (Marines)
• Fjälljägarna (Mountain Rangers)

Taiwan (

• 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)

• Royal Thai Special Forces
• Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
• Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
• Royal Thai Navy SEALs
• Thai Royal Guard

• GCGN
• USGN

• Bordo Bereliler
• Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu
• Su Altı Taaruz (SAT)
• Su Altı Savunma (SAS)

• Berkut (Golden Eagles)

• Commando Squadron
• Police Special Unit

• Royal Navy/Royal Marines
• * Special Boat Service (SBS)
• * Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre
• * Brigade Patrol Troop
• * Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (FPGRM)

• British Army
• * Special Air Service (SAS)
• * Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
• * Pathfinder Platoon
• * 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery
• * 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery

• Ministry of Defence
• *United Kingdom Special Forces Reserve ([link])
• *Special Forces Support Group (SFSG)

• 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
• *USMC Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST)

• Central Intelligence Agency:
• *Special Activities Division

• Federal Bureau of Investigation:
• *Hostage Rescue Team

• 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

• Đặc công (Special Attack)

 

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