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SPECIAL
FORCES LIST |
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
Army
Special Operations
Forces Group
- 601st Commando Company
- 602nd Commando Company
- 601st Air Assault Regiment
- Rapid Deployment Force (FDR)
Navy
Tactical Divers
Group (APBT)
Amphibious
Commandos Group (APCA)
Air Force
Special Operations
Group (GOE)
Law Enforcement
Federal Special
Operaciones Group / Grupo Especial de Operaciones
Federales (GEOF)
Falcon Brigade /
Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)
Agrupacion
Albatros
Tactical Special
Operacions Group (GEAT) |
AUSTRALIA
Special Air
Service Regiment (SASR)
- 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 |
AUSTRIA
Einsatzkommando
Cobra (EKO Cobra)
Jagdkommando |
BELGIUM
Belgian Army
Special Forces Group (SFG)
Belgian Army
Para-Commandos
Federal Police
Special Units (former SIE/ESI) |
BOSNIA
Crni Labudovi
(Black Swans)
Patriotska Liga
(Patriotic League)
Rendzeri (Rangers)
Zelene Beretke
(Green Berets)
505 Buzimska
Muslimanska Brigada (505th Buzim Muslim Brigade) |
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 |
BULGARIA
68th Special
Operations Brigade with Special Operations Battalion
SOBT
Para-Recon-Battalion
Navy Combat Divers
(Black Sea Sharks)
Mountain Brigade
with specialized Alpine coy
Counter-Terrorist
Squads |
CANADA
Joint Task Force Two |
CHINA
Army
People's
Liberation Army Special Operations Forces
Air Force
15th Airborne
Corps
Law Enforcement
Snow Wolf Commando
Unit (SWCU)
Immediate Action
Unit (IAU)
Special Police
Unit (SPU)
Beijing SWAT Unit
Hong Kong SAR
Law Enforcement
Airport Security
Unit
Police Tactical
Unit
Special Duties
Unit |
CHILE
Tactical Divers
Group (COMBUTAC)
Amphibious
Commandos Group (COMANDOS)
Special Forces
Brigade Escuela de Paracaidistas y Fuerzas Especiales
(School of S.F.) -Special Forces Battalion -Parachute
Battalion
1st , 2nd Comando
Regiments
6th Comando
Regiment (desert ops) - Parachute Battalion Pathfinders |
COLUMBIA
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) |
CZECH REPUBLIC
7th Reconnaissance
Battalion
SOG (Special
Operations Group)
601st Special
Forces Group |
DENMARK
Frømandskorpset
Jægerkorpset
Slædepatruljen
Sirius
SSR -
Hjemmeværnets Særlig Støtte og Rekognosceringsenhed |
EGYPT
Unit 777 Combat
HRF - Hostage
Rescue Force |
FINLAND
Erillinen
Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
Karhu Ryhmä (Bear
Force)
Sissikomppaniat
Utti Jaeger
Regiment
Taistelusukeltajat
("Combat divers") |
FRANCE
Army
Army Special
Forces Brigade (BFST)
- 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (13e RDP)
- 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (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
Naval Commandos
French Foreign Legion
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
Recherche
Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure
Division des
Operations Spéciales (DOS) |
GERMANY
Army
Division Spezielle
Operationen
- Fernspäherkompanie 200
- Luftlandebrigade 26 (Airborne Brigade)
- Luftlandebrigade 31 (Airborne Brigade)
- Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
Division
Luftbewegliche Operationen
- Jägerregiment 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
Zentrale
Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ) |
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 (Special
Operations Team) |
INDIA
Army
Para Commandos
Navy
Marine Commando
Force
Air Force
Garud Commando
Force
Counter-Terrorist Units
National Security
Guards
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
Detachment Bravo (Modelled
on the British SAS) PASKHAS TNI AU
Police / POLRI
Brigade Mobil
(National Police Special Operations Force)
Detachment 88
(National Police Special Detachment 88 Counter-terrorism) |
IRAN
Army
Takavar
Revolutionary Guard Corps
Qods Force |
ISRAEL
Infantry Corps
PALSAR Givaty
(part of Givati Brigade)
PALSAR Golani
(part of Golani Brigade)
PALSAR NAHAL (part
of Nahal Brigade)
PALSAR T'zanhanim
(part of Paratroopers Brigade)
Armored Corps
PALSAR 7 (part of
7th Brigade)
PALSAR 188 (part
of Barak Armored Brigade)
PALSAR 401 (part
of Ikvot Habarzel Brigade)
Engineering Corps
Sayeret Yahalom
Field Intelligence Corps
Shaaf
Nit'zan
Nesher
Special Mission Units
Sayeret Matkal
Sayeret Duvdevan
Alpinistim
Unit Oketz
Force 100
LOTAR Eilat
TIBAM Team
Urban Tactical
Unit (YATA)
General Staff
Security Unit
Sayeret Egoz
Air Force
Sayeret Shaldag
Airborne Rescue &
Evacuation Unit (Unit 669)
Airplanes Security
Unit
YANMAM
Naval Force
Shayetet 13 (13th
Flotilla)
YALTAM (Underwater
Task Force)
YABAN |
ITALY
Carabinieri
Gruppo di
Intervento Speciale (GIS)
Polizia di Stato
Nucleo Operativo
Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
Guardia di Finanza
AntiTerrorismo
Pronto Impiego (AT-PI)
Army
9th Parachute
Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
185th Parachute
Reconnaissance Regiment "Folgore"
4th Alpini
Parachute Regiment "Monte Cervino"
Navy
Comando
Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN)
Air Force
Reparto Incursori
dell'Aeronautica Militare (RIAM)
Fucilieri
dell'Aria |
JAPAN
Ground Self-Defense Forces
1st Airborne
Brigade
- Guide Unit
Special Operations
Group
Western Army
Infantry Regiment
- Ranger Platoon
Maritime Self-Defense Forces
Maritime
Interception Team
Special Boarding
Unit
National Police Agency
Special Assault
Team
Special
Investigation Group
Japan Coast Guard
Special Security
Force
Special Security
Team |
KOREA (SOUTH)
Army
Special Warfare
Command
707th Special
Mission Battalion (White Tiger)
Special Guard Team
(SGT)
Navy
Naval Special
Warfare Brigade (UDT/SEAL)
Air Force
6th Combat Control
Team/Combat Search And Rescue (CCT/CSAR) Squadron
Marine Corps
Force
Reconnaissance
Special Guard Team
(SGT)
National Police
Special Weapon
Attack Team (SWAT)
Coast Guard
Sea Special
Assault Team (SSAT) |
MALAYSIA
Army / ATM TD
10 Paratrooper
Brigade
Grup Gerak Khas (GGK,
English:(Special Strike Group))
- 11th Rejimen Gerak Khas
- 21st Commando Regiment
- 22nd Commando Regiment
Navy / ATM TLDM
PASKAL (Pasukan
Khas Laut, English: Special Maritime Unit)
Air Force / ATM TUDM
PASKAU (Pasukan
Khas Udara, English: Special Air Team)
- Field Protection Team (Pasukan Kawalan Medan)
- Combat Air Rescue Squadron (Skuadron Penyelamat Tempur Udara)
- Tactcal Assault Squadron (Skuadron Sayap Tempur)
Police / PDRM
Pasukan Gerakan
Khas (Royal Malaysian Police Special Operations Counter
Terrorism)
- VAT69/UTK (Royal Police SWAT, Paramilitary Police, Bomb Squad) |
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
Army
Korps
Commandotroepen (KCT)
Navy
Netherlands Marine
Corps
Bijzondere
Bijstands Eenheid (Part of Netherlands Marine Corps)
7th Troop
(Integrated with British SBS)
Mountain Leader
Platoon (Integrated with British ML) |
NEW ZEALAND
Special Air
Service of New Zealand (NZSAS) |
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 |
PAKISTAN
Special Services
Group |
PERU
Navy
Fuerza de
Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
Unidad Especial de
Combate (UEC)
Agrupamiento de
Comandos Anfibios |
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 |
POLAND
1st Special
Commando Regiment
GROM (Grupa
Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)
6th Airborne
Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen.
Sosabowskiego)
Grupa Specjalna
Płetwonurków FORMOZA (GSP FORMOZA)
Pododdziały
Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji Antyterrorystycznych,
ZOA KGP)
4101st Paratroop
Battalion (LRRP units) |
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)
Corpo de
Intervenção (Police Tactical and Swat Unit, CI)
Companhia de
Operações Especiais da GNR (Portuguese National Republican
Guard Special Operations Company) |
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
- 7th, 76th, 98th, 99th, 103rd, 104th, 105th, and 106th Airborne Guard
Divisions
- Independent Air Assault Brigades
- 45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
MVD
- OSNAZ (Rus, Vityaz, Grom)
- ODON (Separate Operational Purpose Division)
- OMON
- OMSN (SOBR)
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
- Kondor
SVR
- Zaslon |
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) |
SAUDI ARABIA
Special Emergency
Force |
SERBIA
63rd Paratroop
Brigade (63. padobranska brigada)
72nd Assault
Brigade (72. jurišna brigada) |
SINGAPORE
Army
Singapore
Commandos
- Singapore Special Operations Force (SOF)
Navy
Naval Diving Unit
(NDU)
Law enforcement
Singapore Police
Force
- Special Operations Command
+ Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
- Police Coast Guard
+ Special Task Squadron (STS)
Singapore Prison
Service
- Singapore Prison Emergency Action Response (SPEAR) Force |
SLOVAKIA
5th PSU
Special Task Force
of National Anti-Drug Department - Slovakia |
SLOVENIA
MORiS
Enota za specialno
delovanje
Specialna Enota
Policije (SEP) |
SOUTH AFRICA
Army
Special Forces
Brigade (SFB)
Police
Special Task Force
(STF) |
SPAIN
Army
Mando de
Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army Special Operations
Command)
Air Force
Escuadrón de
Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)
Navy
Unidad de
Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Unit - UOE)
Unidad Especial de
Buceadores de Combate (UEBC) |
SRI LANKA
Special Task Force
(STF)
Special Force (SF)
Special Boat
Squadron (SBS)
Sri Lankan Army
Commandos
LRRP |
SWITZERLAND
Grenadiers
Fallschirmaufklärer (Kompanie 17) |
SYRIA
Special Defence
Companies
Republican Guard |
SWEDEN
Särskilda
Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group)
Särskilda
Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group)
Fallskärmsjägarna
(Parachute Rangers)
Arméns
jägarbataljon (Army Ranger Battalion)
Kustjägarna
(Costal Rangers)
Nationella
Insatsstyrkan (Police CT Unit)
Flygbasjägarna
(Air Force Rangers/SAFRs) |
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) |
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 |
TURKEY
Bordo Bereliler
Ozel Jandarma
Komando Bolugu
Su Altı Taaruz
(SAT)
Su Altı Savunma (SAS) |
UKRAINE
Berkut (Golden
Eagles) |
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 |
UNITED STATES
Counter-Terrorist Units
Navy Special Warfare Development Group "DEVGRU" (United
States Navy)
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D)
"Delta Force" (United States Army)
Intelligence Support Activity (known under various
codenames since 1989, including Centra Spike, Torn Victor
and Gray Fox)
Army
Special Forces ("Green Berets")
75th Ranger Regiment ("Rangers")
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
"Night Stalkers" [160th SOAR (A)]
United States Army Civil Affairs, and Psychological
Operations Command (CA and PSY-OPS)
Long Range Surveillance units (LRS, "lurse", in infantry
units)
Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition units
(RSTA, in cavalry units)
Pathfinders (in airborne units)
Navy
SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) Teams
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC "Swics",
Special Boat Teams)
SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams
Air Force
1st Special Operations Wing which includes
- 6th Special Operations Squadron - Green Beret equivalent in the Air
Force.
- 4th and 16th Special Operations Squadrons - the only AC-130 Gunship
squadrons
- Various other support aircraft including the CV-22, C-130, MC-130E/H/W,
MH-53J/M, UH-1N/H, CN-235-100, An-26, U-28A, CASA 212,
MQ-1A/B Predator, and Mi-8.
352d Special Operations Group
353d Special Operations Group
720th Special Tactics Group which includes
- Air Force Special Tactics members consisting of all Pararescuemen,
Combat Controllers, and Combat Weathermen.
- Tactical Air Control Parties (TACPs)
U.S. Air Force Special Operations School
18th Flight Test Squadron
Electronic Combat Support Flight
Phoenix Raven
Marine Corps
Marine Force Reconnaissance companies
Marine Reconnaissance battalions
Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
FAST (Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team) companies
Special Reaction Teams
Scout Snipers
Coast Guard
Port Security Units (overseas port security for U.S. Navy
and allied civilian installations)
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