INTERNATIONAL  SPECIAL  FORCES

And

SWAT / CT  UNITS

ABU DHABI

Emirate of Abu Dhabi Police Special Unit

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ALBANIA

Minster of defence

Naval Commandos

Commando Brigade - Comando Regiment, Zall Herr

- 4 x Commando Battalions

- Special Operations Battalion, Farke

- Commando Troop School

Ministry of Interior

Reparti i Eleminimit dhe Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA) Unit 88 

Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS), Durres Unit 77 (CT) 

Shqiponjat (police) "The Eagles" /Forzat e Nderhyrjes se Shpejte (FNSH)

- There are 12 FNSH groups throughout Albania . 

- Albania is divided into 14 districts called prefectures. There is one FNSH group assigned to 11 of these prefectures

Garda Kombetare - National Guards

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ALGERIA

Ministry of National Defence

Units of the Gendarmerie National

Special Intervention Detachment (DSI) / Assault & Rapid Intervention unit

Special Brigade

Garde Republicaine - Republican Guard (presidential escort honour guard & VIP)

Units of the DRS (Research & Security Directorate) (internal security, counter-intelligence)

Special Unit of the Service Action

GIS, Groupe d’Intervention Sppeciale (Special Intervention Group), Blida

Army Units

- Saaykaa (Commando & CT), Boughar, Medea Wilaya  

- One Special Forces/Airborne Divisional HQ

- 4 x Airborne Regiments

- 18th Elite Para-Commando Regiment ('The Ninjas') 

- The Special Assault /Airborne/Recon Troops

- Special Troops Implementation School , Biskra

Naval Units (Marine Nationale)

- Marine Fusiliers

- Offensive (Combat) Divers

- School of Jiel

Air Force Units

- Air Commando Fusiliers, (CT, security, protection)

 - Air Forces Instruction Center , Mechria

Ministry of the Interior

Units of the DGSN (National Security General Directorate)

- URS, Unit Of Republican Guards, Al Hamiz (Alger)

- Republican Security Units

                               - 45 Units (1 par county) (4 platoons)

- BMPJ, Judicial Police Mobile Brigades

- SCRB, Crime-Fighting Central Service

Units of the DCST (Directorate for the Co-ordination of Territorial Security)

DCST?s Special Group

Counter-Intelligence service of the Ministry of the Interior. (The main CI agency in Algeria is the DRS).

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ANGOLA

16 Special Force Brigade

Airborne Bataillon

Special Forces Bataillon

Special Operation Group

Infantry Marines Bataillon

Support Bataillon

Artillery Battailon

Forces Special Direction

                Rapid Reaction Police

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ARGENTINA

Ministry of National Defence

Land Force

GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales)

Rapad Reaction Force, Campo de Mayo

- batallones de Comandos 601 (Ca Cdo(s) 601/CC601) (Army SF/Commando unit), Campo de Mayo

                - 3 x Companies

- Batallones  Assaut Airea 601, Campo de Mayo

                - 3 x Companies

IV  Brigada Paracaidista, Cordoba

                - 3 x Airborne Bataillon

                               - Platoon Pathfinders

Navy

Submarine Command, Mar del Plata Naval Base

- Agrupació de Buzos Tácitcos (APBT) (Seals)

Infantry Marines Command, Punta Alta

- 3 x Infantry Battalion, Zarate, Buenos Aires

- Base Infantry Marine, Marina Baterias, Punta Alta

- 1 Brigade -BIM 1 Force Marines Flotte FAA, Baterias

                - 2 Infantry Battalion

                - Wheeled Amphibious Batallion

- Amphibious Commandos (Marine SF/Recon unit), Baterias

               - 6 x platoons

- FIM 1 Austral Marines Force, Rio Gallegos

- 2 x Detachments / Battalions, Rio Gallegos &  Rio Grande

- Prefecture Security Maritime / 3° Brigade Force de Sécurité, Punta Alta

- Chef of Staff HQ Security Battalion

- Bataillon Sécurité, Puerto Belgrano

                                               10 x Security-Protection Companies

Grupo Albatross - Prefecta (Maritime Police) SWAT unit

Grupo de Respuesta Imediate de Alto Reisgo (GRIAR - Immediate High Risk Response Group)

- Guardacostas (Coast Guard) - Maritime counter-terrorism

Air Force

Escuadron de Apoyo Comando (EAC-AF special ops unit), BAM,  M. Moreno- Moron –B. Aires

Ministry of the Interior

Agrupacion Seguridad e Inteligencia de la Presidencia

Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)/ Grupo Halcon (Falcon Special Operations Brigade/Falcon Group)

“Brigada Halcon”  Buenos Aires Police CT/SWAT unit

Grupos Especiales Operativos (GEO). 18 Swat teams Buenos Aires and other provinces

GRIAR (Grupo de Respuesta Imediate deAlto Reisgo) CoasT Guard

UEI (Unidad Especiales de Investigaciones)

GEOR (Grupo Especial de Operaciones Rurales)

COE (Cuerpo de Operaciones Especiales) de la Policia

Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF - Federal Police SWAT unit)

Tropa de Operaciones Especiales (TOE) - Policía Provincial de Santa Fé (Swat team)

Escuadrón Táctico Especial Recomendado (ETER) - Policía Provincial de Córdoba (Swat team)

Departamento Narcotrafico y Operaciones Especiales de la Prefectura

Gendarmeria Nacional

Escuadrón de Fuerzas Especiales de Gendarmería National (CT unit)

Grupo Especial Alacran “Scorpions” (Gendarmeria’s SF unit)/Escuadron Alacran

Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería National “Groupe Monte” (Jungle Special Operations Section)

Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON - Special Unit for the Struggle Against Narcotics Trafficers)

Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF)  (Prison Tactical / SWAT units)

Grupo Especial Operaciones Penitenciarias (GEOP)

Grupo Especial de Intervención (GEI) Swat team

Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR). This Swat team serves only in the Complejo Uno prison from Ezeiza.

Grupo de Elite de Traslados (Escorts dangerous criminals from prison to courtroom or to another prison)

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AUSTRIA

Ministry of National Defence

6th Jägerbrigade -  Light Infantry Brigade (Mountain Warfare), Innsbruck & Absam

- 15th Jägerbataillon  - Infantry Battalion, Kirchdorf

- 23rd  - Jägerbataillon Infantry Battalion, Bludesh

- 24th Jägerbataillon  - Infantry Battalion, HQ Lienz 

- 2nd Pionierbataillon – Engineer Bataillon, Kirchdorf

- Tragtierstaffel – Transport -Animal, Landeck

- 2nd & 6th Aufklärungskompanie –Anti Tank Companies, Landeck

7th Jägerbrigade  - Light Infantry Brigade (Rangers), Klagenfurt

- 18th Jägerbataillon  - Infantry Battalion, St. Michael

- 25th Jägerbataillon  - Infantry Battalion, Klagenfurt

- 26th Jägerbataillon  - Infantry Battalion, Spittal

- 1st Pionierbataillon -Enginner Bataillon, Villach
- 2nd Artillerieregiment  Artillery Regiment, Klagenfurt

Ministry of the Interior

Gendarmerie "Einsatz Kommando (GEK) Cobra", Wiener Neustad (CT)

- 2 Tactical Teams   

- Wega in Vienna

- PEK "Polizei-Einsatzkommando"; for crisis situations, entries, 

- MEK "Mobiles Einsatzkommando"; mainly supporting patrol units when situations are getting

Complicated and real dangerous

- Cobra for the rest of the country.

- 3 Regional EKO posts in Linz , Graz , and Innsbruck

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AUSTRALIA

Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) Covert Action Directorate - (Aussie version of the CIA's SAD)

Ministry of National Defence

Special Operations Command Headquarters ( Canberra , ACT and Potts Point Sydney , NSW)

- SO Combat Service Support Company (Banksmeadow Barracks, Sydney, NSW)

                - Special Air Service Regiment (Swanbourne Barracks, Perth , WA )

-Base Squadron

- HQ

- Anti Terrorism Cell

- Training and Operational Support Squadron

-I nstruction Wing

- Wings   Medical, Transport, Material, Supply

- 1, 2, 3 “Sabre” Squadrons

- “A Troop” - HALO Troop

- “B Troop” - Boat Troop

- “C Troop” - Mobility Troop

- Counter Terrorism and Special Recovery (CTSR) Teams -TAG (West)

- 4th Battalion (Commando) Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) (4RAR Cdo)

-A (Reserve), B, C and D Companies

-Tactical Assault Group, East (composed of personnel for 4RAR and RAN personnel)

- Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment

- Special Operations Combat Service Support Company (SOCSSC)

- Special Forces Training Center

- Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment (1st Cdo Regt) ( Randwick Barracks, Sydney , NSW)

- HQ Company

- Signal, Maintenance, Training Troops

- Base Operation & Base Radio Sections

- 1 Commando Company (HMAS Penguin, Sydney , NSW)

- 2 Commando Company ( Fort Gellibrand , Williamstown, Vic)

- 301 Signals Squadron (HQ Randwick Barracks)

                                - Swan Island Special Warfare Detachment

- 4 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW)

- Battalion Headquarters

- A, B, C Companies

- Tactical Assault Group (East) (Army and Navy Personnel)

- 126 Signals Squadron

- Operations Support Company

- Logistics Support Company

- Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment

- Incident Response Regiment (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW)

- Chemical, Biological and Radiological Response Squadron

               - A, B, C Troops

               - High Risk Search Troop

- Emergency Response Squadron (Integrated) (Sydney, Townsville, Darwin Oakey)

               - 1 Troop ( Darwin , NT )

               - 2 & 4 Troops

               - 4 Troop (Oakey, Qld)

- Scientific and Technical Organisation

         Associate Units of Special Operations Command

- Australian Army

- 171 Squadron (S-70A Blackhawk) (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld - moving to Sydney, NSW)

- C Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment (6 CH-47D Chinook)  (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld)

- Special Forces Training Centre (Singleton, NSW)

- Parachute Training School (HMAS Albatross, Nowra, NSW)

- Royal Australian Navy

- Clearance Diving Team 1 (Sydney, NSW)

- Clearance Diving Team 4 (Fleet Base West, Perth , WA )

- Clearance Diving Team 3 (Reserve)

                - Royal Australian Air Force

- 1, 2 and 4 Airfield Defence squadrons (anti-special forces units)

Australian Army

North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) (Army Reserve) (HQ Darwin , NT )

- Arnhem Squadron ( Nhulunbuy , NT )

                - Centre Squadron ( Alice Springs , NT )

                - Darwin Squadron ( Darwin , NT )

                - Kimberley Squadron ( Broome , WA )                                 

- Operational Support Squadron ( Darwin , NT )

                - The Pilbara Regiment (Army Reserve) (HQ Karratha , WA )

                                - 1 Squadron (Port Headland, WA)

                               - 2 Squadron  ( Exmouth , WA )

                               - 3 Squadron ( Perth , WA )

                               - Operational Support Squadron ( Karratha , WA )

- 51 Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (Army Reserve) (HQ Cairns , Qld)

- A Company ( Cairns , Qld)

- B Company (Weipa, Qld)

- C Company ( Thursday Island , Qld)

- D Company (Mt Isa, Qld)

- Operational Support Company ( Cairns , Qld)

3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Parachute) (Sydney, NSW)

                - A, B, C Companies

                - Recon Platoon

Ministry of the Interior

Australian Protective Service (APS) provides Counter Terrorist First Response (CTFR)

VIP Protection Australian Federal Police Hostage Rescue Unit

AntiTerrorist Force

Australian Customs SWAT team

Local police

Queensland Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

New South Wales Police State Protection Group Tactical Operations Unit (SPG TOU) The full-time "SWAT" team.

Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

Tasmania Police Special Operations Group (SOG) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (PTRG) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (PTRG) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

South Australia - Police Special Tasks and Rescue Division (PSTRD) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) Special Operations Team (SOT)

ACT Team was renamed and formed the Special Response and Security Team (SRS)

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BAHAMAS

Forces Speciales civiles   Buro de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia de Nassau

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BAHRAIN  

U-Group of the Public Security Force has provided counterterrorist.

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BANGLADESH  

1st Para-Commando Battalion, Dhaka

BAR (Bataillon d'Action Rapide)

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BELARUS

5th Spetsnaz brigade, Marina-Gora

Almaz

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BELGIUM  

Land Force

Groupe de forces spéciales - Special Group Forces, (SFG), Flawinne, ( Namur )

- 4 x Amphibious Teams

- 2 x Air Teams

- 4 x Lands Teams

Brigade Para-Commandos (aeromobile), Louvain (Brabant Flamand)

- 1st Parachute Battalion (1 Para) (Diest, Flemish Brabant)

- 3 x companies combat

- 2nd Commando Battalion (2 Cdo) (Namur, Namur)

- 3 x companies combat

- 3rd Lancier Parachute Battalion (3 Para) (Kasterlee, Antwerpen)

- 3 x companies combat

- Escadron reco 3e Lanciers Para, Nieuport (Flandres Occidentale)

- Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Detachment (Heverlee, Flemish Brabant)

- Signal detachment 

                - 4 x permanent teams

- Para-Commando Field Artillery Battery ( Bij VA Para Cdo) (Towed Artillery - LG1 Mk II) (Brasschaat, Antwerpen)

- 210th Para-Commando Logistics Company (Leuven, Flemish Brabant )

- 51e Bataillon logistique, Damne (Flandre Occidentale)

Guides Squadron - Eskadron der Gidsen (Esk G) (Reconnaissance), Lombardsijde (Aviation brigade)

17th Recce Intelligence and Information Warfare Squadron (17 Recce) (Leuven, Flemish Brabant )

Parachutist Training Center

Commando Training Center

Belgium Gendramerie

Escadron Spécial d’Intervention (ESI) Groupe Dian, Bruxelles (ESI/CT unit)

- Section Protection spécialisée

- Section Surveillance spécialisée

- Section Intervention spécialisée

- Sections Services, Logistique et Techniques particulières

- Disaster Victim Identification Team (DVI)

4 x Unités Protection, Observation, Soutien et Arrestation (POSA)

- POSA Liège; POSA Charleroi; POSA Gand; POSA Anvers.

Security Servive in Palias Royal

DSU (Special UNits Direction)

BBT Bijzonder Bijstandsteam

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BOLIVIA  

Ministry of National Defence

Land Force

Comando de Fuerzas EspecIales / Fuerza Especiales y Operaciones de Mantenimiento de Paz

- RI 12 MANCHEGO (Montero)

- RI 16 JORDAN (Riberalta)

- RI 24 MENDEZ ARCOS (Challapata)

- Special Forces Training Centre, Santa Cruz

Navy

Fuerza de Tarea "Diablos Azules"

- Balattion de Infanteria de Marina “Almirante Gran”

Servicio de Inteligencia Naval - SINDA

Grupo de Reacción Inmediata GRIN

El Centro de Instrucción de Buceo en Altura

Centro de Instrucción de Comandos Amfibios

Ministry of the Interior

Division Operaciones Especiales de la Policia

- COPES (Centro de Operaciones Especiales)

Battallon de Seguridad Fisica

FELCN (Fuerzas Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotrafico)

FOE (Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales)

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BOSNIA HERZEGOVINE

Ministry of National Defence

Land Force

Crni Labudovi

Kateebat al-Mujahideen

Gaz'ia Unit

501th, 503rd, 505th Mountain Brigade

511th Light Brigade "Apaci"

Rapid Reaction Brigade HQ Butile

- Mechanized Battalion HQ Jajce

- Ranger Battalion HQ Butile

- Artillery Battalion HQ Kiseljak

                - Recce Company (Buitile)

Ministry of the Interior

MOS (Muslimanske Oruzane Snage)

Special Police Unit "Seve"

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BRAZIL  

Ministry of National Defence

Land Force

Força de Ação Rápida-FAR  (brigade Special Forces)

- Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais

- Companhia de Defesa Química, Biológica e Nuclear

- Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista (Parachute Infantry Brigade), Vila Militar (RJ)

- Companhia de Precursorers Para-Quedista (CIA PREC - Parachute Pathfinder Company)

- 1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos (Pára-quedista)

- 3ª Companhia de Forças Especiais (Pára-quedista) - sediada em Manaus

- 1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais (1° BFEsp - 1st Special Forces Battalion)

- 2 x SF companies, a Commando Co

-  Counter Terrorism Detachment

- Destacamento de Operações Psicológicas

- 12ª Brigada de Infantaria Leve (Aeromovel) (12th Light Infantry Brigade-Airmobile), Catarava (SP)

- 11º  Batalhao de Infantaria de Montanha

                - Esquadron de Aviation do Exercito (Army Aviation Squadron)

Batalho de Operacoes Policias Especiais (BOPE) Special Military Police Battailllon) Rio de Janeiro

Navy

Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN)-(Naval Rifle Corps-Marines), Rio de Janeiro

- Division Amphibie, îles du Gouverneur, Rio de Janeiro

- 3 x Bataillons Infanterie "Riachuelo", "Humaitá"et  "Paissandu

- Bataillon Tonelera  Commando de Marine COMANFI (Amphibious Commandos), Campo Grande (Rio Janeiro)

- 2 x Amphibious Action Companies

- 2 x Recon-Cdo Companies

- Grupo de Mergulhadores de Combate-GRUMEC (Combat Divers Group)

               - Frogman Cell

               - Counter Terrosisme Team

-  Grupo Especial de Resgate (GER) - Special Rescue Group

- 9 x Marines Detachment’s

Air Force

Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento “PARA-SAR” - (Parachute Search and Rescue)

Projecto Talon (Project Talon), Rio de Janiero ( Air CT )

Federal Police

Comando de Operações Táticas  (COT)

- Serviço de Estratégias Táticas  (SET)

- Serviço de Operações Táticas (SOT)

Grupos de Operações Especiais (Military Police special ops groups)

Grupo de Açòes Táticas Especiais (GATE)

Local Police

Commondo de Operações Especiais (COE - Special Operations Corps-Parana State Military Police special ops unit)

Grupo Armado de Repreensão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) (SWAT/EOD unit) São Paulo Civil Police

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BULGARIA  

101 Mountain Brigade – Smolian

-  Btn – Smolian

- 34  Btn – Momchilgrad

- 103  Btn – Ardino

Special Operations Command, Sofia

- 68 Brigade “Special Forces” – Plovdiv . Nicknamed “The Parachute Brigade”.

- 1 Reconnaissance Parachute Regiment – Sliven

- 1 Psychological Operations Battalion – Sofia

- Tzrancha Training Range

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BRUNEI  

Special Combat Squadron (SAS)

Diving Section

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CANADA  

Ministry of National Defence

Groupement des Operations Speciales (Special Operations Group)

- Joint Task Force Two (JTF-2/CT), Dywer Hill , Ontario

                - 3 x Platoons

- Light Force

- Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Company based in Trenton , Ontario

- Naval/Air Elements

Land Force

Canadian Airborne Regiment.

- Charlie Company (Para), 3rd Bn., Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), Pentawawa ( Ontario )

- Charlie Company (Para), 3rd Bn. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), Edmonton ( Alberta )

- Charlie Company ( Para ), 3rd Bn. Royal Vingt Deuxieme Regiment, Farnham (Québec)

- Airborne engineer squadron

- Airborne artillery battery

- Airborne service squadron

Navy

Frogman (EOD-Under Water) Unit Atlantic , Colwood CB

Frogman (EOD-Under Water) Unit Pacific, Shear-Water, New-Scott

Royal Mounted Canada Police (RMCP)

Emergency Response Team (ERT) ou Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GIT)

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CHILE  

Ministry of National Defence

Land Force

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

Yungay (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 3

Talca (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 16

Los Angeles (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 17

Guardia Vieja (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 18

Navy

Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina (Chilean Marine Corps), Vina del Mar

- Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 1 Lynch (Battalion) Punta Arenas

- Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 2 Miller (Battalion) Vina del Mar

- Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 3 Aldea (Battalion) Valparaiso

- Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 4 Cochrane (Battalion) Talcahuena

- Agrupación de Comandos Infantería de Marina Nº 51 (Marines SOF unit),  Vina del Mar & Valparaiso

                - Compania Anti terroristas (CT)

                               - 4 x Gruppos

                - 4 x Companias Commandos in 4 Area (zonas)

- Escuela de Infanteria Marina, Vina del Mar

- Escuela de Infanteria Marina,

Comando de Buzos Tacticos de la Armada (Navy SF commandoes)

Air Force

Escuadrilla de Paracaidistas de la Frueza Aerea de Chile (FACh) “Bionas Azules” (AF "Blue Beret" Pachute Bn.)

Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (Air Force SF/Commando unit), Los Cerillos (Santiago de Chili)

- Paracaidistas de Busqueda, Salvamento y Rescate (PARASAR - Air Force SAR unit)

- Agrupación Antisecuestros Aéreos de la FACh- (ASA - Air Force anti-hijack unit)

Ministry of  the Interior

National Police Force

Unidad Anti-Terroristes (UAT) of the National Police Force “Cobra”

Carabiners

Carabinier Unitades Especiales

- JEDOES (Jefatura de Operaciones Especiales)

- Grupo de Operaciones de Policia Especiales (GOPE), Tobolada Santiago Airport

                -15 x Teams

- Sección de Investigación de Accidentes en el Tránsito, S.I.A.T.

- Sección de Investigaciones Policiales. S.I.P

- Sección Encargos y Búsqueda de Vehículos. S.E.B.V.

- Dirección de Investigación Delictual y Drogas - Depto. O.S..

- Sección Forestal y Ecológica, O.S.5.

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CHINA

Rapid Reaction Units (RRU)

- PLA Air Force 15th Airborne Corps, Guangzhou MR

- 3 Airborne divisions (43^rd , 44^th , 45^th)

- Airborne Special Operation Team

- PLA 38th Group Army, Beijing MR

- Armoured division

                - 3 x Mechanised infantry divisions (112th, 113th, 114th)

-  PLA 39th Group Army, Shenyang MR

- Armoured division

- 3 x Mechanised infantry divisions (115th, 116th, 190th)

-  PLA 127th Mechanised Infantry Division, 54th GA, Jinan MR

- PLA 149th Mechanised Infantry Division, 13th GA, Chengdu MR

- Seven special operations forces (SOF) groups, one in each military region

- PLA Navy 1st Marine Brigade, South Sea Fleet

Central Guard Unit (57003) (Protection, Guard VIP)

Special Operation Unit (helicopter transport; serial number LH91X0X)

One Special Operation Group (SOF) for each of the seven military regions (MR)

                - 3 x battalions

18 x Special Reconnaissance Groups / Battalions (SRF) each of the PLA’s 18 group armies (GA)

Each Army division has a special reconnaissance company with

Navy

Special Operation Force (battalion)

                - 3 x Companies

Marine Corps (Haijun luzhandui) (Under the Command of Navy's South Fleet)

- 1st Marine Brigade, Zhanjiang/Guangdong mainbody in Hinan Island   (92057)

- Special force battalion,

- Reconnaissance company,  (One all female recon unit)

- Frogman platoon

- 164th Marine Brigade, Suixi/Guangdong or Zhanjiang , Guangdong

- Reconnaissance compan

- Frogman platoon

- Xi Sha Garrison (Xi Sha Shi Jing Qu) (38021)

- 1st Marine Brigade (Unit 92057) - South Sea Fleet, PLA Navy. HQ location: Zhanjiang Guangdong

- Special force battalion

- Reconnaissance compan

- Frogman platoon

- 2nd Marine Brigade (Unit 92510) - South Sea Fleet, PLA Navy. HQ Location: Suixi Guangdong

- Special force battalion

- Reconnaissance compan

- Frogman platoon

People Armed Police (PAP)

Special Police Group (National)

                - Special Police Unit (3 Teams)

                - Recon Unit (3 Teams)

People’s Armed Police Special Police College - Police Unit 722 -

- Special Emergency Team

- Special Operations Team

- Special Reconnaissance Team

- Special Bomb Team

Special Police Units (Local)

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COLOMBIA  

Ministry of the Defence

Fuerzas Especiales Anti-Terroristas Urbanas (AFEAU) - Urban Counterterrorist Special Forces (CT-HRT)

- 4 x Assault Teams

Centro de Information Anti-Extorsion y Secuestro (Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Center ) CIAES of the 13th Brigade

Land Force

Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido – FUDRA, Tolemaida

- Mobile Brigade 1 (Móvil Brigada 1) Grand

- 19th ‘Cacique Calima’ Counterguerrilla Battalion San Vicente del Caguán

- 20th Counterguerrilla Battalion Tolemaida

- 21st (Colombian Army "Rangers") ‘Lanceros del Llano Arriba’ Counterguerrilla Battalion

- 22nd Counterguerrilla Battalion

- Mobile Brigade 2 (Móbil Brigada 2) Barancabermeja

- 15th,  16th, 17th, 18th Counterguerrilla Battalions

- Mobile Brigade 3 (Móvil Brigada 3) Cali

- 51st 52nd 53rd 54th Counterguerrilla Battalions

- Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Brigade), Tolemaida

- 1st Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida

- 2nd Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida

- 3rd Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida

- 4th Special Forces Battalion Putumayo Dept.

- 24th Brigade (Army Aviation), Tolemaida Military Base

Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas AFEA

Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal

“Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales de Lucha Contra el Narcotrafico”/ Brigada Contra el Narcotráfico, Tres Esquinas

1st ‘Genral Rodolfo Herrera Luna’ Counter-Narcotics Battalion Tres Esquinas

2nd Counter-Narcotics Battalion Larandia

3rd Counter-Narcotics Battalion Larandia

Companias Contra Guerrillos Urbanos (CCGU - Urban Counter Guerilla Companies) (assigned to 14 Columbia Army brigades)

GAES (Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Groups of the Colombian Army) (anti-kidnapping teams in each brigade)

Grupos Autónomos y Unificados por la Libertad y la Antiextorsión (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping sections)

Comando Especial del Ejército (CEE). This is the elite anti-narcotics team

Navy

Comando de Infanteria de Marina (CIMAR (Marine Infantry Command)

- First ‘Atlantico’ Marine Brigade Sincelejo

- Second ‘Pacifico’ Marine Brigade Buenaventura

- First Riverine Brigade Puerto Leguízamo

                - Grupo de Comandos Anfibios (GCA - SEAL type unit)

Air Force

Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (GASDA - (Aircraft Anti-Hijacking Group) (part of Colombian Air Force), Madrid AB-Bogota

National Police

Grupo Operational Contra Extorsion y Secuestros (GOES) (Counter Extortion and Kidnapping Group)

Unidad Especial Antisecuestro y Extorsión (UNASE - National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Unit)

- Divided in UNASE Rural and UNASE Urbana. Policía Nacional

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES-DIJIN). Swat unit. Policía Nacional

Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES). CT unit. Policía Nacional

Grupo de Elite Antiterrorista Urbano. Acting only in Medellín, this CT unit. Policía Nacional

Comando Metropolitano de Desarme (COMED). in Calí

(against armed gangs, killers hired by the mafias, narcos and urban guerrillas)

Comandos de Jungla Teams

(missions in the jungle against narcos)  Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional

Grupo de Acción Especial contra el Narcotráfico (GAEN) Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional

Grupo de Elite Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS)

Ministry of the Justice

Grupo de Reacción Inmediata Penitenciario (GRI). Prison SWAT team Instituto Penitenciario de Colombia (INPEC)

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COSTA RICA  

Unidad de Intervencio Especial (UIE) (CT) (Special Intervention Unit), San Jose

- 11 x Assault teams

Costa Rica National Coast Guard

- Special Force Units, Murcielago

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CROATIA  

1st Gardijska Brigada 'Tigrovi"

350th Diverzantski Odred

352nd Diverzantsko Roniteljska Bojna "Delta"

ATVP (Antiteroristicka Vojna Policija)

Bojna za Psiholosko-Propaganda Dejstva

Special Unit of Ministry of Defense Battalion 'Zrinski'

Special Police Force

- Antiteroristicka Jednica "Lucko"

- Specijalna Jedinica Policije "Alfa"  

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CUBA  

Comando de Missiones Especiales (CME)

BE PNR

Airborne Brigade, La Havane

                - 2 x Commando Bataillons

                - Special Force Bataillon

Infantry Marines

- 2 x Assault battalions

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CYPRESS  

Special Force Command

                - 3 x Special Force Battalions - Greek Cypriot Commandos (LRRP type unit)

                - Amphibious Company - Greek Cypriot OYK (Marine Commandos - SEAL type unit)

                               - Combat Diver Cell

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CZECH REREPUBLIC  

6 Specialni Brigada  (6th Special Brigade) (Prostejov)

- 115th Long Range Recon Battalion, Chrudim                   of  4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod)

- 4th Recon Battalion, Bechyne                                            of  4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod)

- 43rd Airborne Mech Battalion, Chrudim                           of  4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod)

- 2nd Recon Battalion, Vimperk                                           of 2nd Mechanized Brigade (HQ Pisek)

- 7th Recon Battalion,  Kromeriz                                          of  7th Mechanized Brigade (HQ Kromeriz)

Speciální jednotka vojenské policie SOG (Military police SOG - small unit-around 60 members) - like DELTA

Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNA - National Police CT uni)

ZJ Praha -Zasahova Jednotka - (8 regional SWAT teams )

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DENMARK  

Saerlige Efterretning Patruljer (SEP) (Spec. Intel. Patrols)

Jægerkorpset (JGK) -The JaegerCorps "The Hunters" are the Danish Army Special Forces (SOF) (SAS type unit)

Frømandskorpset (FKP), Ballerup - The Frogmancorps are the Danish Navy SEALs (SOF)

Sirus-patruljen (PNG) : Patruljetjenesten Nord- og Nordøstgrønland, Flyvestation Værløse

- Patrol Northern Greenland , is a specialised arctic dogsledge patrol (LRSU)

Patruljekompagni / Danske Division - PTL COY / DDIV is a Army Reserve LRRP-coy (LRSC)

Patruljekompagni / Hærens Operative Kommando - PTL COY / AOC is a Danish National Guard / Territorial Army

                - LRS Company which operats for the Danish Army Operations Command during war. (LRSC)   

Aktionsstyrken (Police CT unit)

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  

Comando Especial Antiterrorista (Army CT unit)

1th Batallon de Comando

6th Mountain Rifle (Special Forces) Battalion , Constanza - detachments in each zone

Ecological Battalion

Training Battalion, San Isidro

9th Macheteros Battalion (special forces unit)

Air Cavalry Battalion,  San Isidro [UH-1H/Bell 205]

Tracker Unit [K-9]

Comandos Anfibios NAVALES

(Navy Combat divers tasked with, among other things, counter-narcotics and hostage-rescue operations)

Operciones Especiales de la Policia

GAR (Grupo de Accion Rapida) Policia

DNI (Division Nationale d'Investigation)

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ECUADOR  

Land Force

9-BFE (Bda. de Fuerzas Especiales No.9) PATRIA (HQ Latacunga)  (Attached to 1 Division, Quito)

- GFE 24 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 24) RAYO (Daule/Peripa)

- GFE-25 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 25) (Sto. Domingo)

- GFE-26 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 26) (Quevedo)

- GFE-27 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 27) (Latacunga)

- GEK-9 (Grupo Escuela de Comandos) (Latacunga)

Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO/ CT)

Puma Unit (Army SF)

Grupo de Intervencion y Rescate (GIR -Intervention and Rescue Group)

Batallón de Comando de Fuerza Especiales

BOES (Battallon de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Militar )

COE (Comite de Operaciones Especiales)

Brigada de Operaciones Especiales 24

BOES 54 (Batallon de Operaciones Especiales 54)

Navy

Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina, Guayaquil

- 3 x Infantry Bataillonx, Guayaquil, Iles de Galápagos, Oriente

- Commando group

Air Force

Special Forces Search and Rescue Unit, Quito

National Police

GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia )

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EGYPT  

Ministry of the Defence

Land Force

Army Commando Command

- Headquarters of the Commando Forces, Nasser City suburb of Cairo

- 777 Combat Unit (Al-Sa'iqa / `Thunderbolt Force' / 'Unit 777')

                - 1 Pathfinders Bataillon

                - 2 Assault  Bataillons

- Unit 333 - Hostage Rescue Force (HRF), Le Caire Airport (CT/HRT)

- Unit 999  (direct action and reconnaissance)

- 140 -182  Para/ Commando Brigades, Anshas

                - 3 x Bataillons (1 Training , 2 Combat)                              

- 2 x Aeromobile Brigades

- 7 x Commando Groups

                - 4 x Battalions

- Parachute Scholl, Anshaus ( 50 Km of Cairo )

Brigade Garde Républicaine

Navy

Special Force Amphibious brigade, Alexandria

Naval Special Warfare UDT/SEAL-type unit,  Abou-Quer Naval Base

Ministry of the Interior

Central Security Forces

                - `Special Operations Troops' of the Central Security Forces            

(a branch of the Ministry of the Interior) (VIP protection, SWAT-type etc)

State Security

- Unit 333 - Hostage Rescue Force ("HRF"), southern Cairo

National Police

- HRF, Cairo

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EL SALVADOR  

Comando de Fuerzas Especiales (CFE)

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE)

- Patrullas de Reconocimiento de Alcance Largo (PRAL - LRRPs)

- Hacha “Hatchet” (SAS type direct action unit)

Ministry of the Defence

Brigada Especial de Seguridad Militar - Special Brigade for Military Security (BESM)

- 4  Battalions, including

- Military police battalion

Batallon de Paracaidistas ( BAPAC - Parachute Battalion)

Battelion de Infateria de Marina

Compania de Comandos Marina (Marine Commando Company)

Commando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT) - Special Anti-Terrorist Command, Ilopango Air Base

Ministry of the Interior

PRAL (Patrullas de Reconocimiento de Alcance Largo)

BESM (Brigada Especial de Seguridad Militar) ou BESM

Grupo de Respuesta Policial (GRP - Police Response Group)

Div. de Proteccion de Personalidades

Div. de Armas y Explosivos

Unidad de Mantenimiento de Orden

Grupo Aero Policial

DECO (Division Elite Contra Crimen Organizado)

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ESTONIA  

Special Operations Group (SOG)

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FIJI  

Army First Meridian Squadron (CI) unit

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FINLAND  

Land Force

Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti – Guard Jäger  Regiment, Santahamina & Taivallahti, Helsinki . (Special Urban Force)

- Kaartin Pataljoona – Guard Battalion, Helsinki

                - 2. Jääkärikomppania – Jäger Company

                - Sotilaspoliisikomppania – MP Company

                - Kuljetuskomppania – ?

- Uudenmaan Jääkäripataljoona – Uudenmaa Jäger Battalion, ?

                - 1. Jääkärikomppania – Jäger Company

                - Panssarintorjuntakomppania – AT Company

                - Kranaatinheitinkomppania – Mortar Company

- Aliupseerikoulu – NCO School .

Utin Jääkärirykmentti – Utti Jäger Regiment, Kouvola-Utti, Kymi.

- Laskuvarjojääkärikoulu – Parachute School - Airborne Ranger School

- Special Jaeger Branch  //  Reconnaissance Branch (Special Forces Section and Counter Terrorism))

- Sotilas Poliisikoulu – Military Police School

Finnish Sissikomppaniat (Ranger/Guerilla Warfare Companies)

Navy

Uusimaa Brigade, Dragsvik , Finland

- Vaasa Coastal Jaeger Battalion

- Raseborg Coastal Artillery Battalion

1st Marine Commadno Bataillon, Upinenni

- 2 x Companies

- 1st Rannikkojaakarikomppania (1st Marine commando company)

- Laivaston Erikoistoimintayksikko (Navy Special operation unit)

National Police

Osasto Karhu “Bear Unit” of the Helsinki Police Department (CT/Hostage rescue unit)

Frontier Guard (Special Rapid Deployment Force)

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FRANCE  

Ministry of the Defence

Commandement des Operations Speciales (Special Operations Command)

- Detachment’s of EIREL (Ecole Interarmée de Renseignement et de Langues) (Language School), Strasbourg

- Brigade des Forces Speciales Terre (BFST)

- Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins Commandos (FORFUSCO), Lorient

- Division des Opérations Spéciales (DOS) (French Air Force special ops aviation unit), Creil BA

Land Force

Brigade de Renseignement (Reconnaissance Brigade) (BRIGRENS), Metz

- 2e Hussars (2e RH) (Reconnaissance), Sourdun

- 4e Groupe of Squadrons of Hussars, Metz

- 61e Artillerie (61e RA) (UAV), Chaumont

- 44e Communications Regiment (44e RT) (Electronic Warfare), Mutzig

- 54e Communications Regiment (54e RT) (Electronic Intelligence), Oberhoffen

Special Forces (Land) Brigade, Pau

- 1e Marine Parachute Infantry Regiment (1e RPIMa) (Para-Commando), Bayonne

- SAS type unit with 3 combat cies

- 13e Parachute Dragoons Regiment (13e RDP) Dieuze

- LRRP regiment with 3 patrol sqdn (in total 15 x patrol teams) and 2 signals sqdn

- Détachement Aviation des Opérations Spéciales (DAOS - Army Light Aviation Special Operations Det), Pau

- 1st Escadrille des Operations Speciales

- 2nd Escadrille des Operations Speciales

11eme Brigade Parachutiste (11th Parachute Brigade), Toulouse

- 2e Regiment Etranger Parachutiste (2e REP), Calvi

- 1er Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1e RCP)

- 3e Regiment Parachutiste d’Infanterie de Marine (3e RPIMa), Cacasonne

- 8e Regiment Parachutiste d’Infanterie de Marine(8e RPIMa), Castre

- 35e Regiment d’Artillerie Parachutiste (35e RAP), Tarbes

- 1e Regiment de Hussards Parachutiste (1e RHP), Tarbes

- 17e Regiment du Genie Parachutiste (17e RGP), Montauban

- Section Nautique d’Intervention Offensive (SNIO)

- 1er Regiment de Transmissions Parachutiste (RTP), Toulouse

- Groupement de Commandos Parachutistes (GCP) (Commandos de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur)

                - 12 x Teams divide to all parachutist regiment)

27e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne (Light Mountain Infantry Brigade, Varces

- URH-27 (Unite' de Recherche Humaine)

9e Brigade Legere Blindée d'Infanterie de Marine (Light Motorized Brigade, Nantes

- Detachement d'Intervention Operationelle (DIO)

Foreign Legion (regiments are integrated within different brigades)  

- 1er Regiment Etranger,  Aubagne

- 1st Cavalry Regiment (1e REC) Orange

- 2er Regiment d'Infanterie, Nîmes

- 3e Regiment d'Infanterie, Kourou (Guyane)

- 4e Regiment Etranger, Castelnaudery

- 1er Regiment Etranger De Cavalerie (1e REC)

- 2er Regiment Etranger de Parachutiste (2er REP) (Also a part of 11e BP), Calvi

- Detachment Legion Etranger de Mayotte, Mayotte

- 13e Demi-Brigade Legion Etrangere, Djiboutie

- 1er Regiment Etranger de Genie (REG), l’Ardoise

- DINOPS (Detachement d'Intervention Operationelle Subaquqtique) (parachute & combat diver trained engineers)

- 2e Regiment Etranger du Génie (REG), Plateau d’Albion

Peloton de Reconnaissance et de Balisage (PRB) de l'ALAT (CCT, TACP)

CPES (Centre Parachutiste d'Entrainement Spéciale), Orléans

CPIS (Centre d'Instruction Parachutiste Spéciale), Perpignan

CPEOM (Centre Parachutiste d'Entrainement aux Operations Maritimes), Roscanvel

Navy

Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins Commandos (FORFUSCO), Lorient

- Commando de Penfentenyo (Recon, Intelligence)

- Commando de Montfort  (Support, Fire, Guidage)

- Commando Jaubert (Assault - includes the "Escouade de Combat en Milieu Clos/ECMC

- former Goupement de Combat en Milieu Clos/GCMC- 17 man maritime CT team)

- Commando Treppel (Assault)

- Commando d'Action Sous-Marine (CASM) Hubert, Toulon

- 1st Company

- A section - HQ

- B section - Maritime Counter-Terrorism (MCT)

- C section - Swimmer Deliver Vehicle unit

- D section - beach recon/naval commando/HALO/HAHO

- E section - Boat support unit

- 2nd Company -Support, Communications, maintenance

Groupe Plongeurs-Demineurs (GPD -French Navy EOD)

Air Force

Groupe Aerien Mixte 56 (GAM56 - DGSE special ops aviation unit)

Division des Opérations Spéciales (DOS) (French Air Force special ops aviation unit), Creil BA

- 4 x Teams of C160 Transall , Toulouse-Francazal

- 2 x Teams of C130 Hercules, Orléans

- Escadrille des helicopters Speciaux (Special Helicopter Squadron) - Escadrille 1/62 , Creil BA110

- Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 10 (CPA 10 - CCT, TACP, Airfield Seizure, Orléans)

- Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 20 (CPA 20 - Mesures Actives de Sûreté Aerienne -MASA/Aviation security)

- Groupe de Récupération au Sol (GRS) (Search and Recovery Group)

- Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 30 (RESCO - Frecn Air Force CSAR security unit)

- Sauveteur Plongeur RESCO (French Air Force CSAR Rescue-Divers)

                - Escadrille H-67, Aix Les Milles BA & Avord BA   (RESCO-SAR)  (Sauvetage)

National Gendarmerie

Groupement d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), Satory

- Force Intervention

- Force Observation / Recherche

- Force Sécurité / Protection

Ministry of the Interior

National Police

Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, et Dissuasion “Black Panthers” (RAID- National Police CT unit), Bièvres

Groupe d'Intervention Police Nationale (GIPN- National Police SWAT units)

Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités  (SPHP) (Security, Protection VIP)

Equipes Regionales d'Intervention et de Securité (ERIS)

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GERMANY  

Ministry of the Defence

Land Force

Special Operations Division, Regensburg

- 200th Special Operations Division Signal Cy, Oldenburg

- 270th Engineer Cy, Wildeshausen

- 310th Recon Cy, Luneburg

- 270th Special Force Recon Company, Pfullendorf

- 26th Airborne Brigade, Saarlouis

- 261st airborne Battalion, Lebach

- 263rd airborne Battalion, Zweibrucken

- 262nd Ligth armor (anti-tank) airborne Battalion, Merzig

- 31st Airborne Brigade, Oldenburg

- 313th airborne Battalion, Varel
- 373rd airborne Battalion, Doberlug-Kirchain

- 272nd Light armor (anti-tank) airborne Battalion, Wildeshausen

KSK Regiment (Special Forces), Cawl

                               - 4 Commando & Special Forces Companies

23rd Mountain Infantry Brigade, Bad Reichenhall

- 231st Mountain Infantry battalion, Bad Reichenall

- 232nd Mountain Infantry battalion, Bischofswiesen

- 233rd Mountain Infantry battalion, Mittenwald

- 225th Field mountain artillery battalion, Fussen

                - Special recon Mountain Unit

Navy

Waffentauchergruppe (Weapon diver group) , Am Ort 6 , 24340 Eckernförde

- Minentaucherkompanie (MiTaKp - Mine Clearance Company)

- 1st Frogmen Company FampsfSchrvimmerKompanie - FSK -  (Verwendungsgruppe 3402), Echernförde

- 2nd Company (Naval Boarding Operations)

Ministry of the Interior

Grenzschutzgruppe 9 [GSG 9, Counter-Terrorists], Sankt Augustin

- 4 Employment units, in each case consisting of guidance troop & 6 special employment troops (SET)

Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK - German State Police SWAT units) (around twenty teams)

ZentralUnterstutzungseinheit Zoll (ZUZ - Customs Central Operation Support Group)

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GREECE  

Ministry of the Defence

Land Force

Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (ETA “Special Parachute Unit - Greek Army LRRP type unit)

1st Sintagma Katadromon (1st Commando Regiment), Rentina

- B, D, E Commando Squadrons

2nd Sintagma Alexiptotiston (2nd Parahute Regiment), Aspropirgos

-1st Parachute Squadron

-2nd parachute Squadron

13th Sintagma Amfivion Katadromon (13th Amphibious Commando Regiment), Holargos, Athens

- A,C Amphibious Commando Squadrons

32nd Taxiarhia Bezonafton (32nd Marine Brigade), Vollos

- 505th Marines battalion, Vollos

- 521st Marines battalion, Siros

- 575th Marines battalion, Chalkis

- Armored Battalion, Vollos

Navy

Monada Ypovrixion Kastrofon (MYK - “Underwater Destruction Unit”) now DYK, Salamis Naval Base

                - 4 x Commando Platoons

Air Force

Special Operations Squadron “Achiles” – Air Force -  CSAR unit

National Police

Dimoria Eidikon Apostolon (DEA - Special Mission Platoon) of the Athens City Police (CT)

Eidikes Katastaltikes Antitromokratikes Monades (EKAM - Police CT unit)

                - 7 x Assault Platoons

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GUATEMALA  

Ministry of the Defence

Land Force

Agrupacion Kaibil

Agrupacion Tactica de Seguridad (ATS)

                - 2 x Special Forces Bataillon

Agrupación Paracaidistas del Ejertico

- 2 x Batallon Paracaidistas

Navy

Infanteria de Marina

                - 2 x Infantry Bataillon

Air Force

Grupo des Fuerzas Espaciales y Securidad, La Aurora , Zona 13, Guatemala City

- 3 x Companies COIN

- Armoured Squadron

- ADA Battery

Mational Police

Fuerzas Especiales de la Policia (FEP)

Grupa de Accion rapida (GAR)

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HONDURAS  

Agrupacion Tatica Especial,  Tamara, Morazan

- 2e Batallon Paracaidistas y Fuerza Espaciales, El Cajon

- Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales, Tamara

- Escuadron de Accion Directa

- Paracaidistas y Fuerza Espaciales Escuela, Tamara

Marines Infantry Battalion

Commando de Operaciones (COE) "Cobras"

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HONG KONG

Special Duties Unit (SDU)

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ICELAND

Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra "Víkingasveitin - Viking squad"

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INDIA  

Land Forces

Para Commando Battalions (1st, 9th, 10th, 21st Special Forces Battalions)

Navy

340ht Marines Infantry Brigade

Marine Commando Force (MCF)

- Quick Reaction Section (QRS- Maritime CT)

Naval Special Force (MARCOS)

                - 10 x Specials Forces Groups

Air Force

Garuda Force (Air Force)

Paramilitary

National Security Guards "Black Cats"

- Special Action Group (SAG- military personnel assigned to assault squadrons)

- Special Rangers Group (SRG-paramilitary & police personnel who form the perimeter security unit)

Special Frontier Force

                - 6 Battalions

- Special Services Group

Special Security Group (Indian Secret Service)

Special Security Bureau (SSB)             

- 2 x battalions

Office of Special Operation

Special Protection Group

Central Industrial Security Force

Indo-Tibetan Border Police

Assam Rifles

Rashtriya Rifles

Central Reserve Police Force

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INDONESIA

Land Forces

Strategic Reserve (KOSTRAD)

- 1^st Infantry Division, Cibubur, south of Jakarta

- 17^th Airborne Brigade 

- 2^nd Infantry Division, Singosari, near Malang , East Java

- 18^th Airborne Brigade 

- 3^rd Airborne Brigade (Independent), Ujung Pandang , South Sulawesi

- 401, 406, 432 Battalions

Kommando Pasukan Khusus  (KOPASSUS)  (Special Operations Command), Cijantung, Jakarta

- Group I (Combat), Serang, West Java

- 11^th & 12^th & 13^th  Detachment (Battalion) 

- Group II (Combat), Kartasura, near Sorakarta, C. Java

- 21^st & 22^nd  & 23rd  Detachment (Battalion)

- Group III (Training), Batujajar, West Java

- Training Detachments 

- Group IV (Intelligence), South Jakarta

- 2 x Intelligence Companies

- Group V (Counter-Terrorist), South Jakarta

- 81^st Detachment

Navy

Kesatuan Gurita of the Indonesian Navy (SEAL type unit)

Jala Menkara ( Indonesia Marine Corps)

- 1st Marine Brigade [Karang Pilang, Surabaya ]

- 2nd Marine Brigade [Cilandak, Jakarta ]

- 3rd Marine Brigade [Planned, details unknown]

- Kommado Pasuhan Karak, Surabaya , Djakarta

- 2 x Groups

- Artillery regiment

- Detachment  Jala Menghara (Counter Terrorism, protection Off-shore )

- Training Regiment

- Kesatuan Gusita, Satyas Djakarta Port

- Unit Taifib (Amphibious recon)

Air Force

Satgas Atbhara (Counter-Terrorist Task Force)

Air Force Special Forces - KOPASGAT – Komando Pasukan Gerak Tjepat, Bandung

- 461 Squadron (Airborne), Halim, Jakarta

- 462 Squadron (Airborne), Husein SN, KB Andung

- 463 Squadron (Airborne), Iswahydi, Madiun

- 464 Squadron (Airborne), Abdulrahman Seleh, Malang

- 465 Squadron (Airborne), Ujung Pandang

- 466 Squadron (Airborne), Jahyapura

National Police

Gegana (SWAT type)

Special Warfare Command

Satgas Gegania (Counter-Terrorist Task Force)

Komando Pasukan Katak (KOPASKA)

Resimen Pelopor Brigade Mobil (BRIMOP)

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IRAK

Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit (CT/SWAT/EOD)

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IRAN  

Land Force

23rd Special Forces Division (North Command)

Airmobile Forces Group (North Command)

29th Commando Division (Airmobile) (North Command)

55th Airborne Division (North Command)

25th Commando Brigade (North Command)

45th Commando Brigade (South Command)

23rd Commando Division (Western Command)

35th Commando Brigade (Western Command)

58th Commando Brigade (Western Command)

Navy

Infantry Marine

- 3 x Bataillons

Takavaran, Naval Commandos

Paramilitary

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or Pasdaran

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IRELAND , REPUBLIC OF

Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW), Dublin

                - 2 x Platoons

Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) Department of the Police

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ISRAEL

Ministry of the Defence

Land Force

Infantry Corps (Heyl Raglium)

- T'zanhanim (Parachute) Brigade

                - Sayeret T'zanhanim (PALSAR 5173), based in the Beit Lead army base.

- Golani Brigade

- Sayeret Golany (PALSAR 95), based in the Shrga army base.

- Sayeret Givaty (PALSAR 8234), based in Mishmar HaNegev army base.

- Sayeret Egoz/Unit 621 - (Counter geurilla ops, attached to Golani brigade (Infantry)

- Sayeret NAHAL (PALSAR 374), based in the Beit Lead army base.

- Unit Rotem (LRRP unit stationed along Israeli/Egyptian border)

- Sayeret Duvdevan (occupied territories undercover unit)

- Unit Alpinistim (Alpine/extreme weather unit)

Intelligence  Corps  Agaf ha-Modi’in (Aman)

- Unit  8200 [SIGINT/EW/encryption]

- Unit  504  [HUMINT]

Field  Intelligence  Corps “Heyl Mode’in”

- Sayeret Matkal, Unité 262, Sirkin Air Base/ Army Base, Petah Tiqwa

[General  Staff  deep reconnaissance/counter-terror unit]

- Unit  269 [SM  sub-unit with scuba capability]

- Unit  7142 Oketz  (The Sting)  -Sirkin AFB  [Special  Forces  multi-purpose dog unit.  CT Responsibilities]

- Palgat / Company  Terror,  Sirkin AFB  [rescue & assists  in CT  operations]

- Palgat / Company Gama "Wanted",  -Sirkin  AFB/Gaza  Strip  [specialize in wanted & tracking]

- Palgat / Company Hamitanim,  Mitzpe  Adi  Army  Base/Sirkin  AFB  [specializes  in  search  for  explosives]

- Palgat / Cny Search &  Rescue  [not considered Special Forces. mostly  civilian SAR & Homefront  Command]

- Sayeret  Maglan  Unit  212 (Airborne), Julis Army Base.

[jeep mounted  ATGM  unit to provide AT protection to deep penetration  forces]

- Sayeret MATKAL (Unit 767)

- Unit YACHMAM (Unit 636), Nafach army base in the Golan Heights, north of Israel

(Long range target acquisition unit for the IDF Artillery Corps)  (Visual Intelligence)

- Small Company (+ of 4)

- Small detachments

- Unit T'ZASAM   (relevant IDF command)

(Special Reconnaissance Team which belongs to the 869 Observations Unit)  (Visual Intelligence)

- 3 Major Companies in Israel 's hot spots - Lebanon , Syria and the Occupied Territories

               - Reconnaissance Intelligence Teams

"Yechidat Modiyin Matara - YACHMAM" Unit 869, (Target Intelligence Unit)

IDF Field Intelligence Corps Visual Intelligence (VISINET) gathering unit.

- Composed of 3 companies, covering the 3 Theatres of Operations ( Lebanon , Syria & Occupied Territories ),

   and several specialised (still classified) teams.

Armoured Corps Heyl Shririon 

 - Sayaret Shirion Company  (LRRP)

- Platoon Sayeret Palsar 500 & 7 of  the  500 Brigade, South Israel & 7th Brigade in Golan Mountain

Combat Engineering Corps (Heyl Handasah Kravit)

YAHALOM Special  Operations  Engineering  Units  Command

- Sayeret  Yael Sirkin Air Base (elite  demolition  unit) [participates in long range special ops or CT missions]

- Sayeret  Yachsap Sirkin Air Base (long  range  bomb disposal  unit)

Artillery Corps (Heyl Tothanim)

- Unit Moran Battalion (Unit 8899), Mit'zpe Ramon AFB, South of Israel .

                - 2 x Anti tank companies

                - 1 x Assisting company Supply, signals and one Reconnaissance (LRRP) Platoon

- Unit Meitar Battalion (Unit 427),  Yftach army base, North of Israel

                2 x Anti tank companies

                1 x Assisting company Supply, signals and one Reconnaissance (LRRP) Platoon

- Unit  409  (Reserve)  [TOW  AT  bn]

- Unit  551  (Reserve)  [ibid]

Signals, Electronics & Computer  Corps

- Central  Unit  for  Data  Processing  (MAMRAM)  [IDF  main  computer  command  center]

- Talpiot  Unit

Military  Police  Corps Mishtera Tzva’it

- Criminal  Investigation  Division

- Central  Unit  for  Traffic  Control

- Prison-oriented Special Emergency Response Team.

- Unit  100 [ MP  CT   Hostage  Unit  for  IDF  Megiddo   Prison]

- Company  Sachlav, Ebron

Navy

Flotilla Shayetet 13, Atlit Naval Base. (Naval Commando unit)

- Raids Palga ("Haposhtim") Company

                - Assassinations, incursions Teams ; Frogmen

                - Counter Terrorist Team 4 (T4)

                               - Team Assault

                               - Team  Rappelling & Climbing

                               - Team  Sniper

- 'Above Water' Palga Company (Specialize in the operation of S'13 boats and Submarines)

- 'Underwater' Palga ("Hat'zolelim"- the divers), Company  -Underwater missions such hydrographic recon, EOD)

Unit YALTAM, Home port Haifa Harbor

Unit YABAN (Unit 707) Eliat, Haifa , Ashdod

Air Force

85 Special Air Forces Command (KAHAM), Palmachin AFB

- Sayeret Shaldag (Unit 5101) Palmahin

-5 or 6 x Ground Air Designating Team, Counter Terror (CT) and hostage rescue scenarios

- Airborne Sauvetage Rescue And Evacuation Unit (Unit 669), Tel Nof AFB

- Rescue Wing

- Evacuation Wing

- Technical Wing

- CSAR School Wing

- Unit T'ZASAM (Unit 5707), Tel Nof AFB

- 3 or 4 Teams of Laser designation, Bombardment Damage Assessment (BDA),

& preliminary bombardment reconnaissance and intelligence gathering unit).

- Airplanes Security Unit

- Unit YANMAM (Unit 7298), Sirkin AFB

Anti Aircraft (AA) corps airborne rapid deployment Special Forces unit. (Stinger / Avenger )

- Unit Egrophan  (Unit 5107) , Sirkin AFB

- The AA corps enemy simulation unit

- Unit Moran, Ramon AFB

Ministry of the Interior

Reattached to the Ministry of the Interior

Five x  Special  Patrol  Units (YASAM)[units  to  maintain  public  order or as  riot  police. Not considered  special  forces]

Unit of the National  Traffic (Highway Patrol)

Water  Police Unit

Israël Prison Service SHABAS

- Unit  Nachshon  [Prison Hostage  takeover unit  and guards transportation  of  dangerous  prisoners.  considered  SF]

Unit  Gideonim (Unit  33) [Mistivarim  counter terror/snatch  operations  unit. considered SF]

Unit Hablanim (EOD units attached to Police HQs ( Jerusalem )).

Israeli Border Guard “Mishmar Ha’Gvul” (MAGAV)

5 x  Special  Patrol  Units (SAMAG) [same function as  Police  YASAM  units]

Unit Sayaret Ya ‘ma m’, civilian base near the Mishmar Ayalon Kibbutz, Jerusalem

- 3 x Sections

Unit YAMAS (Unit 217)

[surveillance/recon /CT   (Reserve) ponse.  considered  SF, Occupied Territories anti-infiltration Rapid Deployment unit]

- Gaza Strip Unit YAMAS

- Judah and Samaria Unit YAMAS

- Jerusalem Unit YAMAS

Unit MATILAN

(Originally there were three MATILAN teams, with each team operating in its own Area of Operation (AO))

YAMAG units, each of the them attached to one of the Israeli police regional districts

Unit Nachshon, civilian base near the city of Ramle , center of Israel

- 12 x Teams (Special Emergency Response Team (SERT)

Israeli Police

Unit Gideonim (Unit 33), Gideonim  (intelligence oriented undercover unit)

Unit Yoav (Israeli Police public transport Counter Terror (CT) unit operating in Northern Israel .)

The unit deploys in central bus and stations in northern Israel on two levels

Unit YAGAL

The Lebanon Border Unit paramilitary counter smuggling unit which belongs to the Israeli Police

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ITALY  

Ministry of the Defence

Coordinamento Forze per Operazioni Speciali (COFOS)  (Joint Special Forces Command), Centocelle Airport (Roma)

- Land Forces Special Forces Command, Florence

- 9° Regimmento ’' Assalto Incursori Paracadutisti “Col Moschin”, Livourne

- 185° Reggimento Acquisizione Obiettivi (185° RAO)

- 183° Régiment Ranger, "Monte Cervino"

- Naval Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI), La Spezia

- Air Force Special Operation Service  (S.S.O.S)

- 1° Reggimrnto Tuscania (Carabinieri Parachute Regiment), Livourne

- Carabinieri Gruppo de Intervencione Espaziale (GIS)  Livourne

Land Force

Brigata Paracadutisti "FOLGORE", Livorno

- 183° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Peistoia

- 186° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Siena

- 187° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Ardenza

- 185° Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione e Acquisizione Obiettivi, Livorno

- 8° Battaglione Genio Guastatori Paracadutisti, Legnago

- 183° Régiment Ranger, "Monte Cervino"

Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima" (Army amphibious troops), Venezia Lido

           -  1° Battaglione Lagunari (Mestre VE)

            - Compagnia Mezzi Nautici

            - Plotone Esploratori Anfibio (Recon Platoon)

Navy

Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori “Teseo Tesei” (COMSUBIN - Italian Navy combat diver/Special Ops unit), La Speiza

- Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI) (Combat Ander Water)

- Gruppo Operativo Subasquei (GOS) (EOD, CSAR)

- Gruppo Navale Speciale (GNS) (Transport)

Amphiboius Force Command (COMFORSBARC), Brindisi

- Reggimento San Marco (Italian Marines)

- 1° San Marco Regiment

                                - Battaglione Assalto “Grado” (Assault Battalion “Grado”)

               -  Golametto Combat Support Bataillon

- 2°  Carlotto Regiment

- Caorle Training Bataillon

- Compagnia Operazioni Navali (Naval Operations Company)

- Compagnia Operazioni Speciali ( COS - Special Operations Company)

Air Force

Il Servizio Supporto Operazioni Speciali (S.S.O.S.)  (Air Force Special Operation Service), Furbara             

- Forward Air Controlling (F.A.C.) & CSAR  & Special Tactics Teams

Carabineri

Presidential Regiment Guard &  Portection Joint Chief of Staff

1° Reggimrnto Tuscania (Carabinieri Parachute Regiment), Livourne

- Bataillon Tuscania, Livourne

- 1° Compagnia (Amphibious ops),  2a Compagnia (Mountain ops), 3a Compagnia (HALO/HAHO)

Escadron Carabineri Elipotecto,  Airport Vilo Valentia (Calabre)

- 2 x Platoons

Gruppo de Intervencione Espaziale - GIS -  Livourne

- Section Snipers / Scout / Recon                         

                - Assault Platoon  with 3 Detachments

National Police

Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS - National Police CT unit), Roma

                - 3 x Squadrons Operations

Gruppo Operativo Speciale (GOS - National Police SWAT unit)

Ministry of the Finance

AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI - Anti-terrorism Quick Intervention) ( Finance Guard CT unit)

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JAPAN  

Land Force

1st Airborne Brigade

- “Guide Unit” (1st Airborne Bde’s NEO unit)

Western Army Infantry Regiment (GSDF counter SOF unit)

- Ranger Platoon (infantry regiment recon unit)

Ground Self-Defense Force special operation group (SOG) -  “S” GSDF CT/Special Ops unit

                - 3 x Companies

Navy

Special Guard Force - (Navy special ops unit) (? SBU ?)

Special Security Team (SST, Japanese Maritime Safety Agency’s -- Coast Guard-- maritime CT unit)

National Police

Special Assault Team (SAT, National Police Agency’s CT unit)

Special Investigation Teams (SIT) (All prefectures, Major Japan Cities)

Police riot squad firearms measure unit (Protection US bases and NBC Sites)

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JORDAN  

Royal Jordanian Special Operation Command (RJSOC)

- 1st Special Forces Brigade

- 71st Counter-Terrorist Battalion SOU-71 (includes specialist HRU)

- 81st Ranger Battalion

- 91st Airborne Battalion (this Battalion can be tasked for external use in support of Arab allies)

- 101st Special Force Battalion

Royal Jordanian Navy Frogman Team

Royal Jordanian Navy Special Boat Unit

Royal Jordanian Special Operations Aviation Squadron

- Fixed Wing Element

- Helicopter Element

- Special Forces Element

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KAZAKHSTAN

Arstan

35th Airborne Brigade

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KENYA  

D company Special Force of the 20th Parachute Battalion

National Police

General Service Unit (GSU) of the Kenya Police

- Recce Company of the General Support Unit

Anti Terrorism Police Unit

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KIRGHIZSTAN

"Scorpion" Special Operation Company

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KOWEIT

10th Al Tahrir Commando Battalion - Based on Falayka Island and at Kuwait IAP

Special Force Battaillon

Navy Fast Attack Unit

Navy Combat Swimmer Unit

Special Forces Counterterrorist Unit Police

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LATVIA  

Ministry of the Defence

VAP (Latvian Secret Service)

- Special Intervention Group (SIG-SF/CT unit)

- Escort Unit (Body Guards)

Land Force

Specialo Uzdevumu Vieniba (SUV) (SF- green beret )

Izlukdesanta Bataljons (IDB) “Lynx Battalion” (Airborne/Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion)

SOS (Specialo Operaciju Speki)

ZS Vieniba "Vanags"

National Police

DD (Drosibas Dienest)

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LEBANON  

Airborne regiment

Commando regiment

Naaval commando regiment

5 x Special forces regiments

Garde Republicaine

Forces de Securite Interieur

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LITHUANIA 

Land Force

“Geležinis Vilkas” MPBr – “Iron Wolves” Reaction Rapide Brigade

- “Didžiojo Kunigaikšcio Algirdo  -   Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion (Rukla)

-  “Karalias Mindaugo - / King Mindaugas Mechanised Infantry Battalion (Panevëþys)

-  “Kunigaikštienes Birutes  -  Duchess Birutë Motorised Infantry Battalion (Alytus)

- Lithuanian Great Duke Kęstutis Motorised Infantry Battalion, (Sakalinė, Tauragė District)

“Vytauto Didžiojo” Jegeriu Batalionas – “Vytautas the Great” Jaeger Commando Battalion, ( Kaunas )

- Grupës  “Aitra”,  “Amplua”  &  “Kodas” 

- Grupë  “Vizija” – CT Group (?)

National Police

ARAS (police CT/SWAT unit)            

                - 6 x Assault Teams

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LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg Recce Company

                - 2 Platoons recce

                - 1 Support Platoon

USP (Unites Speciales de la Police )

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MACEDOINE

Land Force

Special Forces Command

- 1st Guards Brigade

National Police

Special Unit "Scorpii"

Border Brigade

Special Tasks Unit "Volci"

Polide Unit "Lions"

Special Purpose Unit "Tigri"

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MALAYSIA

Ministry of Defence

Land Forces

10th Parachute Brigade, Malacca

- 19th Parachute Battalion

- 17th Parachute Battalion

- 8th Ranger Battalion

- 10th Light Artillery Battalion

- 1st Light Tank Squadron  

21st Special Services Group (GKN), Mersing

- 1st Battalion, Mersing

- 2nd Battalion, Sungei Undang

- 3rd Battalion, Sungei Undang

- Training center

- Special Operation Cell

Nvay  

PASKAL - Pasukan Khas Laut ( Diving combat)

- 3 Diving Company

- Counter Terrorism Company

- Training Company

- EOD COmpany

Puvat Selam

- Team 1, Deep diving

- Team 2, EOD

- Team 3, Counter Terrorism

                - Team 4, EOD, Lumut Naval Base

Unit Pertahanan Udara (Anti Aircraft unit)

Datasemen Jala Mengkara (Denjaka) - Counter-terrorism / Intelligence Force

Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska) - Navy SEAL

- 2 x groups

Intai Amfibi (Taifib) - Amphibious Assault Team

Kesatuan Gurita - Combat Swimmer

Air Force

Regimen TUDM

- Handau (ABGD)

- CART (Combat Air Rescue Team)

National Police

Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) (Police special ops unit)

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MALTES

Land Force

 1^st Regiment

- C (Special Duties Forces) Company

- 1st (Special Forces) Platoon

- 2nd & 3d (Special Duties) Platoon

- 4th (Special Duties) Training Platoon

- 5th (Special Duties) Recruits Platoon

2^nd Regiment

- MSRDT (Maritime Squadron Rapid Deployment Team)

National police

SAG (Special Assignement Group)

- Counter Terrosims Group

- Civil Protection Group

- CT-HRT Team

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MAURITANIA

1° bataillon Commando Parachutiste

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MEXICO  

Land Force

Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales

- One Grupo Aeromóviles de Fuerzas Specials (GAFE) of First Armoured Corps

- 40 x Grupos Aeromóviles de Fuerzas Specials (GAFE) in Military Zone

- Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales

Immediate Reaction Brigade

                - Military police Brigade

                               - MP Bataillon

                               - 3 x Special Operation Bataillon

Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas, Mexico City

                - 3 x Paracadiste Bataillones

- 3 Precursor de asalto aéreo (Pathfinder Platoons)

Navy

2 Forces of Amphibious Reaction

- 3 or 4 Amphibious Battalions

- Artillery of Marines

- Amphibious Commandos

- Battalion of Boats

- Amphibious Vehicles and Service battalion

4 Groups for the Security of Strategic Facilities

4 x Grupos Anfibios de Fuerzas Specials (GANFE)

Independente Fuerzas Specials “Agujas Negras” (Black Needles)

Independente Fuerzas Specials “Boinas Verdes” (Green Berets)

Air Force

Air Force Special Ops unit (UH-60), Santa Lucia

National Police

Grupo Antiterrorista (GAT - Police CT unit)

Grupo Especial de Reaccion e Intervencion (GERI- Special Reaction and Intervention Group)

Force F ou Zorros

Direccion General de Apoyo Tactico y Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Federal Preventiva

Direccion General Adjunta Operaciones Especiales

GOES (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la SSP )

UPOE (Unidad Policial de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Preventiva del Estado)

Brigada de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia

GOE AFI (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Agencia Federal de Investigacion)

GOE de la PGJE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado)

Grupo Alamo (Direccion General de Apoyo Tactico y Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Federal Preventiva)

GERIT (Grupo Especial de Reaccion Inmediata de Temixco)

EROE (Escuadron de Reaccion y Operaciones Especiales)

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MOLDAVIA

Ministry Guard Battalion, Chisnau

Reconnaissance Assault Battalion, Chisnau

Spetnaz Battalion, Chisnau

Brigada de Politie Fulger

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MONACO

USP (Unite Speciale de la Police )

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MOROCCO  

BIP (Brigade d'Infanterie Parachutiste)

- 4 x commandos units

- 2 x airborne battalions

The Royal Guard

                - 1 Bataillon

Commando Batalion

Infantry Marines, Al Hoceina

- 2 x Battalions Al Hoceima & El Aaiun

Gruppe Intervention Gendarme Nationale (GIGN - CT)

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MYANMAR

Special Force bataillon

Bureau of Special Operations (BSO)

- 1st BSO, Taungyi

- 2nd BSO, Mandaly

- 3rd BSO, Pegu

- 4th BSO, Pathein

- 5th BSO???

Infantry Marines

Special Police Information Forces

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NAMIBIA

SCIU (Serious Crime Investigation Unit)

Special Branch

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NEPAL

Special Forces Brigade, Kathmandu

- Ranger Battalion  [SF Companies may have been included]

- 1st Airborne Battalion, Kathmandu

- 1st Special Forces Company, Kathmandu

- 2nd Special Forces Company, Kathmandu

- 1st Cavalry Squadron, Kathmandu       

Special Police Departement

Special Police Task Police

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NICARAGUA

Special Forces Brigade, Sandino IAP, Managua

- Prefectura de Unidades de Fuerzas Especiales (PUFE

                - 3 x Para-Commando Bataillons

Naval Indepandent Infantry Company, Puerto de San Juan del Sur

DOE (Direccion de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Nacional )

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NIGER

2 x Airborne Companies

Counter Terrorist Company

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NIGERIA

1 amphibious brigade

1 airborne battalion

Presidential Guard Brigade, Abuja [security for capital]

- 3 x Guards battalions (rotating)  

- 1 Reconnaissance battalion

NDLEA (National Drug Law Enforcement Agency)

Enforcement and Drug Department

National Guard

Department B Police

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NETHERLANDS  

Land Force

11th Luchtmobiele Brigade, Schaarsbergen

- 3 x Light Infantry Battalions

Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid Krijgsmacht  (BBEK) (Armed Forces Special Assistance Unit)

                                (Royal Netherlands Military Police's SWAT team)

KCT (Korps Commando Troepen), Roosendaal

- 108th Special Operation Company (Direct Action, sabotage, and recon)

- 104th Recon & Observation Co

- 105th Recon & Observation Co

Navy

Koninklijke Nederlandse Corps Mariners (KMARNS) (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - RNLMC)

- 3 x Marines Battalions

- Combat Support Battalion (Gevechtssteunbataljon/GEVSTBAT), Doorn

- Lange Afstand Verkenningscompagnie (LAVERCIE) (LRRP Company)

- Mountain Leader-Verkenningspeloton (MLVerkPel) (Mountian Leaders” Reconnaissance Platoon)

- 7th NL Special Boat Squadron (Amfibisch Verkenningspeloton/AmfVerkPel)

(Amphibian Reconnaissance Platoon)

- Special Assistance Unit (anti-terror, interventions)

- 23rd Airborne Co. RNLMC: Formally Known as "Whiskey Co."

- 11th Airborne Co. RNLMC

- Bijzondere Bijstands Eenhid (BBE) - (Special Intervention Force) (CT-HRT)

                               - 2 x Platoons

National Police

Politie BBE (Police Special Assistance Unit) (utch National police SWAT and special investigation unit)

Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar, Royal Constabulary)

Arrestatie Team (AT-SWAT units)

Brigade Speciale Beveiliging (BSB) - Military Police SWAT/crime suppression units.

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NEW ZEALAND  

1st NZ Squadron SAS, Papakura-Aukland Sud

                - 2 x Troops  Air and Mountain

                - Territorial Group (Reserve)

                - Black Group - Boat Troop (Counter Terrorism)              

Navy Operational Diving Team (ODT)

Armed Offenders Squad (AOS)

Specialist Search Group (SSG)

Diplomatic Protection Squad

Armed Offender Squad (AOS - National Police SWAT units)

Special Tactics Group (STG) (National Police CT/Hostage recue unit)

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NORTH KOREA  

22 x Commando Brigades

7 x independent battalions

Communist Party

(Unification Dept )

- Direct Infiltration Det

(Intelligence/Surveilance Dept )

- Short Period Operations Det , Intelligence Det

(Operation Dept ) : real Counter S.Korean Intell Mission : DA

- Kim Jung Il Political University

                - Land Ops Det

                - Naval Ops Det -> 313rd Unit : 98.6.22 , 98.7.12 infiltrated

(Social / Culture Dept )

                - Spy , Intelligence , Terrorism

(Nation Security Dept )

                - Internal Intell , Border Guard

(may have more than 20 "Special Mission Teams")

Ministry of the People's Armed Forces

Reconnaissance Bureau subordinate to the General Staff Department

                - Land Force :

- 4 x sniper brigades

- 7 x Independent reconnaissance battalions

                - Naval Forces :

                - 448th Unit (Nagwon)

                -  907th Unit ( Wonsan )

                -  22th Sqd ( Nampo ) -> Infiltrated S.Korea in '96.8

Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau ----  8th Special  Forces Corps

- Land Force

- 5 x Airborne Infantry Brigades

- 9 x Light Infantry / sniper Brigades

- 3 x Ranger Brigades

- Naval Forces

- 2 x amphibious brigades

- Air Forces

- 3 x A/F Special Force Brigades

Infantry  Divisions

- 35 x Light Infantry Battalions: like S.Korea Army Recon Bn of Inf Div

Forward Area Corps :

- (?) Ranger Bde : like S.Korea Army Spcl Aslt Regt ( 12 )

- 5 x Ranger/Light Infantry Brigades

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NORWAY  

Land Force

FIST H ( Rapid Intervention International Force Land Party), Elveron, Terningmoen Camp

- Telemark Motorized infantry battalion reinforced (TM Bn), Heistadmoen, Kongsberg or Rena Camp

- 2 x Motorized infantry Companies x 26 Wheeled

- Technical company

His Majesty the King's Guard Regiment (HMKG), Husebyleiren, Oslo

- 2 Rifle Companies

- 3 x Rifle Platoons

- Support platoon

- Special Platoon (with medics, rangers and sappers)

- Escort Company

- 3 x Escort Platoons

- Reconnaissance Platoon

Norwegian Special Operation Commando  (NORASOC), Rena leir

- Hærens Jegerkommando (HJK) (Cavalerie Commando Recon) , Rena leir

HV-016 - National Guard special unit. (Regionally based)

Navy

Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK) (Naval Commando Frogmen), Ramsund 50Km Harstad North Norway

KJK/Kystjegerkommandoen/(Marines)

National Police  

Beredskapstroppen, or Delta - Police counterterror unit. (AFAIK)

- Detachments in major cities ( Oslo , Bergen , Trondheim and Stavanger )

Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) (VIP protection duties)

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OMAN  

Royal Guard of Oman

- Royal Guard of Oman Brigade

- 2 x Special Air Service Battalions

- Firqat Force

- Combat swimmer unit

Special Security Police Division

Mounted Police Division

Police Coast Guard Division