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| {{Short description|Compilation of world's military special forces}} | |||
| {{Expand list|date=February 2018}} | |||
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| {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} | ||
| This is a '''list of active ] units''' from militaries around the world. | |||
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| This is a '''list of military special forces units''', also known as ] (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that are specially organized, trained and equipped to conduct ]. | |||
| ==Definition== | |||
| The units are trained to conduct special operations being referred to as either ''special forces'' or ''special operations forces''. | |||
| These are distinct from special-purpose infantry units, such as the ], found on the ], and also ] units found on the ]. | |||
| The current ] definition of special operations is:- | |||
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| <blockquote>'''special operations''' military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained, and equipped forces, manned with selected personnel, using unconventional tactics, techniques, and modes of employment.<ref name="NATO doctrine">{{cite journal|title=Allied Joint Doctrine for Special Operations|author=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|journal=NATO Standard Allied Joint Publication|date=13 December 2013|volume=AJP-3.5|issue=Edition A, Version 1|page=1-1|publisher=NATO Standardization Agency|location=Brussels}}</ref><ref name="NATO Glossary">{{cite journal|title=NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions (English and French)|author=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|date=17 November 2015|volume=AAP-06|issue=Edition 2015|page=2-S-8|url=http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf|publisher=NATO Standardization Agency|location=Brussels|accessdate=18 September 2016}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| ==Definitions== | |||
| In 2001, NATO agreed definitions with Russia defining special operations and special operations forces:-<ref>{{cite web|author1=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|title=NATO-Russia Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/|website=NATO|accessdate=19 September 2016|date=8 June 2001}}</ref> | |||
| ] currently defines "special operations" as: | |||
| <blockquote>'''special operations''' military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. These activities are conducted across the full range of military operations independently or in coordination with operations of conventional forces to achieve political, military, psychological and economic objectives. Politico-military considerations may require clandestine, covert or discreet techniques and the acceptance of a degree of physical and political risk not associated with conventional operations.<ref name="NATORussia">{{cite web|title=NATO-Russia Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/15-main.pdf|website=NATO|accessdate=17 September 2016|date=8 June 2001}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>Military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained, and equipped forces, manned with selected personnel, using unconventional tactics, techniques, and modes of employment.<ref name="NATO doctrine">{{cite journal|title=Allied Joint Doctrine for Special Operations|author=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|journal=NATO Standard Allied Joint Publication|date=13 December 2013|volume=AJP-3.5|issue=Edition A, Version 1|page=1|publisher=NATO Standardization Agency|location=Brussels}}</ref><ref name="NATO Glossary">{{cite web|title=NATO Glossary of Terms and Definitions (English and French)|author=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|date=17 November 2015|volume=AAP-06|issue=Edition 2015|page=2–S–8|url=http://nso.nato.int/nso/zPublic/ap/aap6/AAP-6.pdf|publisher=NATO Standardization Agency|location=Brussels|access-date=18 September 2016}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| In 2001, as part of efforts to create a framework for consultation and cooperation between ], the ''NATO-RUSSIA Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms'' further defined special operations and special operations forces:<ref>{{cite web|author1=North Atlantic Treaty Organization|title=NATO-Russia Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/|website=NATO|access-date=19 September 2016|date=8 June 2001|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921055642/http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| <blockquote>'''special operations''' military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. These activities are conducted across the full range of military operations independently or in coordination with operations of conventional forces to achieve political, military, psychological and economic objectives. Politico-military considerations may require clandestine, covert or discreet techniques and the acceptance of a degree of physical and political risk not associated with conventional operations.<ref name="NATORussia">{{cite web|title=NATO-Russia Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/15-main.pdf|website=NATO|access-date=17 September 2016|date=8 June 2001|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223732/http://www.nato.int/docu/glossary/eng/15-main.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>'''special-operations forces''' strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of psychological operations or the organization of insurgencies in the enemy's rear area. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have separate special-operations forces brigades, battalions and companies which are integrated with the intelligence assets of military districts, fronts, fleets, armies or corps.<ref name="NATORussia" /></blockquote> | <blockquote>'''special-operations forces''' strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of psychological operations or the organization of insurgencies in the enemy's rear area. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have separate special-operations forces brigades, battalions and companies which are integrated with the intelligence assets of military districts, fronts, fleets, armies or corps.<ref name="NATORussia" /></blockquote> | ||
| The United States definition of special operations is: |
The United States definition of special operations is: | ||
| <blockquote>Operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment and training often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and characterized by one or more of the following: time sensitive, clandestine, low visibility, conducted with and/or through indigenous forces, requiring regional expertise, and/or a high degree of risk.<ref name="US doctrine">{{cite journal|last1=Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)|title=Special Operations|journal=Joint Publication|date=16 July 2014|volume=3-05|page=GL-11|url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_05.pdf|access-date=18 September 2016|publisher=Department of Defense|location=Washington, DC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201152006/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_05.pdf|archive-date=1 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| The Canadian definition of special operations forces is: | |||
| <blockquote>'''special operations''' operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment and training often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and characterized by one or more of the following: time sensitive, clandestine, low visibility, conducted with and/or through indigenous forces, requiring regional expertise, and/or a high degree of risk.<ref name="US doctrine">{{cite journal|last1=Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)|title=Special Operations|journal=Joint Publication|date=16 July 2014|volume=3-05|page=GL-11|url=http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_05.pdf|accessdate=18 September 2016|publisher=Department of Defense|location=Washington, DC}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| <blockquote>Organizations containing specially trained personnel that are organized, equipped and trained to conduct high-risk, high value, special operations to achieve military, political, economic, or international objectives by using special and unique operational methodologies in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive area to achieve desired tactical operational, and/or strategic effects in times of peace, conflict, or war.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Horn|first1=Colonel Bernd|title=No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan (foreword by General T.J. Lawson)|date=2014|publisher=Dundurn|location=Toronto, Ontario|isbn=9781459724105}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Spencer|first1=Emily|title=Solving the people puzzle: cultural intelligence and special operations forces|date=2010|publisher=Dundurn Press|location=Toronto|isbn=9781554887507|page=46}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| <!--==Afghanistan==--> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ==Albania== | |||
| The Canadian definition of special operations forces is:- | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="10than">{{cite press release|title=Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale, elita e FA, feston 10-vjetorin e krijimit të tij|url=http://www.aaf.mil.al/index.php/arkivi/tetor-2008/1324-batalioni-i-operacioneve-speciale-elita-e-fa-feston-10-vjetorin-e-krijimit-te-tij|website=Albanian Armed Forces|access-date=14 September 2017|language=sq|date=21 October 2008|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023130/http://www.aaf.mil.al/index.php/arkivi/tetor-2008/1324-batalioni-i-operacioneve-speciale-elita-e-fa-feston-10-vjetorin-e-krijimit-te-tij|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Special Operations Regiment established, Peleshi: We enhance operational capabilities |url=https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1296-h |website=Ministry of Defence |access-date=12 January 2024 |archive-date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112011326/https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1296-h |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| == Algeria == | |||
| <blockquote>'''special operation forces''' organizations containing specially trained personnel that are organized, equipped and trained to conduct high-risk, high value, special operations to achieve military, political, economic, or international objectives by using special and unique operational methodologies in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive area to achieve desired tactical operational, and/or strategic effects in times of peace, conflict, or war.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Horn|first1=Colonel Bernd|title=No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in Afghanistan (foreword by General T.J. Lawson)|date=2014|publisher=Dundurn|location=Toronto, Ontario|isbn=9781459724105}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Spencer|first1=Emily|title=Solving the people puzzle : cultural intelligence and special operations forces|date=2010|publisher=Dundurn Press|location=Toronto|isbn=9781554887507|page=46}}</ref></blockquote> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{main|Special forces of Algeria}} | |||
| ] (CFT) | |||
| These are distinct from special-purpose infantry units such as the ]. | |||
| * ] (104e RMO)<ref>Algérie – Les Forces spéciales algériennes au combat – الجيش الجزائري</ref> | |||
| * ] (116e RMO)<ref>{{cite web|title=L'armée de terre algérienne a enfin ses MRAP ! – Algérie solidaire|url=https://algeriesolidaire.net/larmee-de-terre-algerienne-a-enfin-ses-mrap/|access-date=2022-02-17|language=fr-FR|archive-date=27 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027092818/https://algeriesolidaire.net/larmee-de-terre-algerienne-a-enfin-ses-mrap/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] (AN) | |||
| * ] (RASM)<ref name="saisie-de-cocaine">{{cite web|date=2019-02-06|title=Saisie de cocaïne: Gaïd Salah encense le corps d'élite des " Commandos marine "|url=https://www.tsa-algerie.com/saisie-de-cocaine-gaid-salah-encense-le-corps-delite-des-commandos-marine/|access-date=2022-02-17|website=TSA|language=fr|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207132136/https://www.tsa-algerie.com/saisie-de-cocaine-gaid-salah-encense-le-corps-delite-des-commandos-marine/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] (GR) | |||
| * ] (RSI)<ref>{{Citation|title=Algérie – Régiment spécial d'intervention du Commandement de la Garde républicaine|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OiOpNrbP0Q|access-date=7 February 2020|archive-date=21 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421233654/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OiOpNrbP0Q|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Angola== | |||
| For other units, see: | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
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| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/politica/2007/4/18/Army-Special-Forces-Brigade-Celebrate-Years,38c72dcf-fced-44c2-a0c8-cdc9689f0ecd.html|title=Army Special Forces Celebrate Years|publisher=portalangop.co.ao|date=3 May 2008|access-date=11 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060109/http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/noticias/politica/2007/4/18/Army-Special-Forces-Brigade-Celebrate-Years,38c72dcf-fced-44c2-a0c8-cdc9689f0ecd.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
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| * ] | |||
| ==Argentina== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Afghanistan}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;]<ref>. The Long War Journal (2011-05-09). Retrieved on 2011-12-27.</ref> | |||
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universoarmas.com.ar/20150804-5332-exclusivo-compania-de-fuerzas-especiales-601-ejercito-argentino-parte-1/|title=Compañía de Fuerzas Especiales 601 (Ejército Argentino)|website=Universoarmas.com|access-date=4 August 2015|archive-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029175619/http://www.universoarmas.com.ar/20150804-5332-exclusivo-compania-de-fuerzas-especiales-601-ejercito-argentino-parte-1/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref>NPR: </ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref name="washingtonpost1">. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2012-01-01.</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="saisie-de-cocaine"/> | |||
| * Ktah Khas Battalion<ref>https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/ktah-khas.htm</ref> (AKA: Afghan Partner Unit, APU) | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.universoarmas.com.ar/20150804-5332-exclusivo-compania-de-fuerzas-especiales-601-ejercito-argentino-parte-1/ |title=Exclusivo: Compañía de Fuerzas Especiales 601 (Ejército Argentino) – Parte 1 | Universo Armas |access-date=1 January 2018 |archive-date=1 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194423/http://www.universoarmas.com.ar/20150804-5332-exclusivo-compania-de-fuerzas-especiales-601-ejercito-argentino-parte-1/ }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Albania}} ]== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=249|title=Armada Argentina Unidades|website=Ara.mil.ar|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=1 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135429/http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=249|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| * ] ({{lang-sq|Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale}})<ref name="10than">{{cite press release|title=Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale, elita e FA, feston 10-vjetorin e krijimit të tij|url=http://www.aaf.mil.al/index.php/arkivi/tetor-2008/1324-batalioni-i-operacioneve-speciale-elita-e-fa-feston-10-vjetorin-e-krijimit-te-tij|website=Albanian Armed Forces|accessdate=14 September 2017|language=Albanian|date=21 October 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ==Armenia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Algeria}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| ] | |||
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| * ] – Spetsnaz unit.<ref>IISS Military Balance 2013, p.215; {{cite web|url=http://desantura.ru/am/|title=Армения — Десантура.ру – о десанте без границ|website=desantura.ru|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=25 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325065341/http://desantura.ru/am/|url-status=live}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.ncca.am/ru/international/view/article/48|title=Международные связи – NCCA|website=desantura.ru|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200147/http://www.ncca.am/ru/international/view/article/48|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Reported in the Russian-language internet at Nurabashen, part of ], in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.ncca.am/ru/international/view/article/48|title=ДНИ АРМЯНСКОГО КИНО, ПОКАЗ ФИЛЬМОВ И ТВОРЧЕСКИЕ ВСТРЕЧИ|website=ncca.am|date=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220739/http://www.ncca.am/ru/international/view/article/48|archive-date=20 May 2014|access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> | |||
| ==Australia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Angola}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| {{main|Special forces of Australia}} | |||
| * Special Forces Brigade (BRIFE) — reported 2007, located at Cabo Ledo region, northern ].<ref>, 3 May 2008.</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Argentina}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Operations Command |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command |website=Australian Army |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306063714/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command }}</ref> | |||
| ;]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universoarmas.com.ar/20150804-5332-exclusivo-compania-de-fuerzas-especiales-601-ejercito-argentino-parte-1/|title=Compañía de Fuerzas Especiales 601 (Ejército Argentino)|publisher=|accessdate=4 August 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Operations Command Information Booklet |url=https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/20703%20Defence%20-%20Special%20Operations%20Command%20Booklet-accessible_0.pdf |publisher=Australian Army |access-date=11 December 2021 |page=3 |archive-date=9 October 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.army.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-11/20703%20Defence%20-%20Special%20Operations%20Command%20Booklet-accessible_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| *** ]<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Commando Regiment |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/1st-commando-regiment |website=Australian Army |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=31 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103353/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/1st-commando-regiment }}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| *** ]<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Commando Regiment |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/2nd-commando-regiment |website=Australian Army |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122335/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/2nd-commando-regiment }}</ref><br /> ''Incorporates the role of ]''<ref name="ADFreport">{{cite report|title=Inquiry into recognition of Australian Defence Force Service for Special Air Service Counter Terrorist and Special Recovery Duties|author=Defence Honours & Awards Tribunal|date=22 December 2009|url=https://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SASR-Final-Report-Public-Release.pdf|access-date=18 October 2018|publisher=Australian Government|archive-date=8 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708132915/http://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SASR-Final-Report-Public-Release.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| *** ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Air Service Regiment |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-air-service-regiment |website=Australian Army |access-date=18 October 2018 |date=14 December 2016 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162356/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-air-service-regiment }}</ref><br /> ''Incorporates the role of ]''<ref name="ADFreport" /> | |||
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| *** ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Special Operations Engineer Regiment |url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-operations-engineer-regiment |website=Australian Army |access-date=22 June 2019 |date=8 April 2019 |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313202445/https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-operations-engineer-regiment |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| * ]<ref name="Aviation">{{cite web|title=6th Aviation Regiment|url=http://www.army.gov.au/Our-people/Units/Forces-Command/16th-Aviation-Brigade/6th-Aviation-Regiment|website=Australian Army|date=16 March 2012|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-date=20 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320224528/https://www.army.gov.au/Our-people/Units/Forces-Command/16th-Aviation-Brigade/6th-Aviation-Regiment|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=249|title=Armada Argentina Unidades|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="Aviation"/> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="Aviation"/> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|title=No. 4 Squadron – Royal Australian Air Force|url=http://www.airforce.gov.au/About-us/Structure-of-the-RAAF/Air-Command/Air-Combat-Group/No.-82-Wing/No.-4-Squadron/?RAAF-KIY1qKx9otX0oDRS/4M9ZvVqsJePmMLM|website=Royal Australian Air Force|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170816100953/http://www.airforce.gov.au/About-us/Structure-of-the-RAAF/Air-Command/Air-Combat-Group/No.-82-Wing/No.-4-Squadron/?RAAF-KIY1qKx9otX0oDRS/4M9ZvVqsJePmMLM|archive-date=16 August 2017}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Armenia}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref name="RANCDT">{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/clearance-diving-teams|title=Clearance Diving Teams|website=Royal Australian Navy|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623082513/http://www.navy.gov.au/about/organisation/clearance-diving-teams|url-status=live}}</ref><ref group="Note">The Clearance Diving Branch does not have a dedicated special operations role as they also include ] roles.</ref><br /> ''Divers serve with 2nd Commando Regiment as part of Tactical Assault Group (East)''<ref name="RANCDT"/> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * one spetsnaz regiment (Source IISS).<ref>IISS Military Balance 2013, p.215. See also http://desantura.ru/am/</ref> A special forces presence was reported in the Russian-language internet at ], part of ], in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncca.am/ru/international/view/article/48|title=Международные связи - NCCA|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ==Austria== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Australia}} ]== | |||
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| ] | |||
| {{see also|Special forces of Australia}} | |||
| * ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818141358/http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/jakdo/index.shtml |date=18 August 2008 }}. Bmlv.gv.at. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317052014/http://www.doppeladler.com/oebh/jakdo.htm |date=17 March 2018 }}. Doppeladler.com. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ; ]<ref name="ASPI_army_p3">{{cite web|url=http://www.aspi.org.au/publications/publication_details.aspx?ContentID=164&pubtype=9|title=ADF capability review: Australian Army|last=Thomson |first=Mark |author2=Davies, Andrew |year=2008|publisher=]|page=3|accessdate=19 August 2008}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="ASPI_army_p3" /><ref name="Defencejobs_cdo">{{cite web|url=http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/army/jobs/Commando/|title=Commando|work=Defence Jobs|publisher=Australian Army|accessdate=19 August 2008}}</ref> | |||
| *] <br> ''Incorporates the role of ]'' | |||
| *]<ref name="ASPI_army_p3" /> <br> ''Incorporates the role of ] | |||
| ==Azerbaijan== | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Combat Controllers|url=http://2commando.gov.au/careers/employment-roles/attached-specialists/combat-controllers-raaf|website=2 Commando Regiment|publisher=Australian Defence Force|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26294 |title=Defense.gov News Article: Navy Special Ops Demos Training in Azerbaijan |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016092253/https://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=26294 }}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| == Bangladesh == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Austria}} ]== | |||
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| {{main|Bangladesh special operations forces}} | |||
| ; ] | |||
| * ]<ref>. Bmlv.gv.at. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>. Doppeladler.com. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| **1st Special Operations Task Group | |||
| **2nd Special Operations Task Group | |||
| **3rd Special Operations Task Group (Reserve) | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Special military operations exchange on among Bangladesh, UK, US|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2020/03/10/special-military-operations-exchange-on-among-bangladesh-uk-us|access-date=2021-12-26|website=Dhaka Tribune|archive-date=26 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226094300/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2020/03/10/special-military-operations-exchange-on-among-bangladesh-uk-us|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| ] | |||
| *] | |||
| * ] (SWADS)<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=14uuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|title = Seaforth World Naval Review 2015|isbn = 9781848323308|last1 = Waters|first1 = Conrad|date = 5 November 2014|publisher = Seaforth|access-date = 1 December 2020|archive-date = 6 March 2024|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240306235643/https://books.google.com/books?id=14uuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|url-status = live}}</ref> | |||
| *641st Special Warfare Naval Unit | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|title=যেকোনো শত্রুদের কাঁদিয়ে ছাড়বে বাংলাদেশের এইসব বাহিনী|url=https://www.sportshour24.com/article/42927/index.html|access-date=2021-12-26|website=sportshour24.com|language=en-us|archive-date=13 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213124452/https://www.sportshour24.com/article/42927/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Belarus== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Bangladesh}} ]== | |||
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| ;] | |||
| {{main|Special Forces of Belarus}} | |||
| *] | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Belarus}} ]== | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://president.gov.by/en/news_en/view/alexander-lukashenko-visits-5th-independent-special-operations-brigade-7602/|title=Events - The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| * 22nd Spetsnaz Company (]) | |||
| *33rd Guards Spetsnaz Detachment | |||
| * 527th Spetsnaz Company | |||
| Special Operations Forces Command<ref name="Belarus">{{cite web |title=Special Operations Forces |url=http://www.mil.by/en/forces/sso/ |website=Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=22 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022161411/http://www.mil.by/en/forces/sso/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="BelarusRus">{{cite web|script-title=ru:Силы специальных операций|url=http://www.mil.by/ru/forces/sso/|website=Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus|access-date=15 October 2018|language=ru|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928023012/http://www.mil.by/ru/forces/sso/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| =={{flagicon|Belgium}} ]== | |||
| * ] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A REFERENCE / FOOTNOTE --> | |||
| * 38th Guards Mobile Brigade – ]<ref name="mil.by">{{cite web|url=https://www.mil.by/en/forces/sso/|title=Special Operations Forces|publisher=mil.by|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330221630/https://www.mil.by/en/forces/sso/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * 103rd Guards Mobile Brigade – ]<ref name="mil.by"/> | |||
| *]<ref>. Mil.be. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfg.be/en/index.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-08-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20070616232703/http://www.sfg.be/en/index.htm |archivedate=16 June 2007 |df= }}</ref> | |||
| ==Belgium== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Botswana}} ]== | |||
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| * Commando unit<ref>IISS Military Balance 2013, p.495</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] in ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mil.be/nl/artikel/nieuwe-special-operations-regiment-officieel-opgericht|title=Nieuwe Special Operations Regiment officieel opgericht|date=4 July 2018|website=Belgian Defence|access-date=3 March 2019|archive-date=18 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618054519/https://www.mil.be/nl/artikel/nieuwe-special-operations-regiment-officieel-opgericht}}</ref> | |||
| == Botswana == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Brazil}} ]== | |||
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| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref name="bdaopesp.eb.mil.br">{{cite web|url=http://www.bdaopesp.eb.mil.br/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-09-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923015650/http://www.bdaopesp.eb.mil.br/ |archivedate=23 September 2013 |df= }}</ref> | |||
| ** 1st Commando Regiment<ref>IISS Military Balance 2013, p.495</ref> | |||
| **] - (1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais) | |||
| **] - (1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos)<ref name="bdaopesp.eb.mil.br" /> | |||
| **1st Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Company - (1ª Companhia de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear) | |||
| **3rd Special Forces Company ''(3ª Cia FEsp)'' - (3ª Companhia de Forças Especiais) | |||
| **Special Operation Support Battalion<ref>https://www.boppsico.eb.mil.br/</ref> | |||
| *Special Operations Platoon (Pelopes): One for each unit - (Pelotão de Operações Especiais) | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] - (Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento)<ref>http://www.ciaprecpqdt.eb.mil.br/</ref> | |||
| *Dagger Platoon - (Pelotão Punhal)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emilitar.com.br/blog/por-dentro-da-tropa-de-elite-pelotao-punhal/|title=Por dentro da Tropa de Elite Pelotão Punhal|last=|first=|date=2016-03-21|website=E-Militar|publisher=|language=pt|trans-title=Inside the Dagger Platoon Elite Squad|access-date=2016-10-29}}</ref> | |||
| *Special Operations Platoon (Pelopes): One for each infantry unit - (Pelotão de Operações Especiais) | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] - (Batalhão de Operações Especiais de Fuzileiros Navais)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mar.mil.br/|title=Marinha do Brasil|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *] - (Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/?p=21800|title=Defesa Aérea & Naval " Notícias Aéreas e Navais " GRUMEC – as Forças Especiais da Marinha do Brasil|work=Defesa Aérea & Naval|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| == Brazil == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Brunei}} ]== | |||
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| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="http://www.copesp.eb.mil.br/">{{cite web|url=http://www.copesp.eb.mil.br// |title=Brigada |access-date=2020-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923015650/http://www.bdaopesp.eb.mil.br/ |archive-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| ** ]<ref name="bdaopesp.eb.mil.br">{{cite web|url=http://www.bdaopesp.eb.mil.br/ |title=Brigada |access-date=2013-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923015650/http://www.bdaopesp.eb.mil.br/ |archive-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| ** Special Operation Support Battalion<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boppsico.eb.mil.br/ |title=1º Batalhão de Operações Psicológicas |access-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427200801/http://www.boppsico.eb.mil.br/ |archive-date=27 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ciaprecpqdt.eb.mil.br/ |title=Cia Prec PQDT |website=www.ciaprecpqdt.eb.mil.br |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630090924/http://www.ciaprecpqdt.eb.mil.br/ |archive-date=30 June 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mar.mil.br/|title=Marinha do Brasil|website=Mar.mil.br|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=25 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225075733/http://www.mar.mil.br/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/?p=21800|title=Defesa Aérea & Naval " Notícias Aéreas e Navais " GRUMEC – as Forças Especiais da Marinha do Brasil|work=Defesa Aérea & Naval|date=12 June 2013|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=16 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216121859/http://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/?p=21800|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Brunei== | |||
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| ** Special Forces Regiment (SFR) - ({{lang-ms|Regimen Pasukan Khas, RPK}})<ref></ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| **Special Forces Regiment (SFR)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindef.gov.bn/MOD2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:brunei-special-forces-regiment-joint-exercise-with-1st-commando-regiment-australia&catid=1:news&Itemid=92|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140206000711/http://www.mindef.gov.bn/MOD2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1117:brunei-special-forces-regiment-joint-exercise-with-1st-commando-regiment-australia&catid=1:news&Itemid=92|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 February 2014|title=Brunei Special Forces Regiment Joint Exercise with 1st Commando Regiment Australia|website=Mindef.gov.bn}}</ref> | |||
| == |
==Bulgaria== | ||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bntnews.bg/bg/a/68-a-brigada-spetsialni-sili-v-plovdiv-veche-e-samostoyatelna-boyna-edinitsa|title=68-a-brigada-spetsialni-sili-v-plovdiv-veche-e-samostoyatelna-boyna-edinitsa|publisher=bntnews.bg|date=2 January 2017|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=30 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130065436/https://bntnews.bg/bg/a/68-a-brigada-spetsialni-sili-v-plovdiv-veche-e-samostoyatelna-boyna-edinitsa|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *] | * ] | ||
| ** 101st Alpine Regiment<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dariknews.bg/regioni/plovdiv/101-vi-alpijski-batalxon-v-smolqn-shte-byde-transformiran-v-polk-1541191|title=101-ви Алпийски батальон в Смолян ще бъде трансформиран в полк – Пловдив – DarikNews.bg|last=Dariknews|website=dariknews.bg|date=5 January 2016 |access-date=11 April 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ** 63rd Naval Special Forces Reconnaissance Detachment "Black Sea Sharks" | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** 65th Seaborne Special Reconnaissance Detachment<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chernomore.bg/varna/2015-10-02/45-g-ot-morskiya-spetsialen-razuznavatelen-otryad-snimki|title=45 г. от морския специален разузнавателен отряд|website=Chernomore.bg|date=2 October 2015|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013513/http://www.chernomore.bg/varna/2015-10-02/45-g-ot-morskiya-spetsialen-razuznavatelen-otryad-snimki|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Burundi== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Cambodia}} ]== | |||
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| * ] | |||
| ** 4th Commando Battalion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-escalating-violence-demands-attention-hrw-briefing-paper|title=Burundi: Escalating violence demands attention – HRW briefing paper|publisher=reliefweb.int|date=29 November 2002|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=6 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306235724/https://reliefweb.int/report/burundi/burundi-escalating-violence-demands-attention-hrw-briefing-paper|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Cambodia== | |||
| *] | |||
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| **]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000121559 |title=อวดขีปนาวุธ..สอย F16 ได้จริง ฮุนเซน ไม่ได้โม้!! - IndoChina - Manager Online |publisher=Manager.co.th |date= |accessdate=2015-02-20}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| **]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/another-military-official-accuses-opposition-party-of-causing-chaos-51101/ |title=Another Military Official Accuses Opposition Party of Causing Chaos |author=Khy Sovuthy|date= 29 January 2014 |work=Cambodian Daily }}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000121559 |script-title=th:อวดขีปนาวุธ..สอย F16 ได้จริง ฮุนเซน ไม่ได้โม้!! – IndoChina – Manager Online |publisher=Manager.co.th |language=th |access-date=2015-02-20 |archive-date=20 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220175019/http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9520000121559 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/another-military-official-accuses-opposition-party-of-causing-chaos-51101/ |title=Another Military Official Accuses Opposition Party of Causing Chaos |author=Khy Sovuthy |date=29 January 2014 |work=Cambodian Daily |access-date=30 September 2015 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810142732/http://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/another-military-official-accuses-opposition-party-of-causing-chaos-51101/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| == |
== Canada == | ||
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| ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Special Operations Forces Command|url=http://www.cansofcom.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|website=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418174933/http://www.cansofcom.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|archive-date=18 April 2012|date=30 September 2011}}</ref> | |||
| *] ( |
* ] (JTF2)<ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Task Force Two (JTF 2)|url=http://www.jtf2.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|website=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701224943/http://www.jtf2.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|archive-date=1 July 2013|date=14 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2)|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/jtf2.page|website=National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces|access-date=24 March 2017|date=1 October 2014|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331203656/http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/jtf2.page|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| *] (CSOR |
* ] (CSOR)<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Special Operations Regiment|url=http://www.csor.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|website=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702150823/http://www.csor.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|archive-date=2 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/csor.page|website=National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces|access-date=24 March 2017|date=11 December 2013|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025424/http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/csor.page|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| *] ( |
* ] (427 SOAS)<ref>{{cite web|title=427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron|url=http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/427soas-427eosa/index-eng.asp|website=Royal Canadian Air Force|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418222809/http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/427soas-427eosa/index-eng.asp|archive-date=18 April 2012|date=9 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=427e Escadron d'opérations spéciales d'aviation (427 EOSA)|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/fr/operations-forces-speciales/427-eosa.page|website=The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces|access-date=24 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325025344/http://www.forces.gc.ca/fr/operations-forces-speciales/427-eosa.page|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| * ] (CJIRU)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/special-operations-forces-command/corporate/organizational-structure/joint-incident-response.html|title=Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit|date=15 December 2017|website=Canada.ca|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422063840/https://www.canada.ca/en/special-operations-forces-command/corporate/organizational-structure/joint-incident-response.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/fr/commandement-forces-operations-speciales/organisation/structure-organisationnelle/interarmees-intervention.html|title=Unité interarmées d'intervention du Canada|date=19 December 2017|website=Canada.ca|language=fr|access-date=2019-03-18|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422200043/https://www.canada.ca/fr/commandement-forces-operations-speciales/organisation/structure-organisationnelle/interarmees-intervention.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit|url=http://www.cjiru-uiic.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|website=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702150820/http://www.cjiru-uiic.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|archive-date=2 July 2013|date=22 May 2013}}</ref> | |||
| == |
== Chile == | ||
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| * ]<ref name = "elmercurio1"> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930155828/http://diario.elmercurio.cl/detalle/index.asp?id=%7B8ec7efbc-5bd7-4b8b-ae39-9e58e08b383d%7D|date=30 September 2015}}, '' ] '', 25 December 2006; accessed 12 December 2008.</ref><ref name = "army2"> {{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ], 26 December 2006; Accessed 12 December 2008.</ref> | |||
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| == |
==China – PRC== | ||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF-->* ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819182830/http://www.sinodefence.com/army/organisation/special-forces.asp |date=19 August 2010 }}. SinoDefence.com (30 August 2008). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref name="IISS Military Balance 2013, 291">IISS Military Balance 2013, 291</ref> | |||
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| ** ] | |||
| *** {{Ill|71st Special Forces Brigade|lt=71st Special Forces Brigade|zh|中国人民解放军陆军特种作战第七十一旅}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2022-07-25 |title=中野虎师！第71集团军"海鲨"特战旅，前身部队有多牛？ |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/HD4OQD9T0543QIDU.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523085250/https://www.163.com/dy/article/HD4OQD9T0543QIDU.html |archive-date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.163.com}}</ref> | |||
| *Special Operations Battalion | |||
| *** {{Ill|75th Special Forces Brigade|zh|中国人民解放军陆军特种作战第七十五旅}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=网易 |date=2022-12-09 |title=丛林虎！第75集团军特战旅，到底什么来头？"老山主攻团"的传人 |url=https://www.163.com/dy/article/HO4VPQJJ0543QIDU.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523085444/https://www.163.com/dy/article/HO4VPQJJ0543QIDU.html |archive-date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.163.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=中国集团军丨第75集团军：丛林猛虎、南疆长城_新闻_央视网(cctv.com) |url=http://m.news.cctv.com/2019/08/01/ARTIa7cVnasdtzG8nB31FC44190801.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523085244/http://m.news.cctv.com/2019/08/01/ARTIa7cVnasdtzG8nB31FC44190801.shtml |archive-date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=m.news.cctv.com}}</ref> | |||
| *Special Forces Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] | |||
| **** {{Ill|7th Marine Brigade|zh|中国人民解放军海军陆战队第七旅}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=走进"蛟龙突击队"，感受海军特战尖兵的血性与忠诚-新华网 |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2022-12/27/c_1211712585.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521152049/http://www.xinhuanet.com/mil/2022-12/27/c_1211712585.htm |archive-date=2024-05-21 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.xinhuanet.com}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] | |||
| **** ]<ref>{{Cite web |title="雷神突击队"女子特战小队：以最美的青春，守护最可爱的祖国 - 中华人民共和国国防部 |url=http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/wzll/kj/4904909.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606024139/http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/wzll/kj/4904909.html |archive-date=2023-06-06 |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=www.mod.gov.cn}}</ref> | |||
| ==Colombia== | |||
| ;] | |||
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| *]<ref>. SinoDefence.com (30 August 2008). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** Special Forces Division (División de fuerzas especiales (DIVFE))<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ejercito.mil.co/?idcategoria=422025|title=Special Forces Division|publisher=ejercito.mil.co|access-date=25 November 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028142414/https://www.ejercito.mil.co/?idcategoria=422025|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (ECOEA) | |||
| == Congo – DRC == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Colombia}} ]== | |||
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| ;] | |||
| * 391st Commando battalion URR<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africom.mil/Newsroom/Article/7727/750-congolese-soldiers-graduate-from-us-led-milita|title=750 Congolese Soldiers Graduate from U.S.-led Military Training, Form Light Infantry Battalion|author=Eric Elliott|date=20 September 2010|website=Africom.mil|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200044/http://www.africom.mil/Newsroom/Article/7727/750-congolese-soldiers-graduate-from-us-led-milita|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *Rapid Deployment Force(FUDRA) | |||
| *Air Assault Aviation Division | |||
| *](AFEUR) | |||
| *Special Forces Brigade | |||
| == Croatia == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}Congo, Democratic Republic of== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *391st Commando battalion URR<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.africom.mil/Newsroom/Article/7727/750-congolese-soldiers-graduate-from-us-led-milita|title=750 Congolese Soldiers Graduate from U.S.-led Military Training, Form Light Infantry Battalion|author=Eric Elliott|date=20 September 2010|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| ==Cuba== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Croatia}} ]== | |||
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| * ] (Avispas Negras) | |||
| ;]{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} | |||
| ==Cyprus== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Czech Republic}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] (ACR) | |||
| ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.102pzpr.army.cz/|title=102. pzpr aktuálně - 102. průzkumný prapor Prostějov|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.gov.cy/el/page/dieuthinseis-dioikiseis-oplon|title=Διευθύνσεις – Διοικήσεις Όπλων|website=GEEF|access-date=2024-01-17|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303015241/http://www.army.gov.cy/el/page/dieuthinseis-dioikiseis-oplon|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Navy SEALs Forge Alliance with Cypriot Navy Underwater Demolition Team in Eastern Mediterr |url=https://www.nsw.navy.mil/PRESS-ROOM/News/Article-View/Article/3677483/navy-seals-forge-alliance-with-cypriot-navy-underwater-demolition-team-in-easte/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsw.navy.mil%2FPRESS-ROOM%2FNews%2FArticle-View%2FArticle%2F3677483%2Fnavy-seals-forge-alliance-with-cypriot-navy-underwater-demolition-team-in-easte%2F |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Naval Special Warfare Command |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| ==Czech Republic== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Denmark}} ]== | |||
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| ;] ({{lang-da|Specialoperationskommandoen}}) ('''SOKOM''') | |||
| The Czech Republic Special Operations Forces <ref>{{cite web |title=Czech Republic SOF |url=https://specialnisily.army.cz/en/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204190109/https://specialnisily.army.cz/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * ] ({{lang-da|Jægerkorpset}})<ref name="Denmarkfacts">{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures - The Danish Armed Forces|url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/About/Facts/Documents/Facts_And_Figures_UK.pdf|website=Danish Defence|accessdate=13 September 2017|date=February 2011}}</ref> | |||
| * Ministry of Defence SOF Directorate | |||
| * ] ({{lang-da|Frømandskorpset}})<ref name="Denmarkfacts" /> | |||
| * ]<ref>]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2019}} | |||
| ==Denmark== | |||
| Two other Danish units have some claim to special forces status. The ]'s ] is capable of behind-the-lines stay-behind reconnaissance, similar to the Cold War role of the British 21 and 23 SAS Regiments.<ref>{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Hjv.dk. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> The ] also maintains a unique ski patrol unit that conducts dog patrols of ] throughout the year. This unit, the ], maintains a combat capability. | |||
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| ] (SOKOM) | |||
| * ]<ref name="Denmarkfacts">{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures – The Danish Armed Forces|url=https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/About/Facts/Documents/Facts_And_Figures_UK.pdf|website=Danish Defence|access-date=13 September 2017|date=February 2011|archive-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430175329/https://www2.forsvaret.dk/eng/About/Facts/Documents/Facts_And_Figures_UK.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref name="Denmarkfacts" /> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="hjv.dk">. Hjv.dk. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| == Ecuador == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Egypt}} ]== | |||
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| ] ''Thunderbolt Forces'' | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| == El Salvador == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Estonia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *] (ESTSOF) | |||
| Special Operations Command (CFE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?p=7476|title=COMANDO DE FUERZAS ESPECIALES CELEBRA SUS 25 AÑOS|publisher=fuerzaarmada.mil.sv|access-date=6 December 2020|archive-date=18 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418112043/https://www.fuerzaarmada.mil.sv/?p=7476|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| == Egypt == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Ethiopia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Agazi Commando Division<ref>Ethiopia: Commando Division Officer Dupes 1.2 Mil. Br., http://allafrica.com/stories/200508180226.html</ref> | |||
| ] (Thunderbolt Forces) | |||
| *205th/206th Commando Brigade | |||
| * ]<ref name="Ryan">Ryan, p.22</ref> | |||
| *Anti-Terrorism Battalion | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/1/12/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80-999-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9/4583735|title=مقاتلو-الصاعقة-الـ-999-يؤدون-يمين-حماية-الوطن-فى-مناورة/4583735|date=12 January 2020|publisher=|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=24 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324224323/https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/1/12/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80-999-%D9%8A%D8%A4%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%89-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9/4583735|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *ESOF(400 men detachment) | |||
| ==Estonia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Finland}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;]: | |||
| ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mil.ee/en/landforces/special-operations/|title=Special Operations Forces|date=20 July 2023|website=Estonian Defence Forces|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028195358/https://mil.ee/en/landforces/special-operations/|url-status=live}}</ref> (ESTSOF) | |||
| *Special Jaeger Company ({{lang-fi|Erikoisjääkärikomppania}}) of the ]<ref name="hs.fi"> Helsingin Sanomat 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-06-09. ({{Fi}})</ref> | |||
| ;]: | |||
| *Special Action Detachment ({{lang-fi|Erikoistoimintaosasto}}) of Coastal Brigade<ref name="hs.fi"/> | |||
| == Ethiopia == | |||
| The conscript-training units Parachute Jaeger Company ({{lang-fi|Laskuvarjojääkärikomppania}}) of Utti Jaeger Regiment,<ref>. Utti Jaeger Regiment 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2015-06-09. {{Fi}}. The reference calls the training given in ''Laskuvarjojääkärikomppania'' "special forces training"</ref> the Diver School ({{lang-fi|Sukeltajakoulu}}) of the Coastal Brigade<ref>. Iltalehti. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2015-06-09. {{Fi}}. The reference uses the term ''erikoisjoukko'' of the conscript combat divers.</ref> and the Special Border Jaeger Company ({{lang-fi|Erikoisrajajääkärikomppania}}) of the ] Border and Coast Guard School<ref name="Kutsunnat 2015">Kutsunnat 2015. Special leaflet of te Ruotuväki magazine of the Finnish Defence Forces. Part of the issue number 13/2015. 2015-07-16. P. 9. {{Fi}}.</ref> are called in common parlance special forces. While they are volunteer-only, they are not standing professional formations like the others mentioned, but units training conscripts to serve as reservists in special operations forces during a crisis.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924130946/http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/wcm/20f2ae804718c5dcb3dfb3786bf3619b/Opas+variusmiespalvelus+englanninkielinen+2015+22012015.pdf?MOD=AJPERES |date=24 September 2015 }}, p. 53. Finnish Defence Forces. {{ISBN|978-951-25-2598-0}}. Retrieved 2015-06-09. The reference calls the three mentioned conscript outfits "special operations forces".</ref> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * Agazi Commando Division<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200508180226.html|title=Ethiopia: Commando Division Officer Dupes 1.2 Mil. Br.|website=Allafrica.com|access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref> | |||
| == Finland == | |||
| Thus, some official ] sources<ref>. NLGB11. Finnish Defence Forces. 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2015-06-09. {{Fi}}. The reference claims that all other units in Finland are only specially-trained forces, not special forces.</ref> state that the only special forces in Finland are the Special Jaeger Company and the Special Action Detachment. | |||
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| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="hs.fi"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122092533/http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/a1425623986600 |date=22 January 2016 }} Helsingin Sanomat 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-06-09. ({{in lang|fi}})</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** Naval Reconnaissance Battalion | |||
| *** Special Operations Detachment<ref name="hs.fi"/> | |||
| == |
== France == | ||
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| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| *] (Army) | |||
| ] | |||
| **]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''">{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/jeunes/jeuneactu/les-unites-des-forces-speciales/ |title= Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''|year=2014 |accessdate=27 November 2014|language=fr}}.</ref> | |||
| * |
* Special Forces Command and Signal Company – (Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions des Forces Spéciales) (CCTFS)<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | ||
| * ]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''">{{cite web |url=http://www.defense.gouv.fr/jeunes/jeuneactu/les-unites-des-forces-speciales/ |title=Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales'' |year=2014 |access-date=27 November 2014 |language=fr |archive-date=4 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204235945/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/jeunes/jeuneactu/les-unites-des-forces-speciales/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| **]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | |||
| * ]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | |||
| *] (Navy) | |||
| * |
* ]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | ||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| **No 10 Air Parachute Commando<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | |||
| ** |
** ]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | ||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | |||
| * Special Operations Division, Transport section (ET 03/61 Poitou)<ref name="Ministère de la Défense, ''Les unités des forces spéciales''" /> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Valérian Fuet|title=Sortir du rang|periodical=Terre Information Magazine|number=285|date=June 2017|pages=44–45|url=http://en.calameo.com/read/0000633029ac66120121b|access-date=13 July 2017|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170713010226/http://fr.calameo.com/read/0000633023a66214786f7|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| == Georgia == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Gabon}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Commandos Fusiliers Marins (COFUSMA) | |||
| ] | |||
| *Presidential Guard Unit{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/2130581|script-title=ka:საქართველოს შეიარაღებული ძალების გენერალური შტაბის სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალების დებულების დამტკიცების შესახებ|work=LEPL Legislative Herald of Georgia|language=ka|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122122/https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/2130581|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mod.gov.ge/ge/page/24/specialuri-operaciebis-dzalebi|title=თავდაცვის ძალების სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები – MOD.GOV.GE|website=mod.gov.ge|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191434/https://mod.gov.ge/ge/page/24/specialuri-operaciebis-dzalebi|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Germany== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Georgia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316204735/https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/schwerpunkte/spezialkraefte-bundeswehr/was-tun-spezialkraefte |date=16 Mar 2024 }}. bundeswehr.de. Retrieved on 14 November 2024.</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/2130581|title=საქართველოს შეიარაღებული ძალების გენერალური შტაბის სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალების დებულების დამტკიცების შესახებ|work=LEPL Legislative Herald of Georgia|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| ** ] (KSM) | |||
| *] | |||
| ** ] (KSK) | |||
| *] | |||
| ** No. 4 Squadron ] | |||
| == Ghana == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Germany}} ]== | |||
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| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ghanas-sbs-graduates-first-locally-trained-personnel|title=Ghana's SBS graduates first locally trained personnel|publisher=janes.com|date=21 September 2022|access-date=14 December 2022|archive-date=14 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214135338/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ghanas-sbs-graduates-first-locally-trained-personnel|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] (KSK)<ref>. Sondereinheiten.de. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ** ] (EGB Forces)<ref>http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/start/dienstst/ausbkdo/ausbeinrichtungen/auszso/gliedrg/!ut/p/z1/hU67DoIwFP0WB9bemyK-tuqmmJBgInQxFWrB1JaUCn6-NU4mGs92njnAoQBuxNAq4VtrhA685LPTepEeUrqkNNlkiGy3zymdbxCnUzj-C_Bg4w8whLyWUIaN-e-NGHLgwK9iEA_SWee19ERUr4dQNsLUWma2Ym9hC1xpe35fZ-YcLxRwJy_SSUfuLsiN912_ijDCcRyJslZpSWoZ4bdGY3sPxUcQulsxYpzoIWWTJ6nYGBA!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/#par4 </ref> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (Combat Rescue) <ref>http://www.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/luftwaffe/start/archivneu/2015/mar/!ut/p/z1/hY_RC4IwEMb_I2-uNH1UtChMJNPaXmLosIVtMpb00B_fJPBNuocP7n7ffccBhStQyUbRMSOUZL3tCfVvcZCdMxxinOCjh6LoUKZ5Ha9Q6kMNl38WajFaqAhB2XIgNmOzmFFZE1CgLXcaJbmZ1HBphNVOM6O0Myht-om8tLbEES0Q5CYx8udT7iesgl3heet1so9PU-CDjew977JmehrIncm254Vqot9geG6DPPe6L5Pmo2Y!/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/#Z7_B8LTL2922D2M50AAJSENVB30U0</ref> | |||
| ; ] | |||
| * ] (KSM)<ref>. Sondereinheiten.de. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| == |
== Greece == | ||
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| *] ( |
* ] (LOK) (MAK)<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321082311/http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/special-weapons/greek-raiders/ |date=21 March 2014 }}, Special Weapons Magazine, October 2013</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://army.gr/el/organosi/stoiheia-organosis-genikoy-epiteleioy-stratoy/dieythynseis-oplon/dieythynsi-eidikon-38|title=Έμβλημα Μονάδων Καταδρομών | Army gr|website=army.gr|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=19 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819104218/http://army.gr/el/organosi/stoiheia-organosis-genikoy-epiteleioy-stratoy/dieythynseis-oplon/dieythynsi-eidikon-38|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| * ] | |||
| **13th Special Operations Command | |||
| *** Underwater Demolition Command (OYK) | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Guatemala}} ]== | |||
| * ] (31MEED)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.haf.gr/structure/gea-2/31meed/|title=31η Μοίρα Επιχειρήσεων Έρευνας Διάσωσης|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131092822/https://www.haf.gr/structure/gea-2/31meed/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * Fuerza Especial Naval | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Hungary}} ]== | |||
| * ] (DYK) – is organized into sections called Underwater Demolition Teams (OYK)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/el/organosi/arxigeio-stolou/ypagomenes-dioikiseis/dioikisi-ypovryxion-katastrofon.html|title=Πολεμικό Ναυτικό – Επίσημη Ιστοσελίδα – Διοίκηση Υποβρυχίων Καταστροφών|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416195848/http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/el/organosi/arxigeio-stolou/ypagomenes-dioikiseis/dioikisi-ypovryxion-katastrofon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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| * ]<ref> p. 47 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.</ref> | |||
| * HDF 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion<ref> p. 57 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.</ref> | |||
| * HDF 5/24th 'Gergely Bornemissza' Reconnaissance Battalion<ref> p. 66 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.</ref> | |||
| ==Hungary== | |||
| =={{flagicon|India}} ]== | |||
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| *1st Special Forces Brigade "Arpad Bertalan"<ref>https://honvedelem.hu/alakulat/mh-2-vitez-bertalan-arpad-kulonleges-rendeltetesu-dandar.html</ref> | |||
| ;{{main article|Special Forces of India}} | |||
| ** ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022222200/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA536818.pdf |date=22 October 2021 }} p. 47 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ** 88th Light Mixed Battalion<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022222200/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA536818.pdf |date=22 October 2021 }} p. 57 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ; ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html|title=LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para |accessdate=28 November 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105144117/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html |archivedate=5 November 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ; ] | |||
| * Marine Commandos (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=197&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26|title=LAND-FORCES-197 |accessdate=28 November 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415114107/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=197&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 |archivedate=15 April 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| ==India== | |||
| ; ] | |||
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| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=85&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26|title=LAND-FORCES-85 |accessdate=28 November 2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415114149/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=85&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 |archivedate=15 April 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| {{main|Special Forces of India}} | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Indonesia}} ]== | |||
| * ] | |||
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| ** ]{{refn|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html|title=LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para |access-date=28 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081105144117/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Special-Forces/Para.html |archive-date=5 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ssbcrack.com/2016/03/16-things-about-para-commandos-you-didnt-know.html |title=16 Things About PARA Commandos You Didn't Know |publisher=Ssbcrack.com |date= |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606174833/https://www.ssbcrack.com/2016/03/16-things-about-para-commandos-you-didnt-know.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="kar.nic.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in/units.htm|title=Welcome to The Parachute Regiment|website=www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622025648/http://www.indianparachuteregiment.kar.nic.in/units.htm|archive-date=22 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=24 December 2016|title=Why Indian Army Special Forces are way behind US Navy SEALs or Israel's IDF despite upgrade|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/manohar-parrikar-300-crore-proposal-sanction-defence-359288-2016-12-24|access-date=25 September 2020|website=India Today|quote=The newly raised 11 and 12 Para (SF) units...|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224121021/https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/manohar-parrikar-300-crore-proposal-sanction-defence-359288-2016-12-24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/army-raising-a-new-special-forces-battalion/articleshow/9018000.cms|title=Army raising a new Special Forces' battalion|publisher=timesofindia.com|date=28 June 2011|access-date=3 July 2021|archive-date=1 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701145404/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/army-raising-a-new-special-forces-battalion/articleshow/9018000.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] ('''''Ko'''mando '''Pas'''ukan Khus'''sus''''') <br> Indonesian army special forces command,<ref name="Lowry_Kopassus">{{cite book|last=Lowry|first=Bob|title=The Armed Forces of Indonesia|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=Sydney|year=1996|series=The Armed Forces of Asia|pages=86–89|isbn=1-86448-144-7}}</ref><ref name="Kingsbury_Kopassus">{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Damien |title=Power politics and the Indonesian military|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|pages=93–109|isbn=978-0-415-29729-5}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=197&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26|title=LAND-FORCES-197 |access-date=28 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415114107/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=197&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 |archive-date=15 April 2008 }}</ref> | |||
| ** SAT-81/Gultor (''Detasemen Khusus-81 Penanggulangan Teror'') <br>] unit of Kopassus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dw.com/id/satgultor-81-pasukan-siluman-kopassus/a-19180513|title=Satgultor 81: Pasukan Siluman Kopassus|date=2016-04-12|work=Aris Santoso DW|access-date=2018-02-12|language=id}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] (''Pele'''ton''' In'''tai''' Tem'''pur''''') <br>Indonesian army ] platoon from the ] corps.<ref>https://www.boombastis.com/tontaipur-pasukan-spesial/79786</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=85&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26|title=LAND-FORCES-85 |access-date=28 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415114149/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=85&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26 |archive-date=15 April 2008 }}</ref> | |||
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| ==Indonesia== | |||
| ;] | |||
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| * ] ('''''Ko'''mando '''Pas'''ukan '''Ka'''tak'') <br>Indonesian navy ] and ] unit.<ref name="Bennett_Indonesia">{{cite book|last=Bennett|first=Richard M.|title=Elite Forces. The World's Most Formidable Secret Armies|publisher=Virgin Books|location=London|year=2003|pages=102–103|isbn=0-7535-0823-0}}</ref><ref name="Kingsbury_p110-110">{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Damien |title=Power politics and the Indonesian military|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|pages=110–111|isbn=978-0-415-29729-5|url={{Google books |plainurl=yes |id=1Lfzhai05Q0C |page=111 }} }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] ('''''De'''taseme'''n''' '''Ja'''la Mang'''ka'''ra'') <br>Indonesian joint navy-marine special force.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hobbymiliter.com/5163/pasukan-denjaka-tni-al-pasukan-elit-indonesia-yang-misterius|title=Pasukan Denjaka TNI AL, Pasukan Elit Indonesia yang Misterius - HobbyMiliter.com|date=2016-12-22|work=HobbyMiliter.com|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en-US}}</ref> It is a combined detachment formed from selected personnel of the Navy's ] and Marine Corps' ]. | |||
| *] (''Batalyon In'''tai'''-Am'''fib'''i'') <br>Indonesian ] commandos battalion from the ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hobbymiliter.com/5106/yontaifib-pasukan-elit-marinir-tni-al/|title=Yontaifib Marinir: Pasukan Elit Marinir TNI AL - HobbyMiliter.com|date=2016-12-16|work=HobbyMiliter.com|access-date=2017-04-28|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] – Army special force command | |||
| * ] (''Korps Paskhas'') <br> The ] corps of the ],<ref>Sesuai keputusan MEN/PANGAU No.54 Tahun 1967, tanggal 12 Oktober 1967</ref> | |||
| * ] – Army combat reconnaissance platoon | |||
| ** ] ''(Detasemen Bravo 90)'' <br>] unit of the ] which its personnel comes from selected individuals from ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/mengenal-satbravo-pasukan-antiteror-kebanggaan-tni-au.html|title=Mengenal Satbravo, pasukan antiteror kebanggaan TNI AU|date=2016-04-09|work=Yulistyo Pratomo|access-date=2018-02-12|language=id}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Iran}} ]== | |||
| * ] – Naval frogman commando | |||
| {{main article|Special forces of Iran}} | |||
| * ] – Joint navy-marine special forces | |||
| ] (Persian: تیپ ۶۵ نیروهای ویژه هوابرد), or the 65th NOHED Brigade (تیپ ۶۵ نوهد), is an Iranian Army Special Forces unit. Formerly being called 23rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade, it was established in 1959 and was expanded to 23rd Commando Division for some time during Iran–Iraq War. | |||
| * ] – Marine amphibious reconnaissance battalion | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Iraq}} ]== | |||
| * ] – Air force special forces command | |||
| The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Bureau reports to the Prime Minister directly. The Iraqi CTB oversees the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Command, a formation that includes all ] (two brigades, according to the IISS 2013). As of 30 June 2009, there had been legislation in progress for a year to make the Iraqi CTB a separate ministry.<ref>D.J. Elliot, {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026094141/http://home.comcast.net/~djyae/site/?%2Fblog%2Fview%2F4%2F |date=26 October 2012 }}, Montrose Toast, 30 June 2009</ref> | |||
| ** ] – counterterrorism unit of Kopasgat | |||
| ==Iran== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Ireland}} ]== | |||
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| ;] | |||
| {{main|Special forces of Iran}} | |||
| *] (ARW)<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817194153/http://www.military.ie/army/ranger/index.htm |date=17 August 2008 }}. Military.ie. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| == {{flagicon|Israel}} ] == | |||
| * ] | |||
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| {{Further information |Israeli Special Forces Units}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] - ({{lang-he-n|סיירת מטכ"ל}}) (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269) | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *] | |||
| * ] | |||
| **Unit 212 - ] – a commando unit which specializes in operating behind enemy lines | |||
| **Unit 217 - ] – undercover operations unit operating in the ] | |||
| **Unit 621 - ] – counter-guerrilla unit, originally for operating in southern Lebanon | |||
| **Unit 845 - ] – desert warfare unit | |||
| == Iraq == | |||
| ;] | |||
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| *Flotilla 13 - ] ({{lang-he|שייטת 13|}}), naval commando unit | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/David-Witty-Paper_Final_Web.pdf |title=The Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service |first=David |last=Witty |date=2016 |website=] |access-date=14 June 2021 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224094942/https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/David-Witty-Paper_Final_Web.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] | |||
| == Ireland == | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Unit 5101 - ] ({{lang-he|שלדג|Kingfisher}}) (Special Air-Ground Designating Team )<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shoval|first1=Lilach|title=A rare look at Shaldag, the IAF's clandestine commando unit|url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=36957|accessdate=2 December 2016|work=Israel Hayom|date=6 October 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (ARW)<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817194153/http://www.military.ie/army/ranger/index.htm|date=17 August 2008}}. Military.ie. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| == Israel == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Italy}} ]== | |||
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| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269 – ] | |||
| *] (Tier 1)<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it">{{cite web |url=http://cca.analisidifesa.it/downloads/8542322026_it.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216080804/http://cca.analisidifesa.it/downloads/8542322026_it.pdf |archivedate=16 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="difesa.it">http://www.difesa.it/smd/casmd | |||
| /investiresicurezza/moltiplicatori_strategici.htm</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/unita_Sez/unita_ftrpar_9_colmo_voglio.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-04-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526133151/http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/unita_Sez/unita_ftrpar_9_colmo_voglio.asp |archivedate=26 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| *185th Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it"/><ref name="difesa.it"/> | |||
| ** Unit 212 – ]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95/%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1-%D7%A1%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F/ |title=יחידת "רימון" נסגרת ומוטמעת ב"מגלן". תיעוד מסכם מ-8 שנות פעילות מבצעית |access-date=28 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729200611/https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%97%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%95/%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1-%D7%A1%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F/ |archive-date=29 July 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| **GOI Gruppo Operativo Incursori (Operative Raiders Group) | |||
| ** Unit 217 – ] | |||
| **GOS Gruppo Operativo Subacquei (Operative Divers Group) | |||
| ** Unit 621 – ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * 13th Flotilla – ] | |||
| * ] <ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it"/><ref name="difesa.it"/><ref>http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/sitoam/Default.asp?idsez=250&idente=1687</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * 7th Special Air Forces Wing (]) | |||
| *] (Tier 1)<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.difesa.it/approfondimenti/festa-repubblica/2giugno08/rivista-militare/sfilamento-reparti/compagnia+g.i.s.+(cc).htm |accessdate=18 August 2008 |title=Festa Nazionale della Repubblica |publisher=Ministero della Difesa |language=it |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226160323/http://www.difesa.it/approfondimenti/festa-repubblica/2giugno08/rivista-militare/sfilamento-reparti/compagnia%2Bg.i.s.%2B%28cc%29.htm |archivedate=26 December 2008 |df= }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] – ] (Special Air-Ground Designating Team)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shoval|first1=Lilach|title=A rare look at Shaldag, the IAF's clandestine commando unit|url=http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=36957|access-date=2 December 2016|work=Israel Hayom|date=6 October 2016|archive-date=3 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203061025/http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=36957|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] – Combat Search and Rescue and Airborne Medical Evacuation Unit | |||
| ** ] - Forward Air Field Tactical Unit | |||
| ==Italy== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Japan}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| {{main|Italian special forces}} | |||
| *].<ref>{{cite news|title= Japanese Special Operations Group |publisher=discovermilitary|url=http://discovermilitary.com/special-forces/japanese-special-operations-group/}} and IISS 2013, p.306.</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite news|title=Special MSDF unit eyed to fight piracy|publisher=Satellite.TMCnet.com|url=http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2009/01/21/3930380.htm/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125081749/http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2009/01/21/3930380.htm|archivedate=25 January 2009 |deadurl=y|accessdate=26 September 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it">{{cite web |url=http://cca.analisidifesa.it/downloads/8542322026_it.pdf |title=NOTTE SCURA PER IL COMANDO FORZE SPECIALI|date=October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216080804/http://cca.analisidifesa.it/downloads/8542322026_it.pdf |archive-date=16 February 2012|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="difesa.it">{{cite web |url=http://www.difesa.it/smd/casmd/investiresicurezza/moltiplicatori_strategici.htm |title=Ministero della Difesa – I moltiplicatori strategici |access-date=18 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226160133/http://www.difesa.it/smd/casmd/investiresicurezza/moltiplicatori_strategici.htm |archive-date=26 December 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/unita_Sez/unita_ftrpar_9_colmo_voglio.asp |title=Esercito Italiano: 9° Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin" |access-date=2008-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526133151/http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/unita_Sez/unita_ftrpar_9_colmo_voglio.asp |archive-date=26 May 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="analisidifesa_2020-07">{{cite web |url=https://www.analisidifesa.it/2020/07/il-potenziamento-del-comando-forze-speciali-dellesercito/ |title=Il potenziamento del Comando Forze Speciali dell'Esercito |language=it |trans-title=Upgrading the Army Special Forces Command |date=13 July 2020 |orig-date=July 136, 2020 |website=analisidifesa.it |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317211456/https://www.analisidifesa.it/2020/07/il-potenziamento-del-comando-forze-speciali-dellesercito/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="analisidifesa_2020-07"/> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="analisidifesa_2020-07"/> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Jordan}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it"/><ref name="difesa.it"/> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon| Kenya}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref name="cca.analisidifesa.it"/><ref name="difesa.it"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/sitoam/Default.asp?idsez=250&idente=1687 |title=::.. Il Portale dell'Aeronautica Militare – le schede ..:: |access-date=17 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009054733/http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/sitoam/Default.asp?idsez=250&idente=1687 |archive-date=9 October 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| *](SOR)<ref>http://www.jambonewspot.com/licensed-to-kill-the-world-of-kenyas-elite-forces/</ref> | |||
| **30th Special Forces Battalion (30SF) | |||
| **40th Ranger Strike Force (40RSF) | |||
| ==Japan== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Democratic People's Republic of Korea}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| *Airborne | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite news|title=Japanese Special Operations Group|publisher=discovermilitary|url=http://discovermilitary.com/special-forces/japanese-special-operations-group/|access-date=29 January 2015|archive-date=7 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207215740/http://discovermilitary.com/special-forces/japanese-special-operations-group/|url-status=live}} and IISS 2013, p.306.</ref><ref group="Note">The Japanese Special Forces Group is the current name of the former Japanese Special Operations Group, following a name change.</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|author=JGSDF|user=JGSDF_pr|number=1772911491785617408|title=The JGSDF Special Operations Group ( #SOG ) conducted a FTX with the US Army Special Operations Command from Jan to Feb 2024}}</ref> | |||
| *Reconnaissance Brigades | |||
| *Light Infantry | |||
| *Maritime SOF | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Republic of Korea}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite news|title=Special MSDF unit eyed to fight piracy|publisher=Satellite.TMCnet.com|url=http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2009/01/21/3930380.htm/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125081749/http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2009/01/21/3930380.htm|archive-date=25 January 2009 |access-date=26 September 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref>{{Google books |plainurl= |id=FMgpdulJsGgC |page=70 |title=Illustrated Directory of Special Forces }}</ref> | |||
| **1st Special Forces Brigade (Eagle) | |||
| **3rd Special Forces Brigade (Flying Tiger) | |||
| **Oversea Deployment Group (Whole World) (Formerly 5th Special Mission Group 'Black Dragon') | |||
| **7th Special Forces Brigade (Pegasus) | |||
| **9th Special Forces Brigade (Ghost) | |||
| **11th Special Forces Brigade (Golden Bat) | |||
| ** 13th Special Mission Brigade 'Black Panther' - reorganized as the "decapitation unit" as of 2017 | |||
| **] (White Tiger) | |||
| ==Jordan== | |||
| ;]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349192/Somali-pirates-South-Korean-commandos-storm-hijacked-tanker-rescue-crew.html|title=Somali pirates: South Korean commandos storm hijacked tanker and rescue crew - Daily Mail Online|work=Mail Online|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *]<ref name="sofrep.com">{{cite web|url=http://sofrep.com/10163/korean-special-forces-north-vs-south/|title=Korean Special Forces: North vs South|work=SOFREP|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * Special Forces Group<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joint-forces.com/features/14629-kasotc-2018-king-abdullah-ii-sof-group |title=KASOTC 2018 ~ KING ABDULLAH II SOF GROUP |date=5 June 2018 |website=joint-forces.com |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126045511/https://www.joint-forces.com/features/14629-kasotc-2018-king-abdullah-ii-sof-group |url-status=live }}</ref> – "King Abdulah II" | |||
| ** Special Unit I – Specializing in counter terrorism on the basis of the ] | |||
| ==Kenya== | |||
| ;]<ref name="sofrep.com"/> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Combat Control Team (CCT) | |||
| ] | |||
| *6th Search and Rescue Group | |||
| * ] (SOR)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jambonewspot.com/licensed-to-kill-the-world-of-kenyas-elite-forces/ |title=Licensed to kill: The world of Kenya's elite forces: Jambonewspot.com |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617134556/http://www.jambonewspot.com/licensed-to-kill-the-world-of-kenyas-elite-forces/ |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| **233rd Rescue Battalion | |||
| **235th Rescue Battalion | |||
| == |
==Kuwait== | ||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| *One special forces unit (IISS Military Balance 2013){{Verify source|date=May 2016}} | |||
| == Kyrgyzstan == | |||
| =={{flagicon|Latvia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ''']''' | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Latvia== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (SUV) | * ] (SUV) | ||
| ==Lebanon== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Lithuania}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{Main article|Lithuanian Special Operations Force}} | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** Counter-Sabotage Regiment (aka Moukafaha)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lang|first1=Hardin|last2=Awadallah|first2=Alia|title=Playing the Long Game|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2017/08/30/437853/playing-long-game/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Center for American Progress|date=30 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=25 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625035447/https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2017/08/30/437853/playing-long-game/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (aka "Ranger Regiment")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/191577|title=Reports: Maroun al-Qobayati Replaces Roukoz as Commando Regiment Chief|publisher=naharnet.com|date=8 October 2015|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213022144/http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/191577|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.soc.mil/SWCS/SWmag/archive/SW2502/SW2502OperationalizingStrategicPolicyInLebanon.html|title=The United States Army SWCS|date=June 2012|website=www.soc.mil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415201619/https://www.soc.mil/SWCS/SWmag/archive/SW2502/SW2502OperationalizingStrategicPolicyInLebanon.html|archive-date=15 April 2022|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{citation|title=Dare to Join|date=March 2002|url=http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/article.asp?ln=ar&id=323|magazine=Lebanese Army Magazine|language=ar|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=13 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213220522/http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/article.asp?ln=ar&id=323|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** Airborne Regiment<ref>{{cite web|title=Airborne Regiment Official Website of the Lebanese Army|url=https://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/en/content/airborne-regiment|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.lebarmy.gov.lb|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413160927/https://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/en/content/airborne-regiment|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Lithuania== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Malaysia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF-->]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lithuanian Armed Forces :: Structure » Special Forces |url=http://kariuomene.kam.lt/en/structure_1469/special_forces.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808201156/http://kariuomene.kam.lt/en/structure_1469/special_forces.html |archive-date=8 August 2016 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=kariuomene.kam.lt}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] (GGK)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.nst.com.my/best-of-malaysia-1.125983/2.620/2.630/2.620/2.630/|title=Cartoon - New Straits Times|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=3454/|title=GGK's Long Guns and an RIV too – edited|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| *] (10 Para)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=3708/|title=More on Marines Proposal|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/Lifestyle/Features/2013/07/13/Exercising-with-allies//|title=Exercising with allies - Features - The Star Online|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=220972|title=Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Misikemanusiaanberisikotinggi/Article |title=High risk of humanitarian aid |author=Hardi Effendi Yaacob |date=November 2010 |publisher=Berita Harian online|accessdate=30 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces/|title=Malaysian Special Forces|work=Tactical Life|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2011%2f1%2f22%2fnation%2f7852232&sec=nation/|title=Archives|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12258442/|title=Malaysia navy foils ship hijack attempt, seizes pirates|work=BBC News|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~gerak_khas/paskal.htm/|title=~ p a s k a l|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Mexico}} ]== | |||
| * Special Operations Platoon (SOB)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=856773756485809&set=a.457328223097033 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> | |||
| {{Main article|Mexican Special Forces}} | |||
| ==Malaysia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Namibia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{Main article|Namibian Special Forces}} | |||
| {{main|Elite Forces of Malaysia#Special Forces}} | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (GGK)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.nst.com.my/best-of-malaysia-1.125983/2.620/2.630/2.620/2.630/|title=Cartoon – New Straits Times|website=2.nst.com.my|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225223109/http://www2.nst.com.my/best-of-malaysia-1.125983/2.620/2.630/2.620/2.630|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=3454/|title=GGK's Long Guns and an RIV too – edited|website=Malaysiandefence.com|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225195117/http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=3454/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (PASKAL)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2011%2f1%2f22%2fnation%2f7852232&sec=nation/|title=Paskal commandos foil hijack attempt in Gulf of Aden |website=Thestar.com.my|date=22 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920000021/https://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2f2011%2f1%2f22%2fnation%2f7852232&sec=nation/|archive-date=20 September 2017|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12258442/|title=Malaysia navy foils ship hijack attempt, seizes pirates|work=BBC News|date=22 January 2011|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415055214/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12258442|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~gerak_khas/paskal.htm/|title=~ p a s k a l|website=Members.tripod.com|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225200032/http://members.tripod.com/~gerak_khas/paskal.htm/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (PASKAU) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=220972|title=Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA|website=Bernama.com.my|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923193627/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/printable.php?id=220972|archive-date=23 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Misikemanusiaanberisikotinggi/Article |title=High risk of humanitarian aid |author=Hardi Effendi Yaacob |date=November 2010 |publisher=Berita Harian online |access-date=30 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061324/http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Misikemanusiaanberisikotinggi/Article |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces/|title=Malaysian Special Forces|work=Tactical Life|date=3 December 2008|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006172915/http://www.tactical-life.com/magazines/special-weapons/malaysian-special-forces/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Maldives== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Netherlands}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/kct|title=Korps Commandotroepen | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Special Force |url=http://www.mndf.gov.mv/v3/?page_id=4133 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211032751/http://www.mndf.gov.mv/v3/?page_id=4133 |archive-date=11 February 2012 |access-date=18 November 2011 |website=]}}</ref> | |||
| |publisher=Dutch Ministry of Defense|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] | |||
| **]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensie.nl/organisatie/marine/inhoud/eenheden/korps-mariniers|title=Korps Mariniers | |||
| |publisher=Dutch Ministry of Defense|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Malta== | |||
| =={{flagicon|New Zealand}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand's Special Operations Forces Command and Control Diagram|url=http://nzdf.mil.nz/about-us/nzsof/nzsof-command-and-control.htm|publisher=New Zealand Defence Force|accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/88089/personnel_reveal_shortcomings_inside_maltese_armed_forces#.YFhk5K_7RPY|title=Personnel reveal shortcomings inside Maltese armed forces|publisher=maltatoday.com|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422132901/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/88089/personnel_reveal_shortcomings_inside_maltese_armed_forces#.YFhk5K_7RPY|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Mexico== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Nigeria}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Nigerian Army Special Operations Command | |||
| {{main|Mexican Special Forces}} | |||
| **], ] (Nigerian Army)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/four-killed-in-benue-village-attack/|title=Four killed in Benue village attack|author=Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi|work=The Nation|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| **133 Special Forces Battalion | |||
| **] Armed Forces Special Forces <ref>http://www.army.mil.ng/2016/05/15/</ref> | |||
| *Nigerian Navy | |||
| **Special Boat Service<ref>http://www.navy.mil.ng/Deployments#.V4LR76IlrIU</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Norway}} ]== | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2014/05/06/seguridad/fuerzas-especiales-la-baja-en-gobierno-de-pena-nieto|title=Fuerzas Especiales, 'a la baja' en gobierno de Peña Nieto|publisher=unioncancun.mx|date=6 May 2014|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107040520/https://www.unioncancun.mx/articulo/2014/05/06/seguridad/fuerzas-especiales-la-baja-en-gobierno-de-pena-nieto|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ;] (NORSOF) ({{lang-no|Forsvarets Spesialstyrker }})<ref name="nps">{{cite thesis|last1=Olsen|first1=Tommy|last2=Thormodsen|first2=Marius|title=Forging Norwegian Special Operation Forces|url=http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA607622|accessdate=16 September 2017|degree=Master's|publisher=U.S. Navy Postgraduate School|date=June 2014|oclc=893922200}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *] ({{lang-no|Forsvarets Spesialkommando}}) (FSK)<ref name="nps" /> | |||
| **] ({{lang-en|Jeger Troop}}) all female unit with urban special reconnaissance focus<ref name="Jagertroppen">{{cite web|title=Jegertroppen i Forsvarets spesialkommando|url=https://forsvaret.no/jegertroppen|website=Norwegian Armed Forces|accessdate=14 September 2017|language=Norwegian Armed Forces|date=18 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
| *] ({{lang-no|Marinejegerkommandoen}}) (MJK)<ref name="nps" /> | |||
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vanguardia.com.mx/noticias/nacional/2826592-los-gi-joe-mexicanos-la-elite-de-la-marina-ICVG2826592|title=Los G.I. Joe mexicanos: La elite de la Marina|publisher=vanguardia.com.mx|date=22 September 2015|access-date=28 October 2022|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028180647/https://vanguardia.com.mx/noticias/nacional/2826592-los-gi-joe-mexicanos-la-elite-de-la-marina-ICVG2826592|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| =={{flagicon|Paraguay}} ]== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| *Special Forces Battalion - (Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales) | |||
| **Special Troops of Army - (Tropas Especiales del Ejército) | |||
| **Amphibious Commandos of Navy - (Comandos Anfibios de la Armada) | |||
| **Commando Company of Air Force - (Comandos de la Fuerza Aérea) | |||
| ==Mongolia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Philippines}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY |
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| * ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018153059/http://specialoperations.com/Foreign/Philippines/710th.htm |date=18 October 2007 }}. Special Operations.Com. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ==Montenegro== | |||
| ;] ] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ]<ref>. Businessmirror.com.ph (17 September 2010). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref name="Report">. Philjol.info. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| * Special Forces Company<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vojska.mod.gov.me/organizacija |title=Organizacija |access-date=20 June 2020 |archive-date=18 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718041354/http://www.vojska.mod.gov.me/organizacija }}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>http://www.angelfire.com/ga/batwentyone/Spe.html</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>. (PDF) . Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ==Namibia== | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ]<ref></ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| <!--==Nepal==--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Netherlands== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] (NLD SOCOM)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sof.news/nato/nld-socom/|title=NLD SOCOM – Netherlands Special Operations Command|date=6 December 2018|publisher=sof.news|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506014225/https://sof.news/nato/nld-socom/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/kct|title=Korps Commandotroepen|date=13 February 2014|publisher=Dutch Ministry of Defense|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-date=3 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103211317/http://www.defensie.nl/onderwerpen/kct|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (NLMARSOF)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/nlmarsof-het-beste-van-drie-werelden-in-een-eenheid/|title=NLMARSOF 'Het beste van drie werelden in een eenheid'|date=December 2013|publisher=dutchdefencepress.com|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501071959/https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/nlmarsof-het-beste-van-drie-werelden-in-een-eenheid/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==New Zealand== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Poland}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A |
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| ] | |||
| ;]<ref>. Formoza.wp.mil.pl. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref> {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617235354/http://www.grom.wp.mil.pl/home.htm |date=17 June 2008 }}</ref><ref>. Grom.mil.pl. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>. Psk.mil.pl. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>. Wojskaspecjalne.mil.pl (3 September 2011). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand's Special Operations Forces Command and Control Diagram|url=http://nzdf.mil.nz/about-us/nzsof/nzsof-command-and-control.htm|publisher=New Zealand Defence Force|access-date=7 July 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707191218/http://nzdf.mil.nz/about-us/nzsof/nzsof-command-and-control.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *Special Troops Command | |||
| **] (JW Agat) | |||
| **] (JW Formoza) | |||
| **] (JW Grom) | |||
| **] (JW Komandosów) | |||
| **] (JW Nil) | |||
| **''7 Special Operations Squadron'' (7 eds) operational command only | |||
| ==Nigeria== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Portugal}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mil.ng/2016/05/15/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220111535/http://www.army.mil.ng/2016/05/15/|archive-date=2016-12-20|title=AFSF|publisher=army.mil.ng }}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="exercito.pt">http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/allbrowsers/asp/default.asp?stage=1</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| *] | |||
| ] | |||
| **] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil.ng/Deployments#.V4LR76IlrIU |title=Deployments |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812113652/http://www.navy.mil.ng/Deployments#.V4LR76IlrIU |archive-date=12 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="exercito.pt"/> | |||
| * Deep Blue Special Intervention Forces (Maritime Security Unit)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://businessday.ng/news/article/deep-blue-special-mission-resist-temptation-inducement-at-sea-army-chief-to-special-forces/|title=Deep Blue special mission: Resist temptation, inducement at sea, army chief to special forces|newspaper=businessday.ng|date=17 December 2022|access-date=12 January 2023|last1=Chukwu|first1=Ignatius|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111171646/https://businessday.ng/news/article/deep-blue-special-mission-resist-temptation-inducement-at-sea-army-chief-to-special-forces/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| == North Korea – DPRK == | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/31/2010123100850.html |title=N.Korea Boosts Special Forces, Conventional Arms – The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea – North Korea |publisher=English.chosun.com |date= |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=6 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042624/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/31/2010123100850.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| **]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinha.pt/Marinha/PT/Menu/DescobrirMarinha/MeiosOperacionais/Anfibios/|title=Funcionalidade ou recurso não existe|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| **Boarding Platoon (PelBoard) | |||
| *] | |||
| *11th Army Corps ("Storm Corps")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/29/north-korea-elite-troops-russia-ukraine-war/|title=North Korea’s elite troops are in Russia to fight Ukraine: What we know|website=washingtonpost.com|date=29 October 2024}}</ref> | |||
| =={{flagicon|Romania}} ]== | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] | |||
| **]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/media/index.php/social/item/220115-Personalul-DSPI-felicitat-de-ministrul-Dusa-pentru-modul-in-care-isi-face-datoria.html|title=Personalul DSPI, felicitat de ministrul Duşa pentru modul în care îşi face datoria|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0RgOVj83w|title=Detasamentul Special de Protectie si Interventie (DSPI)|work=YouTube|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408033753/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |date=8 April 2009 }}. Presamil.ro. Retrieved on 8 September 2011</ref> | |||
| *]: | |||
| **] | |||
| ==North Macedonia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Russia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{Main article|Spetsnaz}} | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] ("Wolves")<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arm.mil.mk/vesti/pso/2016/04/en_saber_junction_16.html |title=Army of Republic of Macedonia |access-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050257/http://www.arm.mil.mk/vesti/pso/2016/04/en_saber_junction_16.html |archive-date=3 March 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| ==Norway== | |||
| ;] ({{lang-rus|командование сил специальных операций, (KCCO)|Komandovanie sil spetsial’nalnykh operatsii, (KSSO)}})<ref name="CANSOFCOM17">{{cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Dr. Christopher|title=Developments in Russian Special Operations - Russia's Spetsnaz, SOF and Special Operations Forces Command|date=2017|publisher=Canadian Special Operations Forces Command|location=Ottawa, Ontario|isbn=9780660073538|series=CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre Monograph Series|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|accessdate=22 September 2017|format=PDF}}</ref> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *] ({{lang-rus|Силы специальных операций, (ССО)|Sily spetsial’nykh operatsii, (SSO)}})<ref name="CANSOFCOM17" /> | |||
| ] (NORSOF)<ref name="nps">{{cite thesis|last1=Olsen|first1=Tommy|last2=Thormodsen|first2=Marius|title=Forging Norwegian Special Operation Forces|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA607622.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928131400/http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA607622|url-status=live|archive-date=28 September 2021|access-date=16 September 2017|degree=Master's|publisher=U.S. Navy Postgraduate School|date=June 2014|oclc=893922200}}</ref> | |||
| ** Special Purpose Center "Senezh" | |||
| * ]<ref name="nps" /> | |||
| ** Special Purpose Center "Kubinka-2" | |||
| * ]<ref name="nps" /> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://snl.no/Kystjegerkommandoen | title=Kystjegerkommandoen | date=26 January 2023 | access-date=24 August 2023 | archive-date=3 November 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103141921/https://snl.no/Kystjegerkommandoen | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ==Oman== | |||
| ;] (GRU) | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/russia/spetsnaz-orbat.htm|title=Spetsnaz Order of Battle|author=John Pike|publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** 2nd Special Purpose Brigade in Promezhitsa, ] | |||
| ** ] in ] | |||
| ** 10th Special Purpose Brigade in Mol'kino, ] | |||
| ** 14th Special Purpose Brigade in ] | |||
| ** 16th Special Purpose Brigade in ] | |||
| ** 22nd Special Purpose Guards Brigade in Stepnoi, ] | |||
| ** 24th Special Purpose Brigade in ] | |||
| ** 25th Special Purpose Regiment | |||
| ** 346th Special Purpose Brigade in ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/45-abn.htm|title=45th Special Purpose Regiment|author=John Pike|publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| **] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mf-spetsnaz.htm|title=Naval Spetsnaz |author=John Pike|publisher=|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 420th Detached Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point (omrpSpN – ]) | |||
| *** 431st Detached Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point (omrpSpN – ]) | |||
| *** 442nd Detached Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point (omrpSpN – ]) | |||
| *** 561st Detached Naval Reconnaissance Spetsnaz Point (omrpSpN – ]) | |||
| ==Pakistan== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *] | |||
| * ] | |||
| **1st Special Forces Brigade <ref>https://www.rslf.gov.sa/English/rslfcorps/unitsandspecialsecurityforces/pages/aboutthecorp.aspx</ref> | |||
| ** ] (SSG)<ref name="dawn.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1098333| title = Army to preserve its own dignity and institutional pride: COAS – Pakistan – DAWN.COM| date = 7 April 2014| access-date = 17 November 2020| archive-date = 23 January 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010558/https://www.dawn.com/news/1098333| url-status = live}}</ref> | |||
| **64th Special Forces Brigade<ref>https://rslf.gov.sa/English/albarriyamagazine/covers/pages/specialforces.aspx</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| *** 85 Special Forces Battalion | |||
| ** ] (SSGN)<ref name="Commandos from Beyond the Silence of the Sea">{{cite web |last1=Baloch |first1=Qaim Ali |title=Commandos from Beyond the Silence of the Sea |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhoVJKDWoCk | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421204214/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhoVJKDWoCk&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2020-04-21 |website=www.youtube.com |access-date=10 February 2019 |format=.watch}}</ref><ref name="Navy ISPR, Khan, 2011">{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Wajahat Saeed |title=Special Service Group (Navy) – Pakistan – Documentary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esga0qM5-EY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/esga0qM5-EY| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=www.youtube.com |publisher=Navy ISPR |access-date=10 February 2019 |location=Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |language=en-us |format=.watch |date=12 April 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** 99th Combat Search And Rescue Squadron<ref>https://twitter.com/MbKS15/status/950031626041520128</ref> | |||
| ** ] (SSW)<ref name="dawn.com"/> | |||
| *] | |||
| ** Royal Saudi Navy Special Forces Units<ref>https://www.rsnf.gov.sa/RoyalNavy/Facilities/Pages/MarineForces.aspx</ref> | |||
| =={{flagicon|Serbia}} ]== | |||
| {{see also|Special forces of Serbia}} | |||
| *] | |||
| **]<ref>http://www.vs.rs/eng/jedinice/kov/specijalna_brigada.htm</ref> | |||
| ***] | |||
| ***] | |||
| ***] | |||
| ==Paraguay== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Singapore}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| *] | |||
| * Special Forces Battalion – (Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ffmm.mil.py/index.php/institucion/estructura-y-organizacion/batallon-conjunto-de-fuerzas-especiales |title=Fuerza Militares :: Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales |publisher=Ffmm.mil.py |date= |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=29 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129153340/http://www.ffmm.mil.py/index.php/institucion/estructura-y-organizacion/batallon-conjunto-de-fuerzas-especiales |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ==Peru== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Slovakia}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| ** Fuerza Delta<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/sitdef_2019_news_official_online_show_daily_lima_peru/sitdef_2019_peruvian_special_forces_in_live_demonstration_of_counter-terrorism_operation.html |title=SITDEF 2019: Peruvian Special Forces in live demonstration of counter-terrorism operations | SITDEF 2019 News Official Online Show Daily Lima Peru | Defence security military exhibition 2019 daily news category |publisher=Armyrecognition.com |date= |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=19 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519082056/https://www.armyrecognition.com/sitdef_2019_news_official_online_show_daily_lima_peru/sitdef_2019_peruvian_special_forces_in_live_demonstration_of_counter-terrorism_operation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ==Philippines== | |||
| =={{flagicon|South Africa}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| *]<ref>. Recce.co.za. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| **] | |||
| ** ] (SPOW) <ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018153059/http://specialoperations.com/Foreign/Philippines/710th.htm |date=18 October 2007 }}. Special Operations.Com. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| **] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (SRR) <ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214151535/http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=26:nation&id=2486:scout-rangers-no-longer-prone-to-stage-coupsmilitary-brass&Itemid=63 |date=14 February 2012 }}. Businessmirror.com.ph (17 September 2010). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref name="Report"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409191110/http://www.philjol.info/index.php/APSSR/article/viewFile/63/60 |date=9 April 2009 }}. Philjol.info. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ** ] (SFR-A) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/ga/batwentyone/Spe.html|title= Philippine Army: SPECIAL UNITS "The hardest warrior to conquer is the warrior within" – Scout Rangers|date=2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205133016/http://www.angelfire.com/ga/batwentyone/Spe.html |archive-date=5 February 2009|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] (LRR) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/files/tos_apr_06.pdf|title=Tip Of The Spear|publisher=professionalsoldiers.com|date=April 2006|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=27 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327062451/http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/files/tos_apr_06.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (NAVSOCOM)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-naval-special-warfare-group-nswg/|title=Philippine Naval Special Warfare Group(NSWG)|website=Bootcampmilitaryfitnessintitute|date=13 September 2019|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129083246/https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-naval-special-warfare-group-nswg/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (MARSOG)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinesforcerecon.com/main.html |title=About Section, Official Force Recon Page. |access-date=28 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123043646/http://marinesforcerecon.com/main.html |archive-date=23 January 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-marine-special-operations-group-marsog/|title=Philippine Marine Special Operations Group (MARSOG)|website=Bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute|date=13 September 2019|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127203445/https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-marine-special-operations-group-marsog/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (SOF)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-coast-guard-special-operations-force-cgsof/|title=Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Force (CGSOF)|website=Bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute|date=13 September 2019|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130162203/https://bootcampmilitaryfitnessinstitute.com/elite-special-forces/philippine-elite-special-forces/philippine-coast-guard-special-operations-force-cgsof/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Poland== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Spain}} ]== | |||
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| ]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://dkws.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title= Dowództwo Komponentu Wojsk Specjalnych|access-date= 29 September 2022|language= pl|archive-date= 29 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115342/https://dkws.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status= live}}</ref> | |||
| ;Defence Staff (Joint Operations Command) | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://agat.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title= Jednostka Wojskowa AGAT|access-date= 29 September 2022|language= pl|archive-date= 29 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220929120845/https://agat.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence Press"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/34659?t=Creating-Their-Own-Legend |title=Creating Their Own Legend |last=Kowalska-Sendek |first=Magdalena |website=] |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=29 September 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115343/http://www.polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/34659?t=Creating-Their-Own-Legend |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{es icon}}. www.emad.mde.es (Spanish Defence Staff). Retrieved on 16 May 2015.</ref> Mando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales (MCOE) | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://formoza.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title= Jednostka Wojskowa FORMOZA|access-date= 29 September 2022|language= pl|archive-date= 29 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220929120845/https://formoza.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence Press"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-polish-formoza-is-no-one-to-mess-with-2013-8|title=FORMOZA: Meet Poland's Most Elite Group Of Naval Special Operators|last=SOFREP|website=Business Insider|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003454/https://www.businessinsider.com/the-polish-formoza-is-no-one-to-mess-with-2013-8|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://grom.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title= Jednostka Wojskowa GROM|access-date= 29 September 2022|language= pl|archive-date= 29 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115344/https://grom.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence Press">{{cite web|url=https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/polish-special-operations-units-and-the-man-in-charge/|title=Polish Special Operations Units and the man in charge|date=23 November 2012|website=dutchdefencepress.com|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205005337/https://www.dutchdefencepress.com/polish-special-operations-units-and-the-man-in-charge/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *] (Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE))<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225110901/http://www.ejercito.mde.es/organizacion/moe/index.html |date=25 February 2007 }}. Ejercito.mde.es. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jwk.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title= Jednostka Wojskowa KOMANDOSÓW|access-date= 29 September 2022|language= pl|archive-date= 29 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115343/https://jwk.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence Press"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://specialoperations.com/27973/jednostka-wojskowa-komandosow/|title=Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosow|website=SpecialOperations.com|date=13 December 2013|access-date=29 September 2022|archive-date=3 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003224044/https://specialoperations.com/27973/jednostka-wojskowa-komandosow/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| **2nd Special Operations Group "Granada" | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nil.wp.mil.pl/pl/|title=Jednostka Wojskowa NIL|access-date=2 May 2021|language=pl|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502142113/https://nil.wp.mil.pl/pl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence Press"/> | |||
| **3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" | |||
| * ], commanded by ] Special Troops Command, but part of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://defence24.com/polish-special-forces-to-be-involved-in-mi-17-simulator-trainings|title=Polish Special Forces To Be Involved In Mi-17 Simulator Trainings?|last=Sabak|first=Juliusz|website=Defence24.com|date=3 December 2015|access-date=29 September 2022|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929115342/https://defence24.com/polish-special-forces-to-be-involved-in-mi-17-simulator-trainings|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/39143?t=Nowa-jednostka-przeznaczona-do-wsparcia-wojsk-specjalnych |title= Nowa jednostka przeznaczona do wsparcia wojsk specjalnych |date= 27 February 2023 |language= pl |access-date= 1 September 2023 |archive-date= 27 August 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230827163221/https://polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/39143?t=Nowa-jednostka-przeznaczona-do-wsparcia-wojsk-specjalnych |url-status= live }}</ref> | |||
| **4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán" | |||
| **] | |||
| **Special Operations Command Headquarters Group | |||
| ==Portugal== | |||
| ;] | |||
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| *Naval Special Warfare Force (FGNE)<ref>. Armada.mde.es. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| ** Special Operations Unit (]) | |||
| * ]<ref name="exercito.pt">{{cite web |url=http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/allbrowsers/asp/default.asp?stage=1 |title=Exército Portugu |access-date=18 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328112008/http://www.exercito.pt/portal/exercito/_specific/public/allbrowsers/asp/default.asp?stage=1 |archive-date=28 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="exercito.pt"/> | |||
| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *Airborne Combat Parachute Engineers Squadron (Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC))<ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinha.pt/Marinha/PT/Menu/DescobrirMarinha/MeiosOperacionais/Anfibios/|title=Funcionalidade ou recurso não existe|website=Marinha.pt|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=25 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225204204/http://www.marinha.pt/Marinha/PT/Menu/DescobrirMarinha/MeiosOperacionais/Anfibios/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| . ejercitodelaire.mde.es. Retrieved on 16 May 2015.</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{Flagicon|Sri Lanka|variant=Sri Lanka}} ]== | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ** Core of Tactical Operations of Protection (NOTP – ''Núcleo de Operações Táticas de Proteção'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emfa.pt/unidade-83-nucleo-de-operacoes-taticas-projecao|title=Força Aérea Portuguesa|website=Emfa.pt|date=2022|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=23 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023165355/https://www.emfa.pt/unidade-83-nucleo-de-operacoes-taticas-projecao|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Romania== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Sweden}} ]== | |||
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| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| *] ''(SOG)''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-secret-raids-performed-by-swedish-special-operators-2014-2|title=Inside Secret Raids Performed By Swedish Special Operators|work=]|date=4 February 2014|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agerpres.ro/media/index.php/social/item/220115-Personalul-DSPI-felicitat-de-ministrul-Dusa-pentru-modul-in-care-isi-face-datoria.html|title=Personalul DSPI, felicitat de ministrul Duşa pentru modul în care îşi face datoria|website=Agerpres.ro|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202133502/http://www.agerpres.ro/media/index.php/social/item/220115-Personalul-DSPI-felicitat-de-ministrul-Dusa-pentru-modul-in-care-isi-face-datoria.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj0RgOVj83w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Wj0RgOVj83w| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Detasamentul Special de Protectie si Interventie (DSPI)|publisher=]|access-date=25 December 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408033753/http://www.presamil.ro/OM/2004/20/pag%2014.htm |date=8 April 2009 }}. Presamil.ro. Retrieved on 8 September 2011</ref> | |||
| *] ''(K3)'' | |||
| * ]: | |||
| **] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| ***] ''(FJS)''<ref>{{sv icon}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106094740/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Specialforband/Nyheter/Forsvarsmaktens-nya-specialforband/ |date=6 November 2011 }}</ref> | |||
| *] (Army Ranger Battalion) ''(K4)'' | |||
| ;] | |||
| *] | |||
| **1st Marine Regiment ''(Amf 1)'' | |||
| ***] (KJ) ''Kustjägarna'' <ref>http://www.special-ops.org/1016/swedish-coastal-rangers-kustjagarna.html</ref> | |||
| ==Rwanda== | |||
| =={{flagicon|Switzerland}} ]== | |||
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| ] | |||
| ;] | |||
| * Special Forces Brigade<ref>{{cite web|date=2012-09-03|title=Rwanda Special Forces return home|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/56942|access-date=2022-02-17|website=]|language=en|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713021230/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/56942|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| '''Kommando Spezialkräfte KSK (Special Forces Command)''' | |||
| ==Russia== | |||
| Professional units | |||
| {{see also|Spetsnaz}} | |||
| *]<ref>. swissinfo (5 September 2007). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weltwoche.ch/artikel/?AssetID=14742|title=Fehler 404 - Weltwoche Online – www.weltwoche.ch|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| *Militärpolizei Spezialdetachement (Military Police Special Detachment) | |||
| Militia units | |||
| *Grenadier Battalion 20 | |||
| *Grenadier Battalion 30 | |||
| *Grenadier Battalion 40 (Reserve) | |||
| *Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17 (Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17) | |||
| ]<ref name="CANSOFCOM17">{{cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Dr. Christopher|title=Developments in Russian Special Operations – Russia's Spetsnaz, SOF and Special Operations Forces Command|date=2017|publisher=Canadian Special Operations Forces Command|location=Ottawa, Ontario|isbn=9780660073538|series=CANSOFCOM Education & Research Centre Monograph Series|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|access-date=22 September 2017|archive-date=19 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019025845/http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="littlegreen">{{cite web|url=http://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|title=Development in Russian Special Operations|website=publications.gc.ca|date=21 October 2017|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=20 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120203450/https://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-21-2017-eng.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Newsru2013">{{cite news|title=Shoigu sozdaet otvergnutye Serdyukovym sily spetsoperatsii, otstav of SShA na 26 let|url=http://www.newsru.com/russia/06mar2013/minob.html|access-date=24 September 2017|work=Newsru.com|date=6 March 2013|language=ru|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004190431/http://www.newsru.com/russia/06mar2013/minob.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="VPK2016">{{Cite news |last=Mikhailov |first=Aleksey |date=18 April 2016 |title=Boitsy Chetvertovo Izmereniya |language=ru |work=Voyenno Promyshlennyy Kuryer |url=http://vpk-news.ru/articles/30319 |access-date=24 September 2017 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422081857/https://vpk-news.ru/articles/30319 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| =={{flagicon|Thailand}} ]== | |||
| * Special Purpose Center "Senezh"<ref name="littlegreen"/><ref name="VPK2016" /> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * Special Purpose Center "Kubinka-2"<ref name="littlegreen"/><ref name="VPK2016" /> | |||
| *Special Warfare Command - ({{lang-th|หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษ}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Warfare Command (official Thai website)|url=http://swcom.mi.th/|website=Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * 561st Emergency Rescue Center<ref name="OS INT twitter post">{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1279779261017194497?lang=en |website=Twitter |title= A specialist from the SSO’s 561st Emergency Rescue Center (ASTs) in Homs Province, Syria in 2017 |access-date=10 November 2023 |archive-date=10 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110190618/https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1279779261017194497?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> (Naval component, Sevastopol) | |||
| **Task Force 90 - ({{lang-th|ฉก.90 กองปฏิบัติการพิเศษ}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Operations Division - Task Force 90 (official Thai webpage from 2009)|url=http://www.3sor.com/sf90.htm|website=3rd Special Forces Regiment|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919064133/http://www.3sor.com/sf90.htm|archivedate=19 September 2009}}</ref> Part of 3rd Special Forces Regiment - ({{lang-th|กรมรบพิเศษที่3}}) (รพ.ศ. 3พัน4)<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Special Forces Regiment (official Thai website)|url=http://home.3sor.mi.th/|website=Royal Thai Army 3rd Special Forces Regiment|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * 344th Army Aviation Combat Center<ref name="littlegreen" /> | |||
| ] (GRU) | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] – based at the 161st Special Purpose Specialist Training Center | |||
| *] (Navy SEALs) - ({{lang-th|หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Special Warfare Command (official Thai website)|url=http://www.sealthailand.com/index1.html|website=SEAL Thailand|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * ] – alternately called the 72nd Special Service Center | |||
| * ] – Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM | |||
| * ] – also known as the Sandworm Team or the Main Center for Technologies | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ]<ref name="rus1">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/russia/spetsnaz-orbat.htm|title=Spetsnaz Order of Battle|author=John Pike|website=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=31 July 2015|archive-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910210020/http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/russia/spetsnaz-orbat.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] in Promezhitsa, ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in Mol'kino, ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in Stepnoi, ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| *** ] in ]<ref name="rus1" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/45-abn.htm|title=45th Special Purpose Regiment|author=John Pike|website=Globalsecurity.org|access-date=31 July 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924150505/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/45-abn.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] (OMRP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mf-spetsnaz.htm|title=Naval Spetsnaz |author=John Pike|access-date=31 July 2015|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701011018/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mf-spetsnaz.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> – Reconnaissance divers under operational subordination to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) | |||
| *** ] (PDSS)<ref name="shadowspear 2009">{{cite web|url=https://www.shadowspear.com/2009/01/delfin/|title=Delfin|date=29 January 2009|publisher=www.shadowspear.com|work=ShadowSpear: Russian Special Operations|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=16 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716082403/https://www.shadowspear.com/2009/01/delfin/}}</ref> There are PDSS units in all major Naval Bases.<ref name="shadowspear 2009" /> | |||
| ] | |||
| ==Saudi Arabia== | |||
| ;] | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *Special Operations Regiment - ({{lang-th|กรมปฏิบัติการพิเศษ กองทัพอากาศ}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Operations Regiment (official thai website)|url=http://www.sor.rtaf.mi.th/home.htm|website=Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations Regiment|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * Special Navy Security Units (SNSU){{citation needed|date=April 2021}}<ref>{{Cite news|title=Saudi Naval Forces Complete Preparations for Conducting "Al-Fulk 4" Joint Naval Exercises with Sudanese Navy|work=Saudi Press Agency|url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2204640|access-date=24 July 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724174309/https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2204640|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Turkey}} ]== | |||
| * 64th Special Forces Brigade<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-iran-yemen-military-proxy-war-2017-12|title = Saudi Arabia has the best military equipment money can buy — but it's still not a threat to Iran|website = ]|access-date = 17 November 2020|archive-date = 23 January 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123025352/https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-iran-yemen-military-proxy-war-2017-12|url-status = live}}</ref> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A REFERENCE / FOOTNOTE --> | |||
| ;Combined Arms | |||
| * ] (aka Maroon Berets)<ref name=ozel>{{cite web|publisher=Özel Kuvvetler|accessdate=17 November 2014|title=Nasıl Bordo Bereli olunur?|url=http://www.ozelkuvvetler.com/etiket/nasil-bordo-bereli-olunur | date=8 July 2011}}</ref> | |||
| ;]<ref>http://www.ozelkuvvetler.com/sas/sualti-savunma-komutanligi</ref><ref>http://www.ozelkuvvetler.com/sat/sualti-taarruz-komutanligi</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ;]<ref>http://aa.com.tr/tr/pg/foto-galeri/aa-muharebe-arama-kurtarma-timi-egitimini-goruntuledi/0/30225</ref> | |||
| *] | |||
| ==Serbia== | |||
| =={{Flagicon|Ukraine}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] Units: | |||
| {{main|Special forces of Serbia}} | |||
| The ] are one of the five ] of the ], with headquarters in ]. | |||
| * ]<ref name="Serbia">{{cite web |title=Special Brigade |url=http://www.vs.rs/sr_cyr/jedinice/vojska-srbije/kopnena-vojska/specijalna-brigada |website=Serbian Armed Forces |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017204427/http://www.vs.rs/sr_cyr/jedinice/vojska-srbije/kopnena-vojska/specijalna-brigada |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Serbia2">{{cite web|script-title=sr:Специјална бригада|url=http://www.vs.rs/en/units/serbian-armed-forces/army/special-brigade|website=Serbian Armed Forces|access-date=13 October 2018|language=sr|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013125006/http://www.vs.rs/en/units/serbian-armed-forces/army/special-brigade|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] units | |||
| * ]<ref name="Serbia" /><ref name="Serbia2" /> | |||
| ** 3rd Special Purpose Regiment (])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/UKRANIANMILITARYDISPOSITIONS_RUSIBRIEFING.pdf|publisher=Royal United Services Institute|title=Ukraine Military Dispositions|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404231109/https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/UKRANIANMILITARYDISPOSITIONS_RUSIBRIEFING.pdf|archivedate=4 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** 8th Special Purpose Regiment (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/292504/volontery_peredali_8mu_polku_spetsnaza_vsu_spetssredstva_na_summu_svyshe_500_tysyach_griven_fotoreportaj|publisher=censor|title=Волонтеры передали 8-му полку спецназа ВСУ спецсредства на сумму свыше 500 тысяч гривен}}</ref> | |||
| ** 140th Special Purpose Center (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censor.net.ua/resonance/313900/kapitan_dan_kolesnik_samyyi_tyajelyyi_boyi_140go_tsentra_sil_spetsialnyh_operatsiyi|publisher=Censor|title=КАПИТАН ДАН КОЛЕСНИК: "САМЫЙ ТЯЖЕЛЫЙ БОЙ 140-ГО ЦЕНТРА СИЛ СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ ОПЕРАЦИЙ"}}</ref> | |||
| ** 16th Informational-] Center, (]) | |||
| ** 72nd Informational-Psychological Operations Center, (]) | |||
| ** 74th Informational-Psychological Operations Center, (]) | |||
| ** 83rd Informational-Psychological Operations Center, (]) | |||
| *] units | |||
| ** 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center (73 MTSSN) (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nikolaev-city.net/news/v-nikolaeve-prostilis-s-boycom-73-go-morskogo-centra-specialnogo-naznacheniya-kotoryy-pogib-v|publisher=Nikolev City|title=В Николаеве простились с бойцом 73-го морского центра специального назначения, который погиб в зоне АТО}}</ref> | |||
| *Other units | |||
| ** 99th Staff and Support Battalion, (]) | |||
| ** 142nd Training Center, (]) | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maidantranslations.com/2014/05/01/regarding-accusations-against-alpha-group-the-special-ops-division-of-the-sbu/|publisher=Maidan|title=Regarding accusations against "Alpha" Group, the special ops division of the SBU}}</ref> | |||
| ==Singapore== | |||
| =={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{main article|United Kingdom Special Forces}} | |||
| ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/32538.html;jsessionid=C86FE8C39B45BE59A1ED4F63F8B5D3BF.00 |title=RAZORTV – Special Operations Task Force (The 3G SAF Pt 4) |website=www.razor.tv |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803095141/http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/32538.html;jsessionid=C86FE8C39B45BE59A1ED4F63F8B5D3BF.00 |archive-date=3 August 2009 }}</ref> | |||
| {{see also|List of reconnaissance units#United Kingdom}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| {{see also|List of paratrooper forces#United Kingdom}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Slovakia== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A REFERENCE / FOOTNOTE --> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (SAS) | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ]<ref name=SAS>. Retrieved 21 February 2014</ref> | |||
| * Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R))<ref>{cite web|url=http://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/sas-reserves/|title=SAS Reserves|publisher=eliteukforces.info|accesssdate=26 February 22018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apply.army.mod.uk/roles/infantry/sas-reserve|title=SAS Reserve|publisher=apply.army.mod.uk|accessdate=26 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shadowspear.com/2009/05/british-special-air-service/|title=British Special Air Service|publisher=shadowspear.com|accessdate=26 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.echosquadron.com/aboutuksf-2.html|title=About UKSF|publisher=echosquadron.com|accessdate=26 February 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]{{Sfn | Gregory | 2006|p=297}} | |||
| ** ]<ref>L. Thompson - published by , 128 pages, {{ISBN|1610607422}} </ref> | |||
| * ]<ref name="SRR">. Retrieved 21 February 2014</ref> | |||
| * ] (])<ref name="18Sig">{{cite web|accessdate=13 February 2018|publisher=Ministry of Defence|title=18 Signal Regiment|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25870.aspx}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref name=SFSG>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4928028.stm | work=BBC News | title=Elite special forces unit set up | date=20 April 2006}}</ref> | |||
| ;]/British Army | |||
| * ]<ref name="JSFAW">http://www.raf.mod.uk/RAFodiham/aboutus/whoisbased.cfm</ref><ref>http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/publications/guides/admin_guide/h_part8.pdf</ref> | |||
| ** ] (])<ref name="JSFAW"/> | |||
| ** Special Forces Flight of ] (Royal Air Force)<ref name="AFMNOV15">{{cite book|title=]|date=November 2015|publisher=]|location=], ], ]|pages=62}}</ref> | |||
| ** 657 Squadron (], British Army)<ref name="JSFAW"/> | |||
| ** ] (Army Air Corps, British Army)<ref name="AFMJAN14">{{cite journal|author=Gary Parsons|title=News briefs|journal=] |location=] |publisher=]|date=January 2014|pages=pg.7 }}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * ] (SBS)<ref name=SBS>{{cite news|publisher=]|accessdate=10 March 2010|title=The secretive sister of the SAS|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1659585.stm | date=16 November 2001}} (SBS)</ref> | |||
| * Special Boat Service (Reserve)<ref name=SBS(R)>{{cite web|accessdate=21 February 2014|publisher=]|title=Special Boat Service (Reserve)|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/specialforces/30604.aspx}}</ref> | |||
| ==Slovenia== | |||
| =={{flagicon|United States}} ]== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| {{main article|United States special operations forces}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| {{see also|United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces|List of reconnaissance units#United_States}} | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Somalia== | |||
| ;] (JSOC) | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (1st SFOD-D or "Delta Force") | |||
| ** ] (ISA) | |||
| ** ] (RRC) | |||
| ** ]<ref name= "usajsoc">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8125/shedding-some-light-on-the-pentagons-most-shadowy-aviation-units|title=Shedding some light on The Pentagon's most shadowy aviation units|publisher=thedrive.com|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (DEVGRU or "SEAL Team Six") | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (24th STS) | |||
| ** ] (66 AOS)<ref name= usajsoc/> | |||
| ** ] (427th SOS) | |||
| ** ] (AVTEG)<ref name= usajsoc/> | |||
| ==South Africa== | |||
| ;] (USASOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook">{{cite web |url=http://www.socom.mil/News/Documents/USSOCOM_Fact_Book_2013.pdf |title=SOCOM 2013 Factbook |year=2013 |accessdate=27 February 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214222055/http://www.socom.mil/News/Documents/USSOCOM_Fact_Book_2013.pdf |archivedate=14 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ] | |||
| **]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302233149/http://www.recce.co.za/index.php?module=ContentExpress&file=index&func=display&ceid=27&meid=2 |date=2 March 2008 }}. Recce.co.za. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| **]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] (National Guard)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] (National Guard)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.goarmy.com/ranger/about-the-rangers/ranger-battalions.html|title=Ranger Battalions|publisher=goarmy.com|accessdate=6 January 2018}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (ARSOAC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ] "Night Stalkers"<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| == South Korea – ROK == | |||
| ;] (NSWC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] Teams 1, 3, 5, 7 | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8, 10 | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] Team 1 | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **] 12, 20, 22 | |||
| *]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=60617|title=Naval Special Warfare Welcomes Group 10 to Force|publisher=navy.mil|date=26 May 2011 |accessdate= 3 January 2018}}</ref> | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| **] | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **SEAL Teams 17, 18 (]) | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ;] | |||
| ;] (AFSOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ] ("Black Berets")<ref>{{Google books |plainurl= |id=FMgpdulJsGgC |page=70 |title=Illustrated Directory of Special Forces }}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1968040400209207021&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1968-04-04&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=14299&publishType=00020 | title=네이버 뉴스 라이브러리 | access-date=31 December 2023 | archive-date=26 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626163232/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1968040400209207021&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1968-04-04&officeId=00020&pageNo=7&printNo=14299&publishType=00020 | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=018&aid=0003983845|title=최정예 1000명 규모...육군, '김정은 참수부대' 출범|publisher=|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215041413/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=018&aid=0003983845|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=023&aid=0003334307|title=2년 앞당겨... 1000명 '김정은 참수부대' 출범|publisher=|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215064830/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=100&oid=023&aid=0003334307|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=022&aid=0003207675|title= 빈 라덴 제거한 美 네이비 실 6팀, 북 지도부 '참수작전부대' 훈련|publisher=|access-date=31 December 2023|archive-date=15 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215080712/https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=104&oid=022&aid=0003207675|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *] (ANG)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ;]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/south-korean-commandos-storm-hijacked-freighter-1.598601|title=South Korean commandos storm hijacked freighter|work=]|date=21 January 2011|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929220616/https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/south-korean-commandos-storm-hijacked-freighter-1.598601|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *] (AFRC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ]<ref name="sofrep.com">{{cite web|url=http://sofrep.com/10163/korean-special-forces-north-vs-south/|title=Korean Special Forces: North vs South|work=SOFREP|date=12 August 2012|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509071312/http://sofrep.com/10163/korean-special-forces-north-vs-south/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ;] | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12199786/South-Korea-unveils-elite-Spartan-3000-force-as-Kim-Jong-un-threatens-to-bury-our-enemies-at-sea.html|title=South Korea unveils elite 'Spartan 3000' force as Kim Jong-un threatens to 'bury our enemies at sea'|first=James|last=Rothwell|date=21 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225102724/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/12199786/South-Korea-unveils-elite-Spartan-3000-force-as-Kim-Jong-un-threatens-to-bury-our-enemies-at-sea.html |archive-date=25 February 2017 |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/south-korea-unveils-new-elite-unit-of-marines/|title=South Korea Unveils New Elite Unit Of Marines|publisher=thediplomat.com|access-date=19 May 2023|archive-date=16 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516220446/https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/south-korea-unveils-new-elite-unit-of-marines/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/world/asia/north-south-korea-decapitation-.html|title=South Korea Plans 'Decapitation Unit' to Try to Scare North's Leaders|work=]|date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115010733/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/12/world/asia/north-south-korea-decapitation-.html |access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=15 January 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/spartan-3000-south-koreas-elite-decapitation-unit/VVLVEGV5JY25YM6CBRXTFL2LVA/|title=Spartan 3000: South Korea's elite decapitation unit|publisher=nzherald.co.nz|date=13 September 2017|access-date=20 April 2021|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420201615/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/spartan-3000-south-koreas-elite-decapitation-unit/VVLVEGV5JY25YM6CBRXTFL2LVA/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * Marine Corps Special Recon<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210324000890 | title=Which Korean military unit is the strongest? | date=24 March 2021 | access-date=31 December 2023 | archive-date=31 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231191058/https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210324000890 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.creatrip.com/en/blog/10643 | title=Creatrip: Special Forces in South Korea: Steel Troops Edition – Korea (Travel Planning) | access-date=31 December 2023 | archive-date=31 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231191059/https://www.creatrip.com/en/blog/10643 | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * {{ill|ROK Air Force Combat Control Team|ko|대한민국 공군전투통제반}} (CCT)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201104260223233061|title=CCT|date=26 April 2011|publisher=ytn.co.kr|access-date=30 December 2021|archive-date=30 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230090156/https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0101_201104260223233061|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * {{ill|6th Search and Rescue Squadron|ko|제6탐색구조비행전대}} (SART)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.nate.com/View/20110602n06317%26mid%3Dn0809%26cid%3D270469|title=SART|publisher=news.nate.com|access-date=30 December 2021|archive-date=30 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230090157/https://news.nate.com/View/20110602n06317%26mid%3Dn0809%26cid%3D270469|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Spain== | |||
| ;] (MARSOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * '']'' (MCOE, Joint Special Operations Command)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emad.mde.es/MOPS/novoperaciones/noticias/2015/05/Listado/150514-presentacion-mcs.html|title=MCOE|website=emad.mde.es|date=14 May 2015|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721180430/http://www.emad.mde.es/MOPS/novoperaciones/noticias/2015/05/Listado/150514-presentacion-mcs.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| *** '']'' (MOE, Special Operations Command)<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225110901/http://www.ejercito.mde.es/organizacion/moe/index.html |date=25 February 2007 }}. Ejercito.mde.es. Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref> | |||
| **** Manages four ] (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales'', GOE) | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** Special Naval Warfare Command | |||
| **** '']'' (FGNE, Special Naval Warfare Force) – formerly '']'' (UOE, Special Operations Unit), until a 2009 merger with ''Unidad Especial de Buzos de Combate'' (UEBC, Special Combat Diver Unit) to form the FGNE.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://armada.defensa.gob.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/buquesinfanteria/prefLang-es/03fuerza-guerra-naval-especial-fgne|title=Special Naval Forces|publisher=defensa.gob.es|date=2020|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411115354/https://armada.defensa.gob.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/buquesinfanteria/prefLang-es/03fuerza-guerra-naval-especial-fgne|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** '']'' (EZAPAC, Paratrooper Sappers Squadron).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es/EA/ejercitodelaire/es/organizacion/unidades/unidad/Escuadron-de-Zapadores-Paracaidistas-EZAPAC/|title=EZAPAC|publisher=ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es|access-date=9 December 2022|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209192158/https://ejercitodelaire.defensa.gob.es/EA/ejercitodelaire/es/organizacion/unidades/unidad/Escuadron-de-Zapadores-Paracaidistas-EZAPAC/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Sri Lanka== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref name="army.lk">{{cite web |url=https://www.army.lk/news/new-uniforms-make-sri-lanka-armys-elite-commandos-special-forces-more-special |title=New Uniforms Make Sri Lanka Army's Elite Commandos & Special Forces More Special |date=17 September 2020 |website=Sri Lanka Army |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926114224/https://www.army.lk/news/new-uniforms-make-sri-lanka-armys-elite-commandos-special-forces-more-special |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref name="army.lk"/> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.lk/index.php?id=891 |title=Three Intakes of Sailors along with Elite SBS Contingent pass out at SLNS Nipuna |website=Sri Lanka Navy |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103105131/http://www.navy.lk/index.php?id=891 |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://airforce.lk/news.php?news=3955|title=Paratroopers and Special Air Borne Force Personnel Pass Out at SLAF Base Katunayake | Sri Lanka Air Force|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=5 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705191350/http://airforce.lk/news.php?news=3955|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Sweden== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (SOG)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-secret-raids-performed-by-swedish-special-operators-2014-2|title=Inside Secret Raids Performed By Swedish Special Operators|work=]|date=4 February 2014|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-date=15 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115094614/http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-secret-raids-performed-by-swedish-special-operators-2014-2?|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (K 3) | |||
| ** ] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] (Fallskärmsjägarna)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Specialforband/Nyheter/Forsvarsmaktens-nya-specialforband/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106094740/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Specialforband/Nyheter/Forsvarsmaktens-nya-specialforband/ |publisher=] |title=Nytt specialförband |trans-title=New special forces unit |date=6 November 2011 |access-date=3 December 2020 |archive-date=6 November 2011 |language=sv}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (K 4)<ref>* {{cite web|url=https://www.regeringen.se/49a3de/globalassets/regeringen/dokument/forsvarsdepartementet/forsvarsberedningen/slutrapport-14-maj/ds-2019_8-varnkraft---inriktningen-av-sakerhetspolitiken-och-utformningen-av-det-militara-forsvaret-2021-2025.pdf|title=Inriktningen av säkerhetspolitiken och utformningen av det militära försvaret 2021–2025|website=www.regeringen.se|date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605154938/https://www.regeringen.se/49a3de/globalassets/regeringen/dokument/forsvarsdepartementet/forsvarsberedningen/slutrapport-14-maj/ds-2019_8-varnkraft---inriktningen-av-sakerhetspolitiken-och-utformningen-av-det-militara-forsvaret-2021-2025.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2019|access-date=12 November 2022}} | |||
| * {{Cite web|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/budgetunderlag/budgetunderlag-22-bilaga-1.pdf|title=Försvarsmaktens budgetunderlag för 2022|date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225125423/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/budgetunderlag/budgetunderlag-22-bilaga-1.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2022|access-date=12 November 2022}} | |||
| {{cite web |url=https://data.riksdagen.se/fil/B7B561D3-E597-42D9-9CEA-0AE2C171AF44 |format=PDF |title=Regeringens proposition 2020/21:30 |date=14 October 2020 |website=] |access-date=13 October 2021 |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920181122/https://data.riksdagen.se/fil/B7B561D3-E597-42D9-9CEA-0AE2C171AF44 |url-status=live }} | |||
| * {{cite web |url=https://www.esv.se/statsliggaren/regleringsbrev/?rbid=21217 |title=Regleringsbrev 2021 Myndighet Försvarsmakten – Ekonomistyrningsverket |publisher=Esv.se |date= |access-date=2022-05-26 |archive-date=5 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105084637/https://www.esv.se/statsliggaren/regleringsbrev/?RBID=21217 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] (Arméns jägarbataljon – AJB)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forces.net/services/army/swedish-rangers-british-army-rangers-train-swedens-elite-forces|website=Forces.net|title=Swedish Rangers: British Army Rangers train with Sweden's elite forces}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (F 17) | |||
| ** ] (Flygbasjägarna)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/organisation/blekinge-flygflottilj-f-17/flygbasjagarkompaniet/flygbasjagarnas-historia/ |publisher=] |title=Flygbasjägarnas historia |trans-title=History of the Swedish Air Force Rangers |access-date=3 December 2020 |language=sv |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031124053/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/organisation/blekinge-flygflottilj-f-17/flygbasjagarkompaniet/flygbasjagarnas-historia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (Amf 1) | |||
| *** ] (Kustjägarna)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://special-ops.org/1016/swedish-coastal-rangers-kustjagarna/|title=Kustjägarna|first=Eric|last=Sof|date=30 October 2012|website=Special-ops.org|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007040342/https://special-ops.org/1016/swedish-coastal-rangers-kustjagarna/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Switzerland== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/organisation/kdo-op/ksk.html|title=Kommando Spezialkräfte|publisher=vtg.admin.ch|date=28 March 2022|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921084601/https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/organisation/kdo-op/ksk.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414092523/http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/feature/detail/Special_forces_unit_swings_into_action.html?siteSect=108&sid=8155081&rss=true |date=14 April 2009 }}. swissinfo (5 September 2007). Retrieved on 8 September 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weltwoche.ch/artikel/?AssetID=14742|title=Fehler 404 – Weltwoche Online|website=Weltwoche.ch|access-date=25 December 2014|archive-date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100009/http://www.weltwoche.ch/artikel/?AssetID=14742|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Syria== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| Special Forces Command<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/474/75474/Syrian_army_prepares_for_post-conflict_challenges.pdf|title=Syrian army prepares for post-conflict challenges|website=Janes.com|date=October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401181921/https://www.janes.com/images/assets/474/75474/Syrian_army_prepares_for_post-conflict_challenges.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2019|access-date=12 November 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The encyclopedia of the world's special forces: tactics, history, strategy, weapons|author=Ryan, Mike|others=Mann, Chris (Historian), Stilwell, Alexander|isbn=9781907446894|location=Staplehurst|publisher=Spellmount 2003|oclc=861743559|date = 6 March 2014}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mei.edu/publications/lion-and-eagle-syrian-arab-armys-destruction-and-rebirth#pt13|title=The Lion and the Eagle: The Syrian Arab Army's Destruction and Rebirth|publisher=mei.edu|date=18 July 2019|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721154531/https://www.mei.edu/publications/lion-and-eagle-syrian-arab-armys-destruction-and-rebirth#pt13|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Taiwan – ROC== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://taiwanenglishnews.com/army-sea-dragons-receive-badges-of-honor-pinned-to-their-chests/|title=Army Sea Dragons receive badges of honor pinned to their chests|date=25 February 2019|publisher=taiwanenglishnews.com|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=2 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202021147/https://taiwanenglishnews.com/army-sea-dragons-receive-badges-of-honor-pinned-to-their-chests/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/01/06/2003685274|title=Spy possibly targeted top secret army unit: Reports – Taipei Times|date=6 January 2018|access-date=17 November 2020|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108062633/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/01/06/2003685274|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mp.rocmp.org/eng/kind/ssc/|title=Military Police Special Service Company-Reserve military police, TAIWAN|website=mp.rocmp.org|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=13 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062848/http://mp.rocmp.org/eng/kind/ssc/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mp.rocmp.org/kind/mpssc/|title=Republic of China Military Police Special Services Company|website=mp.rocmp.org|access-date=2019-01-14|archive-date=5 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205003238/http://mp.rocmp.org/kind/mpssc/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Thailand== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (RTASWC) | |||
| ** 1st Special Forces Division (1st SFD) | |||
| *** 3rd Special Forces Regiment, King's Guard (Airborne)<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Special Forces Regiment (official Thai website)|url=http://home.3sor.mi.th/|website=Royal Thai Army 3rd Special Forces Regiment|access-date=14 March 2017|archive-date=15 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315001424/http://home.3sor.mi.th/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| **** ] | |||
| **** ] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] (Royal Thai Navy SEALs)<ref>{{cite web|title=Naval Special Warfare Command (official Thai website)|url=http://www.sealthailand.com/index1.html|website=SEAL Thailand|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063402/http://www.sealthailand.com/index1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (SOR)<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Operations Regiment (official thai website)|url=http://www.sor.rtaf.mi.th/home.htm|website=Royal Thai Air Force Special Operations Regiment|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314065337/http://www.sor.rtaf.mi.th/home.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| ==Timor-Leste== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| *Unidade Falintil<ref>{{cite web |title=Unidade FALINTIL (Força Especial) – das F-FDTL |url=https://f-fdtl.mil.tl/pt/componentes/terestre/unidade-falintil |website=] |access-date=24 December 2024 |language=Portuguese| trans-title=FALINTIL Unit (Special Force) – of the F-FDTL}}</ref> | |||
| ==Tunisia== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * Special Forces Group (GFS)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosaiquefm.net/ar/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/564946/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1|title=يوم مع القوات الخاصة للجيش التونسي : أسود في البر.. نسور في السماء|date=21 June 2019|website=RadioMosaiqueFM|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013113219/https://www.mosaiquefm.net/ar/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/564946/%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** Military Intervention Group (GIM)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ar.tunisienumerique.com/|title=Home|website=تونس – أخبار تونس|access-date=6 June 2020|archive-date=14 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414113230/https://ar.tunisienumerique.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * Special Air Regiment (RAS)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alchourouk.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B9-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AA%E2%80%AC|title=الشروق أون لاين ترافق طلائع جيش الطيران في مراقبة الحجر الصحي ببنزرت|date=6 April 2020|access-date=19 August 2023|archive-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606182659/http://www.alchourouk.com/article/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82-%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B9-%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AA%E2%80%AC|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| * 51st Marine Commando Regiment (51st RCM)<ref name="Canada Boosts Military Spending">{{cite web|url=https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/canada-boosts-military-spending|title=Canada Boosts Military Spending|website=Maritime Executive|date=7 June 2017|access-date=12 November 2022|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191216/https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/canada-boosts-military-spending|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| * 52nd Marine Commando Regiment (52nd RCM)<ref name="Canada Boosts Military Spending"/> | |||
| ==Turkey== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (aka Maroon Berets) | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| ** ] | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/pg/foto-galeri/aa-muharebe-arama-kurtarma-timi-egitimini-goruntuledi/0/30225|title=Anadolu Ajansı|website=Anadolu Ajansı|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=23 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723091249/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/pg/foto-galeri/aa-muharebe-arama-kurtarma-timi-egitimini-goruntuledi/0/30225|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] (MAK) | |||
| ** ] (AKIP) | |||
| ;Northern Cyprus | |||
| * ] (ÖGKK)<ref>{{cite web|title=Özel Görev Kuvveti Komutanlığı – Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı|url=http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/OGK.aspx|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.mucahit.net|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502105938/http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/OGK.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı – Genel Bilgiler|url=http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/GenelBilgiler.aspx|access-date=2021-04-01|website=www.mucahit.net|archive-date=1 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501095907/http://www.mucahit.net/Hakkinda/GenelBilgiler.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| == Uganda == | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| * ] (SFC) | |||
| ==Ukraine== | |||
| {{see also|Spetsnaz#Ukrainian Spetsnaz}} | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] – headquarters in ] | |||
| * ] (])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/UKRANIANMILITARYDISPOSITIONS_RUSIBRIEFING.pdf|publisher=Royal United Services Institute|title=Ukraine Military Dispositions|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404231109/https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/UKRANIANMILITARYDISPOSITIONS_RUSIBRIEFING.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/292504/volontery_peredali_8mu_polku_spetsnaza_vsu_spetssredstva_na_summu_svyshe_500_tysyach_griven_fotoreportaj|publisher=censor.net.ua|title=Волонтеры передали 8-му полку спецназа ВСУ спецсредства на сумму свыше 500 тысяч гривен|date=3 July 2014|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://censor.net.ua/resonance/313900/kapitan_dan_kolesnik_samyyi_tyajelyyi_boyi_140go_tsentra_sil_spetsialnyh_operatsiyi|publisher=censor.net.ua|title=КАПИТАН ДАН КОЛЕСНИК: "САМЫЙ ТЯЖЕЛЫЙ БОЙ 140-ГО ЦЕНТРА СИЛ СПЕЦИАЛЬНЫХ ОПЕРАЦИЙ"|date=27 November 2014|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
| * ] & ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://greydynamics.com/ukrainian-special-operations-forces-uasof/|title=Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF)|publisher=greydynamics.com|date=25 October 2022|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2022}} | |||
| * ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012095835/http://obozrevatel.com/politics/19543-voennyij-ekspert-rasskazal-kak-ukraina-mozhet-protivostoyat-rf-v-informatsionnoj-vojne.htm |date=12 October 2014 }} | |||
| </ref> | |||
| ] units | |||
| * ] (73 MTSSN) (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nikolaev-city.net/news/v-nikolaeve-prostilis-s-boycom-73-go-morskogo-centra-specialnogo-naznacheniya-kotoryy-pogib-v|publisher=nikolev-city.net|title=В Николаеве простились с бойцом 73-го морского центра специального назначения, который погиб в зоне АТО|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
| * ] (801 OZB) (Ochakiv)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/ukraine-conflict-ukrainian-special-operations-forces-in-focus|title=Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian special operations forces in focus|publisher=janes.com|date=4 March 2022|access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| *]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27059321|title=Deadly clashes at Ukraine port base as leaders meet|work=BBC News |date=17 April 2014}}</ref> | |||
| *] (Kalinivka Airfield, Vinnytsia Oblast)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shotam.info/z-iavylosia-video-iak-ukrainskym-korsarom-spetspryznachentsi-znyshchyly-vorozhi-bmp/|title=З'явилося відео, як українським "Корсаром" спецпризначенці знищили ворожі БМП|publisher=shotam.info|date=20 March 2022|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2022}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vsviti.com.ua/news/136589|title=ЗСУ випробовують новий потужний ракетний комплекс|publisher=vsviti.com.ua|date=21 March 2022|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2022}} | |||
| ==United Kingdom== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] (UKSF) | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (SBS)<ref name="SBS">{{cite news|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 March 2010|title=The secretive sister of the SAS|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1659585.stm|date=16 November 2001|archive-date=14 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214225933/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1659585.stm|url-status=live}} (SBS)</ref> | |||
| *** Special Boat Service (Reserve)<ref name="SBS(R)">{{cite web|access-date=21 February 2014|publisher=]|title=Special Boat Service (Reserve)|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/specialforces/30604.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228225044/http://www.army.mod.uk/specialforces/30604.aspx|archive-date=28 February 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** ] (SAS) | |||
| *** ]<ref name="SAS"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624093125/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1450394/Overstretched-SAS-calls-up-part-time-troops-for-Afghanistan.html |date=24 June 2018 }}. Retrieved 21 February 2014</ref> | |||
| *** Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R)){{refn|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/sas-reserves/|title=SAS Reserves|publisher=eliteukforces.info|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227214150/http://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/sas-reserves/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apply.army.mod.uk/roles/infantry/sas-reserve|title=SAS Reserve|publisher=apply.army.mod.uk|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213730/https://apply.army.mod.uk/roles/infantry/sas-reserve|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shadowspear.com/2009/05/british-special-air-service/|title=British Special Air Service|publisher=shadowspear.com|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228161515/https://www.shadowspear.com/2009/05/british-special-air-service/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.echosquadron.com/aboutuksf-2.html|title=About UKSF|publisher=echosquadron.com|access-date=26 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824182246/http://www.echosquadron.com/aboutuksf-2.html|archive-date=24 August 2016}}</ref>}} | |||
| **** ]<ref>{{Cite book | last = Gregory | first = Barry | year = 2006 | title = A History of The Artists Rifles 1859–1947 | publisher = Pen & Sword Books | place = Barnsley | isbn = 978-1-84415-503-3 |page=297}}</ref> | |||
| **** ]<ref>L. Thompson – {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191215/https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9IOUDJaa_wC&dq=the+23rd+S.A.S.&pg=PA11 |date=22 April 2023 }} published by {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407193938/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=767292 |date=7 April 2017 }}, 128 pages, {{ISBN|1610607422}} </ref> | |||
| ** ] (SRR)<ref name="SRR"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425053749/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050405/wmstext/50405m01.htm#50405m01.html_sbhd5 |date=25 April 2010 }}. Retrieved 21 February 2014</ref> | |||
| ** ] (])<ref name="18Sig">{{cite web|access-date=13 February 2018|publisher=Ministry of Defence|title=18 Signal Regiment|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25870.aspx|archive-date=4 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404120232/http://www.army.mod.uk/signals/25870.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="SFSG">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4928028.stm | work=BBC News | title=Elite special forces unit set up | date=20 April 2006 | access-date=23 August 2013 | archive-date=26 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326184143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4928028.stm | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * ]/] | |||
| ** Special Forces Flight of ] (Royal Air Force)<ref name="AFMNOV15">{{cite book|title=AirForces Monthly|date=November 2015|publisher=]|location=], ], ]|page=62|title-link=AirForces Monthly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PLG Directive 73/07 Part 8, Restricted files – Administration Guide|url=http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/publications/guides/admin_guide/h_part8.pdf|publisher=Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA)|date=December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203817/http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/publications/guides/admin_guide/h_part8.pdf|archive-date=14 July 2014|website=Veterans UK}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="JSFAW">{{cite web|title=JSFAW – Responsibilities and Composition|url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafodiham/aboutus/jsfaw.cfm|website=Royal Air Force|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170050/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafodiham/aboutus/jsfaw.cfm|archive-date=27 February 2014}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] (])<ref name="JSFAW" /> | |||
| *** ] (Army Air Corps, British Army)<ref name="AFMJAN14">{{cite journal|author=Gary Parsons|title=News briefs|journal=] |location=] |publisher=]|date=January 2014|page=7 }}</ref><ref name="JSFAW"/> | |||
| ==United States== | |||
| {{see also|United States special operations forces}}<!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] (USSOCOM) | |||
| * ] (JSOC) | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] (1st SFOD-D or "Delta Force") | |||
| *** ] (ISA) | |||
| *** ] (ATO) (formerly "Flight Concepts Division")<ref name="usajsoc">{{Cite web |last=Trevithick |first=Joseph |date=21 March 2017 |title=Shedding some light on The Pentagon's most shadowy aviation units |url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8125/shedding-some-light-on-the-pentagons-most-shadowy-aviation-units |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701220306/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/8125/shedding-some-light-on-the-pentagons-most-shadowy-aviation-units |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=13 February 2018 |publisher=The WarZone}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] (DEVGRU or "SEAL Team Six") | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] (24th STS) | |||
| *** 66th Air Operations Squadron (66th AOS)<ref name="usajsoc" /> | |||
| *** ] (427th SOS) | |||
| *** 1st Joint Special Operations Aviation Component (1st JSOAC) (formerly the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group/AVTEG)<ref name="usajsoc" /> | |||
| * ] (USASOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook">{{Cite web |year=2013 |title=SOCOM 2013 Factbook |url=http://www.socom.mil/News/Documents/USSOCOM_Fact_Book_2013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214222055/http://www.socom.mil/News/Documents/USSOCOM_Fact_Book_2013.pdf |archive-date=14 February 2013 |access-date=27 February 2013 |website=SOCOM |df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** ] ("Green Berets")<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ] (National Guard)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| **** ] (National Guard)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** ] Groups | |||
| **** ] (Airborne) | |||
| **** ] (Airborne) | |||
| *** ] | |||
| *** ] | |||
| **** ] (Airborne) | |||
| **** ] (Airborne) | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lushenko |first=Paul A. |date=July 2018 |title=The 75th Ranger Regiment Military Intelligence Battalion Modernizing for Multi-Domain Battle |url=https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/July-August-2018/Lushenko/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023084129/https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/July-August-2018/Lushenko/ |archive-date=23 October 2021 |publisher=Army University Press}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] (RRC) | |||
| ** ] (ARSOAC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** ] "Night Stalkers"<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** Army Special Operations Command Flight Company<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ] (NSWC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** Naval Special Warfare Group 1<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** ] Teams 1, 3, 5 & 7<ref name="NSW Teams">{{Cite web |last=Weiss |first=Jonathan |date=29 June 2020 |title=Everything you want to know about Navy Special Warfare: How SEALs are picked, trained, and paid |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/naval-special-warfare-guide-how-navy-seals-picked-trained-paid-2020-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711094347/https://www.businessinsider.com/naval-special-warfare-guide-how-navy-seals-picked-trained-paid-2020-6 |archive-date=11 July 2022 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> | |||
| ** Naval Special Warfare Group 2<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8 & 10<ref name="NSW Teams" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** ] 12, 20 & 22 | |||
| ** Naval Special Warfare Group 8<ref name="socom 2022 fact book">{{cite web |title=Fact Book 2022 |url=https://www.socom.mil/FactBook/2022%20Fact%20Book.pdf |website=SOCOM |access-date=21 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704041607/https://www.socom.mil/FactBook/2022%20Fact%20Book.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2022 |date=2022}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] Teams 1 & 2<ref name="NSW Teams" /> | |||
| *** Special Reconnaissance Teams 1 & 2<ref name="socom 2022 fact book"/> | |||
| *** Training Detachment 3<ref name="socom 2022 fact book"/> | |||
| *** Logistical Support 3<ref name="socom 2022 fact book"/> | |||
| *** Mission Support Center<ref name="NSW Teams" /> | |||
| ** Naval Special Warfare Group 11<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| *** SEAL Teams 17 & 18 (]) | |||
| * ] (AFSOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ] (ANG)<ref name="socom 2022 fact book"/> | |||
| ** ] (ANG)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ] (AFRC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| * ] (MARSOC)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** ]<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ** Marine Special Operations Support Group<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ==Uruguay== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * "Scorpion" Battalion (14th Parachute Infantry Battalion "Escorpión")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/ejercito-fortalecio-y-amplio-los-comandos-antiterroristas|publisher=Elpais.com.uy|date=22 May 2017|access-date=7 November 2023|title=Ejército fortaleció y amplió los comandos antiterroristas|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207022513/https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/ejercito-fortalecio-y-amplio-los-comandos-antiterroristas|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref> | |||
| ==Venezuela== | |||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| ] | |||
| * 99th Army Special Operations Brigade<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defensa.com/venezuela/venezuela-enfrentamientos-entre-fuerzas-especiales-grupos|title=venezuela-enfrentamientos-entre-fuerzas-especiales-grupos|publisher=defensa.com|date=8 February 2021|access-date=20 February 2022|archive-date=14 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414133228/https://www.defensa.com/venezuela/venezuela-enfrentamientos-entre-fuerzas-especiales-grupos|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ] | |||
| =={{flagicon|Venezuela}} ]== | |||
| * Special Operations Air Group 10<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve">{{cite web |url=http://www.aviacion.mil.ve/modules/fmcontent/content.php?topic=aviacion&id=11&page=grupos-aereos |title=Aviación Militar Bolivariana – Grupos Aéreos |access-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821090537/http://www.aviacion.mil.ve/modules/fmcontent/content.php?topic=aviacion&id=11&page=grupos-aereos |archive-date=21 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
| ;] | |||
| * 107th Special Operations Battalion | |||
| * 509th Special Operations Battalion | |||
| ;] | |||
| * Special Operations Air Group 10<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve">List of Air Groups in the official website of the Venezuelan Air Force, http://www.aviacion.mil.ve/modules/fmcontent/content.php?topic=aviacion&id=11&page=grupos-aereos</ref> | |||
| * Special Operations Air Group 15<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve"/> | * Special Operations Air Group 15<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve"/> | ||
| * Special Operations Air Group 17<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve"/> | * Special Operations Air Group 17<ref name="aviacion.mil.ve"/> | ||
| == |
==Vietnam== | ||
| <!-- DO NOT ADD ANY SF UNITS UNLESS YOU HAVE ALSO ADDED A RELIABLE SOURCE OR THEY ARE LINKED TO A PARENT ARTICLE THAT CONFIRMS THEY ARE SF--> | |||
| Under the ] (''Bộ Tổng Tham mưu Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam'') | |||
| ] | |||
| * Commando (''Binh chủng Đặc công''),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPbjqJAEIafxQcwNEfxsjlpgzRnBG4IDIqgnByUw9OvO9lsJpMd52Zj11UlX-X__6o0EREBEdXJvciTvmjq5PK7j7hYgdjmBRICYG4VgFQa6i4iAWCYBxB-BgzjA6A4jUUchUj2p_k9EeCwF8TGGiQoHJl5c8bnPWePcQ5jd497xU8E63q_xNmY3fXBEKG1VktjtQqzqQ_a3EUag5vIW61vy8INbpbL56fTPAT3bLi576rNgnZ5qVL5SPnKOw2zooTKm5zflmpuHBLQy6eWIiuTdoLCLcZOXvzJBL55EPycKXqKbOivwD_W9gE88RA-gNX3LljCJQLAxE45tWg-z3YJxp3uKoZeGiMpk5pzvnrYuxg400hdsiiw85HuWhMuQ8qR5FHvd2bm254AhRbyD0fPBTXu1YLMawUNSL464f-_oUpE-aVJHx_bx2G3khqYS1CMx0Qu-6sZM4i9aeYJpeLWKUxu7R0wlc0VoESq6yxZ1LrA43iJ3Ah1w8pg8nBXCrFq1D7TQkTaGJ2KmNfaBPf1pLPDWgwREDdHga6dMmYGU6joNz7qr12TdiD1VbhYEHjbVAeirbz7jrO3c_C3Dr8A5QPI2g!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Ministry of National Defence - Socialist Republic of VietNam|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> including: | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPbjqJAEIafxQcwNEfxsjlpgzRnBG4IDIqgnByUw9OvO9lsJpMd52Zj11UlX-X__6o0EREBEdXJvciTvmjq5PK7j7hYgdjmBRICYG4VgFQa6i4iAWCYBxB-BgzjA6A4jUUchUj2p_k9EeCwF8TGGiQoHJl5c8bnPWePcQ5jd497xU8E63q_xNmY3fXBEKG1VktjtQqzqQ_a3EUag5vIW61vy8INbpbL56fTPAT3bLi576rNgnZ5qVL5SPnKOw2zooTKm5zflmpuHBLQy6eWIiuTdoLCLcZOXvzJBL55EPycKXqKbOivwD_W9gE88RA-gNX3LljCJQLAxE45tWg-z3YJxp3uKoZeGiMpk5pzvnrYuxg400hdsiiw85HuWhMuQ8qR5FHvd2bm254AhRbyD0fPBTXu1YLMawUNSL464f-_oUpE-aVJHx_bx2G3khqYS1CMx0Qu-6sZM4i9aeYJpeLWKUxu7R0wlc0VoESq6yxZ1LrA43iJ3Ah1w8pg8nBXCrFq1D7TQkTaGJ2KmNfaBPf1pLPDWgwREDdHga6dMmYGU6joNz7qr12TdiD1VbhYEHjbVAeirbz7jrO3c_C3Dr8A5QPI2g!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Ministry of National Defence – Socialist Republic of VietNam|website=Mod.gov.vn|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=14 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114233203/http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPbjqJAEIafxQcwNEfxsjlpgzRnBG4IDIqgnByUw9OvO9lsJpMd52Zj11UlX-X__6o0EREBEdXJvciTvmjq5PK7j7hYgdjmBRICYG4VgFQa6i4iAWCYBxB-BgzjA6A4jUUchUj2p_k9EeCwF8TGGiQoHJl5c8bnPWePcQ5jd497xU8E63q_xNmY3fXBEKG1VktjtQqzqQ_a3EUag5vIW61vy8INbpbL56fTPAT3bLi576rNgnZ5qVL5SPnKOw2zooTKm5zflmpuHBLQy6eWIiuTdoLCLcZOXvzJBL55EPycKXqKbOivwD_W9gE88RA-gNX3LljCJQLAxE45tWg-z3YJxp3uKoZeGiMpk5pzvnrYuxg400hdsiiw85HuWhMuQ8qR5FHvd2bm254AhRbyD0fPBTXu1YLMawUNSL464f-_oUpE-aVJHx_bx2G3khqYS1CMx0Qu-6sZM4i9aeYJpeLWKUxu7R0wlc0VoESq6yxZ1LrA43iJ3Ah1w8pg8nBXCrFq1D7TQkTaGJ2KmNfaBPf1pLPDWgwREDdHga6dMmYGU6joNz7qr12TdiD1VbhYEHjbVAeirbz7jrO3c_C3Dr8A5QPI2g!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** Land commando (''Đặc công bộ'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLbqNAEEW_JR9g0aYx4GXzcDcvY96GDYIY2x3AQAgG8_VhRtFIs0iymUnVqqRTunWvVEzCHJnklt3pJXujzS2rfs0Jn-7Q3hWlNQI4dDZAg0ghEPAAWJsFiBdAxohwggmAaOIFQCRwtw6EAMHv9iPm-BILktxYo6p66TTY3oRpP0Eew1czCXf7Ti1hs4XnSZNc3pBHQWTjJFKwyT5HGf_oarfmdVyVfa9q-jpZjRtYiIotF1xA2zM9DYonyidz65PB8INYjLYZvWBuvl6dpOfHBAWXbitYJzsTSZqYb5xIg170nKOnTukpP-diykmYFCZET08ffsEnhcD3fpO_EZGs-QUhCh-GHsSy8AF8Felv4Isb4gUQPr1C5RmfOQIu9V4erTaXs_syO7Ov7A3rNQZrJZj2s6WoZVUPTYUfRcZ7Xo2vZd1KXRbpfY5Xr7VNmwat7xkunCWVbwSFnxbc_HdBm-yApvv6xrMdFhjghx0G3D8X1JnkUjX58vRhHrS60mjjTgEmfXBp6gT9mNhoAJwhuywiIsmjdR3XOhXv-g2eJaqDNriOEJ4f4CaA0j-IB2lmJVrvww6HLaYh1CzfmUt0J3nmCPQQHNIhGo2-19jSvytlK1wzgO7yKY75_HniZjcHdpLWLJl1K9qCW3BrcF3NhlN1VgcaAzjsgKts1WUzt6IFOvTNqOTMnjR1wbR1cDd5l8zHP128A6GqzlU!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Cổng TTĐT Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=Special Forces Arms |url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLbqNAEEW_ZT7AogHzWrbb5uUG0zTghg0CP4gBA4HEEL4-zigaaRaJNzOpWpV0SrdulYpLOMYlTXa7FNnLpW2y-qNO5FSHrq-ueAgMHQBg2YaAeBmJBpHvQHwHkAHNpYIBULEhAQuaoa8RUQRQfNS_51gegwkNzriBwbm64PpArdZvuo15XYngFdhIsHFZsbc0LkIYu08Xqe7qy-mUGAI_B-MCPUvXtUJCYMt5eqW9koaejo_bnsfZcLgcGhm2khJ6401oaJF5cBoHzykl3akRPkQVLKKo0F7JDVc9XkjzgmyLI_GnT2_gi4Dgsbfkb0Q1eRlYormWo4iKBlI-ge_W9xv4Zob4DihfT6FwAcfAMqXlW2fN1eyXs4-HsJhorjsg34_B5kbdsLbdo-7S0rX4De8EQWQ5gY2HmYzBkXnHyA9XEJ3SzOIfCMrSTwvK_11wZ-p3wcCW6I4IAIGfdvjvb2hzSVG3-f3BozxulXX78X3MI71ZL5_5-SklVcNURJVEHLMhzjsNbmhNO_3sGEshmQ3Xr_2BhDtNC7ay0xQ3whr7hWB7grDb9_6SFsHEyoi56tI-zoykhZBNBwftXV1q6uiswb6LDoa3Z4sdq6Ejp5q20PvZVmekQlKogzn-4lyzvZ647hresOybM_uTp3fbTTye/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |website=mod.gov.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920102132/http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLbqNAEEW_ZT7AogHzWrbb5uUG0zTghg0CP4gBA4HEEL4-zigaaRaJNzOpWpV0SrdulYpLOMYlTXa7FNnLpW2y-qNO5FSHrq-ueAgMHQBg2YaAeBmJBpHvQHwHkAHNpYIBULEhAQuaoa8RUQRQfNS_51gegwkNzriBwbm64PpArdZvuo15XYngFdhIsHFZsbc0LkIYu08Xqe7qy-mUGAI_B-MCPUvXtUJCYMt5eqW9koaejo_bnsfZcLgcGhm2khJ6401oaJF5cBoHzykl3akRPkQVLKKo0F7JDVc9XkjzgmyLI_GnT2_gi4Dgsbfkb0Q1eRlYormWo4iKBlI-ge_W9xv4Zob4DihfT6FwAcfAMqXlW2fN1eyXs4-HsJhorjsg34_B5kbdsLbdo-7S0rX4De8EQWQ5gY2HmYzBkXnHyA9XEJ3SzOIfCMrSTwvK_11wZ-p3wcCW6I4IAIGfdvjvb2hzSVG3-f3BozxulXX78X3MI71ZL5_5-SklVcNURJVEHLMhzjsNbmhNO_3sGEshmQ3Xr_2BhDtNC7ay0xQ3whr7hWB7grDb9_6SFsHEyoi56tI-zoykhZBNBwftXV1q6uiswb6LDoa3Z4sdq6Ejp5q20PvZVmekQlKogzn-4lyzvZ647hresOybM_uTp3fbTTye/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** Naval commando (''Đặc công nước'' or ''Đặc nhiệm Hải quân'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLcqJQFEW_JR-Q4oAoMLy85I08lTuhEBF5KooCfn1IV3qQQZJJd-4Z3ap9au2zqzaBiR2B2-RR5ElfnNukfv_jVSwjy2V5EgFLygDqgvJpQ1QpsBezIJoF8MVD8HkfSPt93zVB9hgAnSK2xK6MhlG8mbkohZuByrGutjq1Nqs1K1NeFzqVJk9xGGG7PS6zhqMV8pCmI9lvFGnk2tK3cLjhPUosD4H0SHYr9FomDbPGeoRZbxSmZkISexLlbczbVitnuK-K45XbU5c6mkj6MdHh8JrcOKaLFZ4qtmcmevm46xvjP-SyJfAfibBGCs0YAKyxXoKKlMDlnMUC0OJD8F10nyE2qDKoPA8Up0hgGwvCUs5NRkSzjPnSy2zVJ3ZAx145XdRn9XRLGG1_L4HnY5sUQ80q_dDyZc086KQvmhOIweRLvW4-Xd2E3rj1_uYQugGPkEzT0vIHoPfbQAH-N3BtK3Pymq8tPduhZvQvX6j_e6BG4Lw-7-eKh5voYYg3NZeQEF-ilNvXleMfeaMrs4zqXEe_9E48t2NI-0osrUK6pm3KgICOu2wuYA0JixOTM5JAJHsnySOrne4Q5Y8xsU_pjtOed0PwTnE1mDV3xv2ysK7y9dBNJDck5Ny7U2FyRWZQt9szOUHQdI5aB8Pdw8F9cptxo-5PaOV0Vxm9EJcmeBgrVxlI9u8Mb2WAVUc!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=Cổng TTĐT Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *** Special Forces Command at ], ]<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-08 |title=Special Forces Command |url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLbqNAEEW_ZT7AogHzWrbb5uUG0zTghg0CP4gBA4HEEL4-zigaaRaJNzOpWpV0SrdulYpLOMYlTXa7FNnLpW2y-qNO5FSHrq-ueAgMHQBg2YaAeBmJBpHvQHwHkAHNpYIBULEhAQuaoa8RUQRQfNS_51gegwkNzriBwbm64PpArdZvuo15XYngFdhIsHFZsbc0LkIYu08Xqe7qy-mUGAI_B-MCPUvXtUJCYMt5eqW9koaejo_bnsfZcLgcGhm2khJ6401oaJF5cBoHzykl3akRPkQVLKKo0F7JDVc9XkjzgmyLI_GnT2_gi4Dgsbfkb0Q1eRlYormWo4iKBlI-ge_W9xv4Zob4DihfT6FwAcfAMqXlW2fN1eyXs4-HsJhorjsg34_B5kbdsLbdo-7S0rX4De8EQWQ5gY2HmYzBkXnHyA9XEJ3SzOIfCMrSTwvK_11wZ-p3wcCW6I4IAIGfdvjvb2hzSVG3-f3BozxulXX78X3MI71ZL5_5-SklVcNURJVEHLMhzjsNbmhNO_3sGEshmQ3Xr_2BhDtNC7ay0xQ3whr7hWB7grDb9_6SFsHEyoi56tI-zoykhZBNBwftXV1q6uiswb6LDoa3Z4sdq6Ejp5q20PvZVmekQlKogzn-4lyzvZ647hresOybM_uTp3fbTTye/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |website=mod.gov.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920102132/http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPLbqNAEEW_ZT7AogHzWrbb5uUG0zTghg0CP4gBA4HEEL4-zigaaRaJNzOpWpV0SrdulYpLOMYlTXa7FNnLpW2y-qNO5FSHrq-ueAgMHQBg2YaAeBmJBpHvQHwHkAHNpYIBULEhAQuaoa8RUQRQfNS_51gegwkNzriBwbm64PpArdZvuo15XYngFdhIsHFZsbc0LkIYu08Xqe7qy-mUGAI_B-MCPUvXtUJCYMt5eqW9koaejo_bnsfZcLgcGhm2khJ6401oaJF5cBoHzykl3akRPkQVLKKo0F7JDVc9XkjzgmyLI_GnT2_gi4Dgsbfkb0Q1eRlYormWo4iKBlI-ge_W9xv4Zob4DihfT6FwAcfAMqXlW2fN1eyXs4-HsJhorjsg34_B5kbdsLbdo-7S0rX4De8EQWQ5gY2HmYzBkXnHyA9XEJ3SzOIfCMrSTwvK_11wZ-p3wcCW6I4IAIGfdvjvb2hzSVG3-f3BozxulXX78X3MI71ZL5_5-SklVcNURJVEHLMhzjsNbmhNO_3sGEshmQ3Xr_2BhDtNC7ay0xQ3whr7hWB7grDb9_6SFsHEyoi56tI-zoykhZBNBwftXV1q6uiswb6LDoa3Z4sdq6Ejp5q20PvZVmekQlKogzn-4lyzvZ647hresOybM_uTp3fbTTye/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** Airborne commando (''Đặc công dù'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.qdnd.vn/qdndsite/vi-vn/61/43/quan-doi/kiem-tra-kha-nang-co-dong-bang-do-bo-duong-khong-cua-doan-dac-cong-biet-dong-1-va-113/206883.html|title=Kiểm tra khả năng cơ động bằng đổ bộ đường không của Đoàn đặc công biệt động 1 và 113|publisher=|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] at ]<ref>{{cite web |date=2022-04-08 |title=Lữ đoàn Đặc công Biệt động 1 đón nhận Huân chương Bảo vệ Tổ quốc hạng Nhì |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-biet-dong-1-don-nhan-huan-chuong-bao-ve-to-quoc-hang-nhi-536432 |website=www.qdnd.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116132905/https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-biet-dong-1-don-nhan-huan-chuong-bao-ve-to-quoc-hang-nhi-536432 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * Special reconnaissance (''Trinh sát Đặc nhiệm''): the reconnaissance force is not a separate branch, every armed branch has a reconnaissance team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tienphong.vn/hanh-trang-nguoi-linh/linh-trinh-sat-di-khong-dau-nau-khong-khoi-698181.tpo|title=Lính trinh sát đi không dấu, nấu không khói...|work=Báo điện tử Tiền Phong|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] at ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bản lĩnh của các chiến đấu viên Lữ đoàn đặc công 113|url=https://www.qdnd.vn/phong-su-anh/ban-linh-cua-cac-chien-dau-vien-lu-doan-dac-cong-113-619937|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.qdnd.vn|language=vi-vn|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824033019/https://www.qdnd.vn/phong-su-anh/ban-linh-cua-cac-chien-dau-vien-lu-doan-dac-cong-113-619937|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] at ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lữ đoàn Đặc công 198 phát động thi đua cao điểm chào mừng bầu cử đại biểu Quốc hội|url=https://www.qdnd.vn/bau-cu-dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-khoa-xv-va-dai-bieu-hdnd-cac-cap/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-198-phat-dong-thi-dua-cao-diem-chao-mung-bau-cu-dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-657485|access-date=2021-08-24|website=www.qdnd.vn|language=vi-vn|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824033022/https://www.qdnd.vn/bau-cu-dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-khoa-xv-va-dai-bieu-hdnd-cac-cap/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-198-phat-dong-thi-dua-cao-diem-chao-mung-bau-cu-dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-657485|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] at ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lữ đoàn Đặc công bộ 429 – Binh chủng Đặc công: "Bí mật, bất ngờ, luồn sâu đánh hiểm"|url=https://baoquankhu7.vn/lu-doan-dac-cong-bo-429-binh-chung-dac-cong-bi-mat-bat-ngo-luon-sau-danh-hiem--1703920342-0011579s34010gs|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Báo Quân Khu 7|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824031517/https://baoquankhu7.vn/lu-doan-dac-cong-bo-429-binh-chung-dac-cong-bi-mat-bat-ngo-luon-sau-danh-hiem--1703920342-0011579s34010gs|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** ] at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lữ đoàn Đặc công nước 5 đón nhận Huân chương Bảo vệ Tổ quốc hạng Nhì |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-nuoc-5-don-nhan-huan-chuong-bao-ve-to-quoc-hang-nhi-689669 |website=www.qdnd.vn |access-date=23 April 2022 |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415035144/https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-nuoc-5-don-nhan-huan-chuong-bao-ve-to-quoc-hang-nhi-689669 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| *** 18th Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 18 |url=http://quocphongthudo.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/xay-dung-don-vi/luc-luong-chien-dau-tinh-nhue-bo-tu-lenh-thu-do-trong-moi-ti.html |website=quocphongthudo.vn |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=18 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618143851/https://quocphongthudo.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/xay-dung-don-vi/luc-luong-chien-dau-tinh-nhue-bo-tu-lenh-thu-do-trong-moi-ti.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Quân đoàn 1, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam |url=https://mocmedia.com.vn/quan-doan-1-quan-doi-nhan-dan-viet-nam/ |website=Mocmedia.com.vn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306235519/https://mocmedia.com.vn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Quân đoàn 2, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam |url=https://mocmedia.com.vn/quan-doan-2-quan-doi-nhan-dan-viet-nam/ |website=Mocmedia.com.vn}}</ref> | |||
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| *** 20th Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at ], ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 20 (Bộ tư lệnh Quân đoàn 3) đón nhận danh hiệu Anh hùng LLVT nhân dân |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-20-bo-tu-lenh-quan-doan-3-don-nhan-danh-hieu-anh-hung-llvt-nhan-dan-251960 |website=www.qdnd.vn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422195728/https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-20-bo-tu-lenh-quan-doan-3-don-nhan-danh-hieu-anh-hung-llvt-nhan-dan-251960 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| *** 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Quân đoàn 4, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam |url=https://mocmedia.com.vn/quan-doan-4-quan-doi-nhan-dan-viet-nam/ |website=Mocmedia.com.vn |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=6 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306235614/https://mocmedia.com.vn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| *** 20th Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Xem lính Đặc công Quân khu 1 rèn 'bản lĩnh thép' |url=https://tienphong.vn/xem-linh-dac-cong-quan-khu-1-ren-ban-linh-thep-post1351951.amp |website=tienphong.vn |date=4 July 2021 |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216192632/https://tienphong.vn/xem-linh-dac-cong-quan-khu-1-ren-ban-linh-thep-post1351951.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| *** 19th Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiến sĩ đặc công Tây Bắc hướng về Đại hội XIII của Đảng |url=http://baoquankhu2.com.vn/chien-si-dac-cong-tay-bac-huong-ve-dai-hoi-xiii-cua-dang/ |website=baoquankhu2.com.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414035659/http://baoquankhu2.com.vn/chien-si-dac-cong-tay-bac-huong-ve-dai-hoi-xiii-cua-dang/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| *** 41st Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Luyện quân ở đơn vị đặc biệt tinh nhuệ |url=https://nhandan.vn/chinhtri/luyen-quan-o-don-vi-dac-biet-tinh-nhue-315071/ |website=nhandan.vn |date=21 January 2018 |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408235405/https://nhandan.vn/chinhtri/luyen-quan-o-don-vi-dac-biet-tinh-nhue-315071/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 31st Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bộ đội Trinh sát – Đặc Công Quân khu 4: Mình đồng da sắt, khổ luyện thành tài |url=http://baoquankhu4.com.vn/phong-su-anh/bo-doi-trinh-sat-dac-cong-quan-khu-4-tang-cuong-luyen-tap-kh.html |website=baoquankhu4.com.vn |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408235705/http://baoquankhu4.com.vn/phong-su-anh/bo-doi-trinh-sat-dac-cong-quan-khu-4-tang-cuong-luyen-tap-kh.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 409th Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 409 kỷ niệm 50 năm ngày thành lập |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-409-ky-niem-50-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-363973 |website=www.qdnd.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408235407/https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-409-ky-niem-50-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-363973 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 60th Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 60, Bộ Tham mưu Quân khu: Những chặng đường phát triển |url=https://baoquankhu7.vn/tieu-doan-dac-cong-60-bo-tham-muu-quan-khu-nhung-chang-duong-phat-trien--452310287-0011486s35110gs |website=baoquankhu7.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191217/https://baoquankhu7.vn/tieu-doan-dac-cong-60-bo-tham-muu-quan-khu-nhung-chang-duong-phat-trien--452310287-0011486s35110gs |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| ** ] | |||
| *** 2012nd Commando Battalion at ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 2012 (Quân khu 9) kỷ niệm 50 năm ngày thành lập |url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-2012-quan-khu-9-ky-niem-50-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-365737 |website=www.qdnd.vn |access-date=8 April 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408235410/https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/tieu-doan-dac-cong-2012-quan-khu-9-ky-niem-50-nam-ngay-thanh-lap-365737 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| * ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Services|url=http://mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPbjqJAEIafxQcwNNCgc9lgy0HO5-aGNIsyIsggKsLTjzvZbDaTmfFmY9VVJV_lr78qxaRMwqRHet2X9Lxvj7T-XaditkaWt5RYBICjroGm88gMNBYACO8A-Rew7Q-AEzeCJnIaKzzqj5nEImdJblGJceKA3qhNRdfhiEXX5s0w7l4VUhfO6NCdJSyWqirdaOyPMJ8KQ3ZrGEHTKQ8p5nbzzG_URS2vVCTmZtYXPRXuLdoSlafYLVbGcNRC_VKWrCetIiGvVI9fCRCGAZ798QG-CQQe-0h_RBT-M_DFqj6AH2Ygd2Dx_RQCEzAJgJlfjW_adJi8avK5wIiHHg83FnCjj6fYCjDXWzLbGy7CTdNQN1VoSJqOUn1-aux92yIU_eKiYTZ7ILgRny0InytoI_bZDv__DXUmLes2vz9zZJFugQ9owEjOvGRd81Yyd8nycjhW5gWfBy0bX4btK1fcSJ7LuyhCWBLSybhsd77nEnGb4mKj8B7im1PULcNyPYQrapBrgjrrGk4LKx1eZKIBWdlJ_NGvMjg4ehXBQItvLojonN8wlto2W-atCa-G6KlT8je37_ms0Xo!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|website=Ministry of National Defence|access-date=24 August 2021|archive-date=3 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703191117/http://www.mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZPbjqJAEIafxQcwNNCgc9lgy0HO5-aGNIsyIsggKsLTjzvZbDaTmfFmY9VVJV_lr78qxaRMwqRHet2X9Lxvj7T-XaditkaWt5RYBICjroGm88gMNBYACO8A-Rew7Q-AEzeCJnIaKzzqj5nEImdJblGJceKA3qhNRdfhiEXX5s0w7l4VUhfO6NCdJSyWqirdaOyPMJ8KQ3ZrGEHTKQ8p5nbzzG_URS2vVCTmZtYXPRXuLdoSlafYLVbGcNRC_VKWrCetIiGvVI9fCRCGAZ798QG-CQQe-0h_RBT-M_DFqj6AH2Ygd2Dx_RQCEzAJgJlfjW_adJi8avK5wIiHHg83FnCjj6fYCjDXWzLbGy7CTdNQN1VoSJqOUn1-aux92yIU_eKiYTZ7ILgRny0InytoI_bZDv__DXUmLes2vz9zZJFugQ9owEjOvGRd81Yyd8nycjhW5gWfBy0bX4btK1fcSJ7LuyhCWBLSybhsd77nEnGb4mKj8B7im1PULcNyPYQrapBrgjrrGk4LKx1eZKIBWdlJ_NGvMjg4ehXBQItvLojonN8wlto2W-atCa-G6KlT8je37_ms0Xo!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ** ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Đặc công Hải quân-Lực lượng đặc biệt tinh nhuệ|url=https://baohaiquanvietnam.vn/tin-tuc/dac-cong-hai-quan-luc-luong-dac-biet-tinh-nhue|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Báo Hải Quân Việt Nam|language=en|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824025418/https://baohaiquanvietnam.vn/tin-tuc/dac-cong-hai-quan-luc-luong-dac-biet-tinh-nhue|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *** 126th Naval Special Operations Brigade at ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2020-12-18|title=Lữ đoàn Đặc công Hải quân 126 đón nhận danh hiệu Anh hùng lực lượng...|url=https://baohaiquanvietnam.vn/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-hai-quan-126-don-nhan-danh-hieu-anh-hung-luc-luong-vu-trang-nhan-dan-lan-thu-3|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Báo Hải Quân Việt Nam|language=en|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824032934/https://baohaiquanvietnam.vn/tin-tuc/lu-doan-dac-cong-hai-quan-126-don-nhan-danh-hieu-anh-hung-luc-luong-vu-trang-nhan-dan-lan-thu-3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://baoquankhu5.vn/gap-mat-truyen-thong-ngay-thanh-lap-lu-doan-dac-cong-hai-quan-126/|title=Gặp mặt truyền thống Ngày thành lập Lữ đoàn Đặc công Hải quân 126|access-date=2021-08-24|website=baoquankhu5.vn}}</ref> | |||
| * ] | |||
| ** K3 Special Forces Brigade at ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Chủ tịch nước Võ Văn Thưởng thăm Lữ đoàn đặc nhiệm K3|url=https://xaydungchinhsach.chinhphu.vn/chu-tich-nuoc-vo-van-thuong-tham-lu-doan-dac-nhiem-don-vi-tinh-bao-hanh-dong-chu-cong-cua-tong-cuc-ii-119231221095137267.htm}}</ref> | |||
| ** 74 Special Forces Brigade at ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Lữ đoàn 74 đón nhận Huân chương Quân công hạng Ba|url=https://dangcongsan.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/lu-doan-74-don-nhan-huan-chuong-quan-cong-hang-ba-430854.html}}</ref> | |||
| ** 94 Special Forces Brigade at ]<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Lữ đoàn 94 đón nhận Huân chương Bảo vệ Tổ quốc hạng Nhất|url=https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/tin-tuc/lu-doan-94-don-nhan-huan-chuong-bao-ve-to-quoc-hang-nhat-708490}}</ref> | |||
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==Zimbabwe== | ||
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| ]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Chapter Nine: Sub-Saharan Africa |journal=The Military Balance |date=1 January 2021 |volume=121 |issue=1 |page=500 |doi=10.1080/04597222.2021.1868798|s2cid=232050813 }}</ref> | |||
| {{main article|Special Forces of Zimbabwe}} | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| ==Non-combat special units== | |||
| * ] | |||
| While the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group is a relatively overt unit, references to the JSOC units below are rare. Possibly the only authoritative source is Ambinder, Marc, and D. B. Grady ''The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army'', John Wiley & Sons, 2012. | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Notes== | |||
| * {{AUS}}: ] (SOER) ] unit<ref>{{cite web|title=Special Operations Engineer Regiment|url=https://www.army.gov.au/our-people/units/special-operations-command/special-operations-engineer-regiment|website=Australian Army|accessdate=24 March 2017|date=14 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
| Miscellaneous Notes | |||
| * {{CAN}}: ] (CJIRU) - ({{lang-fr|Unité interarmées d'intervention du Canada, UIIC}}) ] unit<ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit|url=http://www.cjiru-uiic.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|website=National Defence and the Canadian Forces|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702150820/http://www.cjiru-uiic.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp|archivedate=2 July 2013|date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU)|url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/operations-special-forces/cjiru.page|website=National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces|accessdate=24 March 2017|date=29 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
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| * {{USA}}: Joint Special Operations Command | |||
| ** ] | |||
| ** Joint Communications Integration Element (JCIE) | |||
| ** Joint Intelligence Brigade (JIB) | |||
| ** Joint Medical Augmentation Unit (JMAU) | |||
| ** United States Army Skills Evaluation Detachment (USASED) - selection/recruiting unit for "]"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweek.com/article/index/241802/the-most-secret-of-secret-units|title=The most secret of secret units|work=The Week|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> | |||
| * United States Army Special Operations Aviation Command | |||
| ** Systems Integration Management Office (SIMO)<ref name="socom 2013 factbook" /> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| * Ambinder, Marc, and D. B. Grady ''The Command: Deep Inside the President's Secret Army'', John Wiley & Sons, 2012 – for ] | |||
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| #{{Note|E1}} The Japanese Special Forces Group is the current name of the former Japanese Special Operations Group, following a name change. | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:15, 6 January 2025
Compilation of world's military special forces
This is a list of military special forces units, also known as special operations forces (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that are specially organized, trained and equipped to conduct special operations.
These are distinct from special-purpose infantry units, such as the Royal Marine Commandos, found on the list of commando units, and also paratrooper units found on the list of paratrooper forces.
Definitions
NATO currently defines "special operations" as:
Military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained, and equipped forces, manned with selected personnel, using unconventional tactics, techniques, and modes of employment.
In 2001, as part of efforts to create a framework for consultation and cooperation between NATO and Russia, the NATO-RUSSIA Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms further defined special operations and special operations forces:
special operations military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. These activities are conducted across the full range of military operations independently or in coordination with operations of conventional forces to achieve political, military, psychological and economic objectives. Politico-military considerations may require clandestine, covert or discreet techniques and the acceptance of a degree of physical and political risk not associated with conventional operations.
special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of psychological operations or the organization of insurgencies in the enemy's rear area. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have separate special-operations forces brigades, battalions and companies which are integrated with the intelligence assets of military districts, fronts, fleets, armies or corps.
The United States definition of special operations is:
Operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment and training often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and characterized by one or more of the following: time sensitive, clandestine, low visibility, conducted with and/or through indigenous forces, requiring regional expertise, and/or a high degree of risk.
The Canadian definition of special operations forces is:
Organizations containing specially trained personnel that are organized, equipped and trained to conduct high-risk, high value, special operations to achieve military, political, economic, or international objectives by using special and unique operational methodologies in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive area to achieve desired tactical operational, and/or strategic effects in times of peace, conflict, or war.
Albania
Algeria
Main article: Special forces of AlgeriaAlgerian Land Forces (CFT)
- 104th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (104e RMO)
- 116th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (116e RMO)
Algerian Navy (AN)
- Navy Special Action Regiment (RASM)
Algerian Republican Guard (GR)
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
- 1st Special Forces Regiment (Armenia) – Spetsnaz unit.
Australia
Main article: Special forces of Australia- Special Operations Command
- Special Forces Group
- 1st Commando Regiment
- 2nd Commando Regiment
Incorporates the role of Tactical Assault Group (East) - Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)
Incorporates the role of Tactical Assault Group (West) - Special Operations Engineer Regiment
- Special Forces Group
- 6th Aviation Regiment
- Clearance Diving Branch
Divers serve with 2nd Commando Regiment as part of Tactical Assault Group (East)
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Main article: Bangladesh special operations forcesBelarus
Main article: Special Forces of BelarusSpecial Operations Forces Command
- 5th Spetsnaz Brigade
- 38th Guards Mobile Brigade – Brest
- 103rd Guards Mobile Brigade – Vitebsk
Belgium
Botswana
- Botswana Ground Force
- 1st Commando Regiment
Brazil
- Special Operations Command
- 1st Special Forces Battalion (1º BFEsp)
- 1st Commando Battalion (1º BAC)
- Special Operation Support Battalion
Brunei
- Royal Brunei Land Force
- Special Forces Regiment (SFR)
Bulgaria
- 68th Special Forces Brigade
- Bulgarian Land Forces
- 101st Alpine Regiment
- Bulgarian Navy
- 65th Seaborne Special Reconnaissance Detachment
Burundi
- National Defence Force
- 4th Commando Battalion
Cambodia
Canada
Special Operations Forces Command
- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2)
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOAS)
- Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU)
Chile
China – PRC
- People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces
Colombia
- National Army of Colombia
- Special Forces Division (División de fuerzas especiales (DIVFE))
- Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas
- Colombian Air Force
- Special Air Commando Group (ECOEA)
Congo – DRC
- 391st Commando battalion URR
Croatia
Special Operations Command (Croatia)
Cuba
- Black Wasp (Avispas Negras)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic Special Operations Forces
- Ministry of Defence SOF Directorate
- 601st Special Forces Group
Denmark
Special Operations Command (SOKOM)
Ecuador
El Salvador
Special Operations Command (CFE)
Egypt
Sa'ka Forces (Thunderbolt Forces)
Estonia
Estonian Special Operations Force (ESTSOF)
Ethiopia
- Agazi Commando Division
Finland
- Coastal Brigade
- Naval Reconnaissance Battalion
- Special Operations Detachment
- Naval Reconnaissance Battalion
France
Special Operations Command French Army
- Special Forces Command and Signal Company – (Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions des Forces Spéciales) (CCTFS)
- 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
- 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
- 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment
- Air Parachute Commando No. 10 (CPA 10)
- Special Operations Division, Transport section (ET 03/61 Poitou)
Directorate-General for External Security
Georgia
Germany
- German Navy
- German Army
- Special Forces Command (KSK)
- German Air Force
- No. 4 Squadron Helicopter Wing 64
Ghana
Greece
- 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (LOK) (MAK)
- 32nd Marines Brigade
- 31st Search & Rescue Squadron (31MEED)
- Underwater Demolition Command (DYK) – is organized into sections called Underwater Demolition Teams (OYK)
Hungary
- 1st Special Forces Brigade "Arpad Bertalan"
- 34th Special Forces Battalion "Bercsényi László"
- 88th Light Mixed Battalion
India
Main article: Special Forces of IndiaArmed Forces Special Operations Division
Indonesia
- Kopaska – Naval frogman commando
- Denjaka – Joint navy-marine special forces
- Taifib – Marine amphibious reconnaissance battalion
- Kopasgat – Air force special forces command
- Bravo Detachment 90 – counterterrorism unit of Kopasgat
Iran
Main article: Special forces of IranIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iraq
Ireland
- Army Ranger Wing (ARW)
Israel
Main article: Israeli Special Forces UnitsMilitary Intelligence Directorate
- General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269 – Sayeret Matkal
- 13th Flotilla – Shayetet 13
- 7th Special Air Forces Wing (He)
Italy
Main article: Italian special forcesJapan
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Jordan
Joint Special Operations Command
- Special Forces Group – "King Abdulah II"
- Special Unit I – Specializing in counter terrorism on the basis of the 71st Special Battalion
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
- Lebanese Armed Forces
- Counter-Sabotage Regiment (aka Moukafaha)
- Lebanese Army
- Lebanese Commando Regiment (aka "Ranger Regiment")
- Lebanese Navy
- Lebanese Air Force
- Airborne Regiment
Lithuania
Lithuanian Special Operations Force
Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces
- Special Operations Platoon (SOB)
Malaysia
Main article: Elite Forces of Malaysia § Special ForcesMaldives
Malta
Mexico
Main article: Mexican Special ForcesMongolia
Montenegro
- Special Forces Company
Namibia
Netherlands
Netherlands Special Operations Command (NLD SOCOM)
New Zealand
Special Operations Component Command
Nigeria
Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF)
- Special Boat Service
- Deep Blue Special Intervention Forces (Maritime Security Unit)
North Korea – DPRK
- 11th Army Corps ("Storm Corps")
North Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia
- Special Operations Regiment ("Wolves")
Norway
Norwegian Special Operation Forces (NORSOF)
Oman
Pakistan
- Pakistan Army
- Special Service Group (SSG)
- Pakistan Navy
- Special Service Group Navy (SSGN)
- Pakistan Air Force
- Special Service Wing (SSW)
Paraguay
- Special Forces Battalion – (Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales)
Peru
- Fuerza Delta
Philippines
Special Operations Command (Philippines)
- Philippine Air Force
- Philippine Army
- 1st Scout Ranger Regiment (SRR)
- Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR-A)
- Light Reaction Regiment (LRR)
- Philippine Navy
- Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM)
- Philippine Marine Corps
- Marine Special Operations Group (MARSOG)
- Philippine Coast Guard
- Special Operations Force (SOF)
Poland
- Jednostka Wojskowa Agat
- Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza
- Jednostka Wojskowa GROM
- Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów
- Jednostka Wojskowa Nil
- Powietrzna Jednostka Operacji Specjalnych, commanded by Headquarters Special Troops Command, but part of Polish Air Force
Portugal
- Portuguese Air Police
- Core of Tactical Operations of Protection (NOTP – Núcleo de Operações Táticas de Proteção)
Romania
Rwanda
- Special Forces Brigade
Russia
See also: SpetsnazSpecial Operations Forces Command
- Special Purpose Center "Senezh"
- Special Purpose Center "Kubinka-2"
- 561st Emergency Rescue Center (Naval component, Sevastopol)
- 344th Army Aviation Combat Center
Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
- Unit 29155 – based at the 161st Special Purpose Specialist Training Center
- Unit 54777 – alternately called the 72nd Special Service Center
- Unit 26165 – Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM
- Unit 74455 – also known as the Sandworm Team or the Main Center for Technologies
- Special Forces of the GRU
- Russian Ground Forces
- 2nd Special Purpose Brigade in Promezhitsa, Pskov Oblast
- 3rd Special Purpose Brigade in Tolyatti
- 10th Special Purpose Brigade in Mol'kino, Krasnodar Territory
- 14th Special Purpose Brigade in Ussuriysk
- 16th Special Purpose Brigade in Tambov
- 22nd Special Purpose Brigade in Stepnoi, Rostov Oblast
- 24th Special Purpose Brigade in Irkutsk
- Russian Airborne Troops
- Russian Navy
- Naval Special Reconnaissance (OMRP) – Reconnaissance divers under operational subordination to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
- Counteraction Underwater Diversionary Forces and Facilities (PDSS) There are PDSS units in all major Naval Bases.
- Russian Ground Forces
Saudi Arabia
- Special Navy Security Units (SNSU)
- 64th Special Forces Brigade
Serbia
Main article: Special forces of Serbia- 72nd Brigade for Special Operations
- 63rd Parachute Brigade
- MP Detachment for Special Operations "Cobras"
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
South African National Defence Force
South Korea – ROK
- ROK Army Special Warfare Command ("Black Berets")
- Spartan 3000
- Marine Corps Special Recon
- ROK Air Force Combat Control Team [ko] (CCT)
- 6th Search and Rescue Squadron [ko] (SART)
Spain
- Mando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales (MCOE, Joint Special Operations Command)
- Spanish Land Army
- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE, Special Operations Command)
- Manages four Special Operations Groups (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, GOE)
- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE, Special Operations Command)
- Spanish Navy
- Special Naval Warfare Command
- Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial (FGNE, Special Naval Warfare Force) – formerly Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE, Special Operations Unit), until a 2009 merger with Unidad Especial de Buzos de Combate (UEBC, Special Combat Diver Unit) to form the FGNE.
- Special Naval Warfare Command
- Spanish Air and Space Force
- Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC, Paratrooper Sappers Squadron).
- Spanish Land Army
Sri Lanka
Sweden
- Life Regiment Hussars (K 3)
- 31st Ranger Battalion
- 32nd Intelligence Battalion
- 323rd Parachute Ranger Squadron (Fallskärmsjägarna)
- Norrland Dragoon Regiment (K 4)
- 193rd Ranger Battalion (Arméns jägarbataljon – AJB)
- Blekinge Wing (F 17)
- Air Force Rangers (Flygbasjägarna)
- Amphibious Corps
- 1st Marine Regiment (Amf 1)
- 202nd Coastal Ranger Company (Kustjägarna)
- 1st Marine Regiment (Amf 1)
Switzerland
Syria
Special Forces Command
Taiwan – ROC
Republic of China Military Police
Republic of China Marine Corps
Thailand
- Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command (RTASWC)
- 1st Special Forces Division (1st SFD)
- 3rd Special Forces Regiment, King's Guard (Airborne)
- 1st Special Forces Division (1st SFD)
- Naval Special Warfare Command (Royal Thai Navy SEALs)
- RTMC Reconnaissance Battalion
Timor-Leste
- Unidade Falintil
Tunisia
- Special Forces Group (GFS)
- Military Intervention Group (GIM)
- Special Air Regiment (RAS)
- 51st Marine Commando Regiment (51st RCM)
- 52nd Marine Commando Regiment (52nd RCM)
Turkey
- General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
- Special Forces Command (OKK) (aka Maroon Berets)
- Turkish Naval Forces
- Turkish Air Force
- Combat Search and Rescue (MAK)
- Air Force Search and Rescue (AKIP)
- Northern Cyprus
Uganda
Ukraine
See also: Spetsnaz § Ukrainian SpetsnazSpecial Operations Forces – headquarters in Kyiv
- 3rd Special Purpose Regiment (Kropyvnytskyi)
- 8th Special Purpose Regiment (Khmelnytskyi)
- 140th Special Purpose Center (Khmelnytskyi)
- Information Warfare & Psychological Operations
- 72nd Psychological and Information Warfare Center
Ukrainian Navy units
- 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center (73 MTSSN) (Ochakiv)
- 801st Anti-Diversionary Detachment (801 OZB) (Ochakiv)
- 1st Special Purpose Brigade (Kalinivka Airfield, Vinnytsia Oblast)
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
- Royal Navy
- Special Boat Service (SBS)
- Special Boat Service (Reserve)
- Special Boat Service (SBS)
- British Army
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- 22 Special Air Service Regiment
- Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R))
- Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
- 18 Signal Regiment (Royal Corps of Signals)
- Special Forces Support Group
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- Royal Air Force/British Army
- Special Forces Flight of 47 Squadron (Royal Air Force)
- Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
- 7 Squadron (Royal Air Force)
- 658 Squadron (Army Air Corps, British Army)
United States
See also: United States special operations forcesUnited States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
- Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
- United States Army
- 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D or "Delta Force")
- Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)
- Aviation Technology Office (ATO) (formerly "Flight Concepts Division")
- United States Navy
- Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU or "SEAL Team Six")
- United States Air Force
- 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS)
- 66th Air Operations Squadron (66th AOS)
- 427th Special Operations Squadron (427th SOS)
- 1st Joint Special Operations Aviation Component (1st JSOAC) (formerly the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group/AVTEG)
- United States Army
- Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
- 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) – 1st SFC (A)
- Special Forces Groups ("Green Berets")
- Psychological Operations Groups
- 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
- 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
- 528th Sustainment Brigade
- 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne)
- 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne)
- 75th Ranger Regiment
- Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC)
- 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) "Night Stalkers"
- Army Special Operations Command Flight Company
- 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) – 1st SFC (A)
- Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
- Naval Special Warfare Group 1
- SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5 & 7
- Naval Special Warfare Group 2
- SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8 & 10
- Naval Special Warfare Group 4
- Special Boat Teams 12, 20 & 22
- Naval Special Warfare Group 8
- SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams 1 & 2
- Special Reconnaissance Teams 1 & 2
- Training Detachment 3
- Logistical Support 3
- Mission Support Center
- Naval Special Warfare Group 11
- SEAL Teams 17 & 18 (Reserves)
- Naval Special Warfare Group 1
- Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
- Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
- Marine Raider Regiment
- Marine Special Operations Support Group
Uruguay
- "Scorpion" Battalion (14th Parachute Infantry Battalion "Escorpión")
Venezuela
- 99th Army Special Operations Brigade
- Special Operations Air Group 10
- Special Operations Air Group 15
- Special Operations Air Group 17
Vietnam
General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army
- Vietnam People's Ground Force
- Special Forces Arms
- Special Forces Command at Thanh Trì District, Hanoi
- 1st Special Operations Brigade (M1 Brigade) at Hanoi
- 113rd Land Commando Brigade at Vĩnh Phúc Province
- 198th Land Commando Brigade at Đắk Lắk Province
- 429th Land Commando Brigade at Bình Dương Province
- 5th Maritime Commando Brigade at Ninh Thuận Province
- High Command of Capital Hanoi
- 18th Commando Battalion at Hanoi
- 1st Corp
- 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Ninh Bình
- 2nd Corps
- 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bắc Giang
- 3rd Corps
- 4th Corps
- 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bình Dương
- 1st Military Region
- 20th Commando Battalion at Thái Nguyên
- 2nd Military Region
- 19th Commando Battalion at Phú Thọ
- 3nd Military Region
- 41st Commando Battalion at Hải Phòng
- 4th Military Region
- 31st Commando Battalion at Hà Tĩnh
- 5th Military Region
- 409th Commando Battalion at Đà Nẵng
- 7th Military Region
- 60th Commando Battalion at Bình Dương
- 9th Military Region
- 2012nd Commando Battalion at Vĩnh Long
- Special Forces Arms
- Vietnam People's Navy
- Naval Special Operations Force
- 126th Naval Special Operations Brigade at Hải Phòng city
- Naval Special Operations Force
- General Department II
- K3 Special Forces Brigade at Hà Nội
- 74 Special Forces Brigade at Đà Nẵng
- 94 Special Forces Brigade at Bình Dương
Zimbabwe
See also
- List of commando units
- List of Special Reconnaissance organizations
- List of defunct special forces units
Notes
Miscellaneous Notes
- The Clearance Diving Branch does not have a dedicated special operations role as they also include clearance diving roles.
- The Japanese Special Forces Group is the current name of the former Japanese Special Operations Group, following a name change.
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