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This list is about military units. For other units, see:
- List of special police units
- List of paratrooper forces
- Marine forces around the world
- List of defunct special forces units
Afghanistan
Albania
- Special Forces Battalion
- Black Tigers
- Naval Commandos
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Algeria
Argentina
- Agrupación de Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Forces Group)
- Regimiento de Asalto Aéreo 601 (601 Air Assault Regiment)
- Compañía de Comandos 601 (601 Commando Company)
- Compañía de Comandos 602 (602 Commando Company)
- Tropas de Operaciones Especiales de Montaña (Special Operations Mountain Troops)
- Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 6 (6 Mountain Huntsmen Company)
- Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 8 (8 Mountain Huntsmen Company)
- Grupo Alacrán (Scorpion Group)
- Grupo Albatros (Albatross Group)
- Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos (Tactical Divers Group, APBT)
- Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios (Amphibious Commandos Group, APCA)
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Group, GOE)
Australia
- Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)[1]
- 1st Commando Regiment[1][2]
- 2nd Commando Regiment
- Incident Response Regiment
Armenia
- Army Commandos
Austria
Azerbaijan
- 641st Special Warfare Naval Unit
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Belarus
- 5th Separate Spetznaz Brigade
Belgium
Bhutan
Brazil
- BOPE - Special Police Operations Battalion, is the elite special forces unit in the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State.
- Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar - Tobias Aguiar's Ostensive Patrols, special force of the São Paulo military police.
- Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais - Special Tactics Actions Group, special force of São Paulo military police.
- COT - Tactical Operations Command, special force of Federal Police.
- Brazilian Special Operations Brigade – Brazilian army Special Forces and Commandos
- 1º Batalhão de Forcas Especiais
- GRUMEC(Combat Divers Group)- (Unconventional warfare,counter-terrorism and Special reconnaissance).
- COMANF – Batalhão Tonelero -Especial Operations Battalion -(Brazilian navy commandos).
- Para-SAR – Special Pararescue Unit- Highly trained paratrooper, trained in evasion and extraction, tactical rescue and survival in hostile environment.
Bulgaria
- 68th Special Forces Brigade
- 63rd Maritime Special Reconnaissance Force "Black Sea Sharks"
- CSAR Group, 24th Helicopter Airbase
Cambodia
Canada
- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2)[7]
- 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (SOAS)[8]
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)[9]
- Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU)[10]
- Task Force Arrowhead
Chile
- Brigada de Operaciones Especiales "Lautaro"
- 1º Compañía de Comandos "Iquique" (1st Commandos Company "Iquique")
- 10º Compañía de Comandos (10th Commandos Company)
- 13º Compañía de Comandos "Escorpión" (13th Commandos Company "Escorpión")
- 1º Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru" (1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru")
- Grupo Especial de Montaña (Special Group Mountain)
- Comando de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Command)
- Buzos Tácticos de la Armada (Tactical Divers of the Navy)
- Equipo de Intervención Rápida (Rapid Intervention Team)
- Chilean Marine Corps
- Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Group)
- Paracaidistas de Busqueda, Salvamento y Rescate (Parachute Search, Rescue and Recovery)
- Agrupación Antisecuestros Aéreos (Air Counter-Terrorism Group)
- Comandos de Aviación (Aviation Commandos)
People's Republic of China
Colombia
- Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido (FUDRA)
- Brigada Contra el Narcotráfico
- Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEAU) Anti-Terrorist Urban Special Forces Group. A joint service CT/Hostage rescue unit
- Agrupacion de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas y Rurales (AFEAUR) Anti-Terrorist Urban and Rural Special Forces Groups
- Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales
- Grupo de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping and anti-extortion units.
- Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales de Infantería de Marina (BFEIM)
- Grupos Autónomos y Unificados por la Libertad y la Antiextorsión (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping and anti-extortion units.
- Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEAUR)
Costa Rica
- Unidad Especial de Intervención - Special Intervention Unit UEI attached to the Presidency
Côte d'Ivoire
- Rapid Intervention Battalion
Croatia
- Special Operations Battalion (BSD) (Bojna za specijalna djelovanja)
- Military Intelligence Battalion (VOB) (Vojno-obavještajna bojna)
- Special Military Police Company (SPN VP) (Satnija za posebne namjene Vojne policije)
Cuba
Cyprus
- Special Forces Command
- Underwater Demolition Command
Czech Republic
- 102. Průzkumný Prapor (102nd Reconnaissance Battalion)
- 601st Special Forces Group
Denmark
Ecuador
- 9th Special Forces Brigade PATRIA
- Counter-terror unit "GEO" (Grupo Especial de Operaciones)
- Jungle Warfare Special Operations Iwia Battalion No. 60
- Special boat detachments called ratas de río or fusileros fluviales (engl. sea rats)
Egypt
- Unit 29
- Unit 777
- Unit 333 - Hostage Rescue Force ("HRF")
- Unit 999
- Army Rangers
- Special Operations Troops
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
- Utti Jaeger Regiment
- Laskuvarjojääkärit Airborne Jaeger Battalion
- Erikoisjääkärit Special Jaeger Battalion
- Gulf of Finland Naval Military Command
- Taistelusukeltajat Combat Divers
- Raivaajasukeltajat EOD Divers
- Southeast Finland Border Guard District
- Erikoisrajajääkärit Special Border Jaegers
France
Almost all French special forces are attached to the Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (COS).
First circle:
- Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre:
- 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RPIMa)
- 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13e RDP)
- 4e Régiment d'Hélicoptères des Forces Spéciales (4e RHFS)
- Bureau forces spéciales, reassembling :
- FKSOD special ops
Second circle:
- GIGN
- Escadron parachutiste d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (EPIGN)
- Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République (GSPR)
The COS doesn't recognize the "second circle"; it's a popular expression employed by members of units of that circle. There isn't official text which mentions the second circle.
Georgia
- Commando Battalion
- Special Operations Forces Command
- Vashlijvari Special Forces Section
- Sackhere Tactical Mountain Combat Section
Germany
Greece
- 31st Special Operations Squadron (31 MEE)
Guatemala
Ireland
- Army Ranger Wing[18]
- IKSOD Special Forces
- G2
- Naval Service Diving Section
India
Indonesia
- Kesatuan Gurita[24][25]
- Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska)[24][25]
- Denjaka [citation needed]
- Taifib [citation needed]
- Korps Paskhas
- Den Bravo-90 Paskhas
Iran
Iraq
Israel
- Sayeret Matkal[26]
- Sayeret Yahalom
- Sayeret Golani]
- Duvdevan Unit
- Sayeret Maglan
- Egoz Reconnaissance Unit
- 9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"[29][30][31]
- 4th Alpini Parachute Ranger Regiment "Monte Cervino"
- 185th Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore"
- 26th Special Operations Helicopter Unit "Giove"[32]
- Defence Intelligence Command (DIC)
- Headquarters of Intelligence Detachment (HID)
- Special Warfare Command
- 707th Special Mission Battalion ("Black Berets")
- Joint Security Area (JSA) Security Battalion
- Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
- UDT/SEALs
- Ship Salvage Unit (SSU)
- ROKN Special Missions Group (Maritime Counter-terrorism)
- Underwater Demolition Unit (UDU)
- Combat Control Team (CCT)
- Office of Special Investigation (OSI)
- Special Air Rescue Team (SART) ("Red Berets")
- Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC)
- 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion ("Sharkmen")
- Republic of Korea Capital Defense Command
- Military Police Special Guard Team (MPSGT)
- 33rd Rangers
- 35th Commandos
- Special Purpose Service (SPS);
- Vytautas the Great Jaeger Battalion (VGJB);
- Combat Divers Service (CDS);
- Special Operations Element (SOE)
- Anti-terrorism Force squad (ARAS)
Lebanon
Malaysia
- Malaysian Special Operations Force
- Grup Gerak Khas
- 11th Rejimen Gerak Khas
- 21st Commandos
- 22nd Commandos
- 10th Paratrooper Brigade
Maldives
Malta
- C (Special Duties) Company
- Rapid Deployment Team
Mexico
- Grupo Anfibio de Fuerzas Especiales
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando
Nepal
- Quick Reactionary Force (Special Forces)
- Shree Bhairavnath Battalion (Para Commandos)
- Shree Mahabir Battalion (Rangers)
- Shree Yuddha Bhairav Battalion (Special Forces)
- Shree Singha Nath Battalion (Commandos)
Netherlands
- Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
- Unit Interventie Mariniers a national counter terrorism unit,
- MSOcoy (Maritime Special Operations company)
- 1xMountain Leader Reconnaissance platoon
- 1x Frogman Reconnaissance platoon
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
- Inter-Services Intelligence (Other Government Agency (OGA))
- Joint Intelligence Miscellaneous - An ISI Wing that is responsible for espionage, including offensive intelligence operations, special operations, in other countries.
- Pakistan Army Rangers (PAR) The Army Rangers Anti-Terrorist Company (ATC) has been raised since early 2004.
- Special Service Group (SSG)
- Special Service Group Navy (SSGN)
- Special Service Wing (SSW)
Panama
Peru
- 1st Special Forces Brigade (1ra Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales)
- 3rd Special Forces Brigade (3ra Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales)
- 26th Special Forces Group "Quevedo"
- Special Forces Group "Puma"
Philippines
Light Armor Division (Cavalry, Armored Cavalry)
Special Operations Group
Poland
Wojska Specjalne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
- Special Brigade[55]
- Military Police Battalion "Cobra" (Bataljon Vojne Policije "Kobre")
Singapore
Syria
- 14th Special Forces Division
Slovakia
Slovenia
- Special Operations Unit (ESD - Enota za Specialno Delovanje)
Spain
- Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC)
- Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE)[57]
South Africa
Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment
- Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
- Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
Sweden
Category:Special forces of Sweden
Switzerland
- Army Reconnaissance Detachment (ARD 10)[59][60]
- Grenadier Battalion 20
- Grenadier Battalion 30
- Grenadier Battalion 40
Thailand
- Special Forces
- Thahan Phran
- Marine Reconnaissance Battalion
- Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
- Royal Thai Air Force Pararescue
Taiwan
- 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
- Army Aviation and Special Forces Command
- Underwater Demolition Units (UDU)
- Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit
- CMC Special Service Company
Tonga
- Royal Tongan Marines
- Tongan Royal Guard
Turkey
- Maroon Berets
- 1st Commando Brigade(known as "Kayseri Airborne Brigade" )
- 2nd Commando Brigade(known as "Bolu Mountaineer and Commando Brigade")
- 3rd Commando Brigade(known as "Siirt Commando Brigade")
- 4th Commando Brigade(known as "Tunceli Commando Brigade")
- 5th Commando Brigade(known as "Hakkari Mountaineer and Commando Brigade")
- Combat Search and Rescue (MAK)
- Natural Disasters Search and Rescue Battalion[61]
- Gendarmerie Commandos (Jandarma Özel Asayiş Komutanlığı - JÖAK)
- Gendarmerie Special Operations (Jandarma Özel Harekat – JÖH)
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
- Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
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- 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta Combat Applications Group (CAG), (SFOD-D), "Delta Force", "The Unit" (United States Army)
- United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group "DEVGRU" (United States Navy)
- United States Army (USASOC)
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- Special Forces "Green Berets"
- 75th Ranger Regiment ("Rangers")
- 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) ("Night Stalkers")
- 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)
- United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM)
- United States Air Force (AFSOC)
Venezuela
- 106 Special Operations Batallion
- 506 Special Operations Batallion
- Special Operations Brigade "Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda"
- Special Operations Squadron
- Counter Narcotics Command (Comando Antidrogas)
- Special Actions Group (Grupo de Acciones Especiales)
- Counter Extortion and Hostage Groups (Grupos Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros - GAES -)
Vietnam
- Đăc Công Brigades
- Airborne Brigade
- Naval Infantry
Zambia
- Engineer Regiment
Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Mounted Infantry
- Commando Regiment
- Parachute Group
- Special Air Service
- Combat Diving Unit
- Boat Squadron
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- Miscellaneous Notes
- ^ The Japanese Special Forces Group is the current name of the former Japanese Special Operations Group, following a name change.