List of paramilitary organizations

List of governmental paramilitary units (in alphabetical order)

• The Action Division of the French secret service DGSE
• The Australian Border Force
• The Bangladesh National Cadet Corps
• The Central Intelligence Agency Special Activities Division in the United States
• The Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit of the Philippines
• The Department of Homeland Security-related agencies in the United States
• The Emergency Response Team (RCMP) of Canada
• The Village Guards of Turkey
• The Mobile Brigade of Indonesia
• The National Task Force of Sweden
• The People's Armed Police of People's Republic of China
• The Pasukan Gerakan Am as Paramilitary Force of Royal Malaysian Police
• The Rangers of Pakistan
• The Lithuanian Riflemen's Union
• The RENEA of Albania
• The Special Assault Team of Japan
• The Special Task Force of Sri Lanka
• The Spetsnaz of Russia
• The State Defense Forces of individual states in the United States
• The Border Security Force of India
• The Armed Police Force of Nepal
• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police
• The Zemessardze in Latvia
• The 69 Komando PGK as Multi Spectrum Special Force of Royal Malaysian Police

List of non-governmental paramilitary units (in alphabetical order)

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Worker-Peasant Red Guards rally the red flag in Samjiyon, North Korea

• The Iraqi Volunteer Forces
• The Basij of Iran
• The Palestinian Islamic Jihad
• The Worker-Peasant Red Guards of the Workers' Party of Korea of North Korea

See also

• List of defunct paramilitary organizations
• Paramilitary