List of defunct special forces units
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Contents
- 1 Australia
- 2 Canada
- 3 Croatia
- 4 Ethiopia
- 5 German Democratic Republic
- 6 Greece
- 7 Fiji
- 8 Ireland
- 9 Israel
- 10 Kingdom of Italy
- 11 Nazi Germany
- 12 Poland
- 13 Portugal
- 14 Rhodesia
- 15 South Africa
- 16 Sri Lanka
- 17 Syria
- 18 Turkey
- 19 United Kingdom
- 20 United States
- 21 Republic of Vietnam
- 22 See also
- 23 References
Australia
- No. 200 Flight RAAF
- Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
- Australian commandos
- Combined Field Intelligence Service
- Far Eastern Liaison Office (FELO)
- M Special Unit
- Rose Force
- Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos
- Services Reconnaissance Department
- Z Special Unit
- Bushveldt Carbineers
Canada
- 1st Special Service Force
- The Canadian Airborne Regiment
- Amphibious Reconnaissance & Clearance Squadron
Croatia
Ethiopia
- 103rd Commando Division - Derg government, active 1988-89[1]
German Democratic Republic
Greece
Fiji
- Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit[2] (1987-2000)
Ireland
Israel
- Palmach
- Unit 101
- Samson Unit
- Force 100
- Sayeret Haruv
- TAT'ZAM
Kingdom of Italy
- Army : 10th Arditi Regiment (2 rgts)
- Navy : Decima Flottiglia MAS
- Air Force : A.D.R.A. Arditi Distruttori Regia Aeronautica (2 bns)
Nazi Germany
Poland
Portugal
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Rhodesia
South Africa
- 1 Reconnaissance Commando
- 2 Reconnaissance Commando (Citizen Force)
- 3 Reconnaissance Commando (consisting of former Selous Scouts)
- 6 Reconnaissance Commando (consisting of former Rhodesian SAS)
- 32 Battalion 'The Terrible Ones' Originally "Bravo Group"
- 32 Battalion Recce Wing
- 31 Battalion "the Bushman Battalion" Originally "Alpha Group"
- 31 Battalion Recce Wing
- Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB)
- Hunter Group
- Koevoet
- 44 Parachute Brigade Pathfinder Company 'The Philistines'
Sri Lanka
- Special Service Group
Syria
Turkey
- Special Warfare Department (Turkish: Özel Harp Dairesi)
United Kingdom
- Army Commandos
- Long Range Penetration Group “The Chindits”
- Ferret Force
- Phantom
- Layforce
- Long Range Desert Group (LRDG)
- Popski's Private Army[3] (PPA)
- Raiding Support Regiment (RSR)
- Special Interrogation Group (SIG)
- T-Force
- V-Force
- Z Force
- Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)
- Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment
- Sea Reconnaissance Unit (SRU)
- Royal Marine Demolition Unit
- Special Operations Executive
- Force 133
- Force 136
- Force 137
- Force 266
- Force 399
- Norwegian Independent Company 1
- Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) "62 Commando"
- Other
- UK and the Royal Navy Volunteer Group (Korean War unit)
- Special Reconnaissance Unit
- 14 Intelligence Company "The Det"
- The Increment
United States
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- 1st Air Commando Group
- 1st Special Service Force "Devil's Brigade"
- 2nd Air Commando Group
- 3rd Air Commando Group
- 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit "Alamo Scouts"
- Alaskan Scouts
- Army Ranger Battalions
- 5307th Composite Unit (provisional) "Merrill's Marauders"
- Marine Parachute Battalions
- Marine Raiders
- Marine Scout and Sniper Companies
- Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
- Observer Group
- Sino-American Cooperative Organization
- Naval Group, China (NGC)
- Naval Scouts and Raiders
- Navy Combat Demolition Units (NCDU)
- US Navy Beach Jumpers
- Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
- 2641st Special Group
- 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion
- 2677th Office of Strategic Services Regiment
- US Army Air Forces Carpetbaggers
- OSS Detachment 101
- OSS Detachment 202
- OSS Detachment 303
- OSS Detachment 404
- OSS Detachment 505
- OSS Jedburgh Teams
- OSS Operational Groups (OG)
- OSS Maritime Unit (MU)
- OSS Maritime Unit, Operational Swimmer Group
- OSS Weather Observers
- Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force (SAARF)
- Air Resupply And Communications Service (ARCS)
- Airborne Ranger Companies
- Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea (CCRAK)
- 6167th Air Base Group
- 6167th Operations Squadron
- B Flight, 6167th ABG
- 6167th Air Base Group
- Detachment 1, 6160th ABG/22nd Crash Boat Rescue Squadron (CBRS), Korea Detachment
- Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK)
- Special Activities Group (SAG)
- GHQ 1st Raider Company (Provisional)/8227th Army Unit
- Unit 4 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), 5th AF/Special Air Missions (SAM) Detachment, 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS), 5th AF
- United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK)
- BAKER Section
- Partisan Airborne Infantry Regiment (PAIR)
- US Navy Special Operations Group, Korea
- 46th Special Forces Company
- Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP)
- MIKE Force
- Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group(MACV-SOG)
- Phoenix Program
- Project 404/Palace Dog
- Project "Leaping Lena" (Vietnam War)
- Project DELTA
- Project GAMMA
- Project Sigma and Project Omega
- Raven Forward Air Controllers
- Tiger Force
- US Navy Boat Support Units (BSU)
- Other
- 1st Battalion, 245th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
- 5th Force Reconnaissance Company
- 6th Special Forces Group
- 8th Special Forces Group
- 11th Special Forces Group
- 12th Special Forces Group
- 55th Special Operations Squadron
- 129th Air Commando Group
- 129th Special Operations Aviation Company (SOAC)
- 437th Combat Control Squadron
- 617th Special Operations Aviation Detachment
- 1730th Pararescue Squadron
- Army Aviation Support Element (AASE), US Special Operations Command
- Blue Light
- Detachment A (DET A, 39th SFOD)
- HAL-3 "Sea Wolves"
- HAL-4 "Red Wolves"
- HAL-5 "Blue Hawks"
- Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One (MCSOCOM-Det 1) (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
- Red Cell
- SEASPRAY
- Special Forces Groups Aviation Detachments
- Special Warfare Aviation Detachments (SWAD)
- 22nd Aviation Detachment (Special Forces)
- 23rd SWAD (Surveillance)
- 281st Assault Helicopter Company, Airmobile Light (AML)
- Special Boat Unit 11 (SBU 11)
- Special Boat Unit 13 (SBU 13)
- Special Boat Unit 24 (SBU 24)
- Special Boat Unit 26 (SBU 26)
- Special Operations Reconnaissance
- Task Force 5 (forerunner of Task Force 11)
- Task Force 11 (Operation Enduring Freedom)
- Task Force 20 and Task Force 121 (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
- Task Force 98
- Task Force 157 (Covert USN Intelligence unit)
- Task Force Bayonet (Operation Just Cause)
- Task Force Ranger (Operation Gothic Serpent)
- Underwater Demolitions Teams (UDT)
- US Army Special Operations Division
- USAF Special Operations Combat Control Team (SOCCT)
- US Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Assist Team (DIAT)
- Yellow Fruit
Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnamese Rangers At its peak there were 22 ARVN Ranger Battalions organized in 10 Groups.[4]
- 1st Ranger Group - Da Nang (I Corps/CTZ)
- 2nd Ranger Group - Pleiku (II Corps/CTZ)
- 3rd Ranger Group - Biên Hòa (III Corps/CTZ)
- 4th Ranger Group - Chi Long (initially in the 44 Tactical Zone and later the IV Corps)
- 5th Ranger Group - Biên Hòa (III Corps/CTZ)
- 6th Ranger Group - Biên Hòa (III Corps/CTZ)
- 7th Ranger Group - Saigon, attached to Airborne Division
- 41st Ranger Border Defense Group - Chi Long HQ
- 42nd Ranger Border Defense Group - Chi Long HQ
- 81st Ranger Group (Airborne) - Biên Hòa
Additionally, during the Vietnamization of the CIDG and MIKE Forces, former CIDG units were given Ranger status and organized into groups of 3 battalions each.
- 21st Ranger Group
- 22nd Ranger Group
- 23rd Ranger Group
- 24th Ranger Group
- 25th Ranger Group
South Vietnamese Special Forces (LLDB), later reformed as South Vietnamese Special Mission Service
ARVN SEALs (LDNN)
See also
- List of special forces units
- Paratrooper forces around the world
- Marine forces around the world
- Special Police forces from around the world
References
- ↑ John Young (ed)., 'Peasant Revolt in Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-91,' Cambridge University Press, 2006, ISBN 0521026067, 164.
- ↑ Fijian coup colonel took part in SAS blunder. Retrieved on September 19, 2008.
- ↑ Popski's Private Army,Vladimir Peniakoff,Nelson Doubleday publisjing
- ↑ Shelby Stanton's book Vietnam Order of Battle, page 274
