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==Afghanistan==

*[[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-15 |title=«Пожарная команда» Кабула {{!}} Warspot.ru |url=https://warspot.ru/21620-pozharnaya-komanda-kabula |access-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115223526/https://warspot.ru/21620-pozharnaya-komanda-kabula |archive-date=2023-11-15 }}</ref>
**[[Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghan Army]]
***26th Airborne Battalion 
***37th Commando Battalion
***38th Commando Battalion 
***84th Commando Battalion 
***85th Commando Battalion
***242nd Parachute Battalion
***444th Commando Battalion 
***455th Commando Battalion 
***466th Commando Battalion
***666th Commando Battalion
**Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the [[Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghan Army]] ([[KHAD|KhAD]]-e-Nezami)
***203rd Special Purpose Battalion ([[Kabul]])
***212th Special Purpose Battalion ([[Kandahar]])
***230th Special Purpose Battalion ([[Gardez]])

[[ANA Special Operations Command]]<ref name="washingtonpost1">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/afghan-special-forces-expand-to-handle-night-raids-delicate-missions-but-training-takes-time/2011/12/25/gIQA1eWMHP_story_1.html Afghan special forces expand to handle night raids, delicate missions, but training takes time]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. The Washington Post. Retrieved on 2012-01-01.</ref>
*National Mission Brigade (NMB)<ref name="globalsecurity.org">{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/anasoc.htm|title = ANA Special Operations Command (ANASOC)}}</ref>
**1st Ktah Khas Battalion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/afghanistan/ktah-khas.htm|title=Special Infantry - Ktah Khas (KKA) (Afghan Special Unit)|website=Globalsecurity.org}}</ref> (aka: Afghan Partner Unit (APU))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afghanwarnews.info/army/kka.htm|title=Ktah Khas - KKA|website=Afghanwarnews.info}}</ref>
**6th Special Operations Kandak (SOK)<ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>
*Special Missions Wing<ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>
*Military Intelligence Battalion<ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>
*National Strategic Reserve Operations Battalion<ref name="globalsecurity.org"/>
*[[Afghan National Army Commando Corps]]<ref>NPR: [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12127848 New Afghan Commandos Take to the Frontlines]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afghanwarnews.info/army/anasf.htm|title = Afghan National Army Special Forces (ANASF)}}</ref>
**1st SO Brigade at [[Gardez]]

==Australia==
*[[No. 200 Flight RAAF]]
*[[Australian Army Training Team Vietnam]] (AATTV)
*[[Australian commandos]]
*[[Coastwatchers|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]]

== Austro-Hungarian Empire ==
* [[Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany)#Austro-Hungarian assault units|Jagdkommando]]

== Canada==
*[[1st Special Service Force]]
*[[Canadian Special Air Service Company|Special Air Service Company]]

==Croatia==
*[[Zrinski Battalion]]
*[[Frankopan Battalion]]
==Cambodia==
*[[Cambodian Airborne Brigade]]                                                                                                                                                                                    
*[[Cambodian Para-Commando Battalion]]                                                                                                                                                                               
*[[Khmer Special Forces]]                                                                                                                                                                                 *[[Lake Brigade]]                                                                                                                                                                                     *[[Cambodian Marine Corps]]                                                                                                                                                                             *[[Cambodian Navy SEALs]]

== Ethiopia==
*[[103rd Commando Division]] - Derg government, active 1988-89<ref>John Young (ed)., 'Peasant Revolt in Ethiopia: The Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-91,' Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0521026067}}, 164.</ref>

==Empire of Japan==
{{flagdeco|Empire of Japan}} '''[[Empire of Japan]]'''
;[[Japanese Special Attack Units]]
*[[Kamikaze]] ("divine wind")
;[[Imperial Japanese Army]]
*[[Teishin Shudan]] ("Raiding Group")
*[[Giretsu]] ("Heroic Paratroopers")
;[[Imperial Japanese Navy]]
*[[Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II|1st Yokosuka SNLF]]
*2nd Yokosuka SNLF
*3rd Yokosuka SNLF
;[[Imperial Japanese Army Air Force]]
*[[Teishin Shudan|1st Raiding Group]]
*2nd Raiding Group

==Germany==
{{Flagdeco|German Empire}} '''[[German Empire]]'''
* [[Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany)|Sturmtruppen]] (17 battalions)

{{Flagdeco|Nazi Germany}} '''[[Nazi Germany]]'''
;[[Abwehr]]- units later reassigned to Wehrmacht after expanding to divisional size:
*'''''[[Brandenburgers|Brandenburg Lehr und Bau Battalion zbV 800]]''''' – December 1939
** 1. Company - Baltic/ Russian
** 2. Company - English/ North and South Africa
** 3. Company - Sudeten German/ Balkans
** 4. Company - Volkdeutshe/ Eastern ethnic German
** Motorcycle platoon
** Parachute platoon
*'''''Brandenburg'' Lehr-Regiment zbV 800''' – 1941–1943
** 1st Battalion, at [[Brandenburg]]
** 2nd Battalion at [[Baden]]
** 3rd Battalion at Baden
** Intelligence Battalion
** Coastal Raiding Company
** Sonderverbrand 287 - Arab volunteers with brandenburg volunteer core 
** Sonderverbrand 288 - All German

;[[Wehrmacht]] from 1943- 1945
HQ staff at [[Brandenburg an der Havel]], [[Brandenburg]]
*Verband 801, based in Brandenburg an der Havel
** I. Battalion
** II. Battalion
** III. Battalion
*Verband 802 ([[Mountain warfare|Mountain]]), base in [[Admont]], [[Steiermark]]
** I. [[Gebirgsjäger]] Battalion
** II. Gebirgsjäger Battalion
** III. Gebirgsjäger Battalion
*Verband 803, based in [[Düren]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
** I. Battalion 
** II. Battalion
** III. Battalion
** 13. Legionärs Company
*Verband 804 (Legionärs), based in [[Langenargen]], [[Bodensee]] 
** I. Legionärs Battalion
** II. Legionärs Battalion
** III. Legionärs Bataillon
*Verband 805, based in Brandenburg an der Havel
*Intelligence Detachment 800
** 5X Company
*Intelligence Support Detachment 800
** 4X Company
*Coastal Rangers Detachment 800, based at [[Langenargen]], [[Bodensee]]
** 4X Company (1, 2, 3 and 4)
*Signals Detachment 800
** 3X Company (1, 2 and 3)
*Training Unit, Gut „Quenzsee“ (or „Quenzgut“), based near Brandenburg

;[[Kriegsmarine]]
*Lehrkommandos 200, 250, 300, 350, and 700

;[[Luftwaffe]]
*[[Kampfgeschwader 200]]
*[[Jagdverband 44]]

;[[Waffen-SS]]
*[[Sonder Lehrgang Oranienburg|Sonderlehrgang z.b.V. „Oranienburg“]] (18 April 1943 – 16 June 1943)
*Sonderverband z.&nbsp;b.&nbsp;V. "Friedenthal" (16 June 1943 – 17 April 1944)
*[[500th SS Parachute Battalion]]
*[[502nd SS Jäger Battalion]] (17 April 1944 – 10 November 1944) 
*500th SS Jäger Battalion
*600th SS Jäger Battalion
*SS-Jagdverband
**[[SS-Jagdverband Mitte]]
***[[150. SS-Panzer-Brigade|150th SS Panzer Brigade]] (November 1944 - 25–28 December 1944)
***[[Division Schwedt]] ''Kampfgruppe/Sperrverband Skorzeny'' (31 January 1945 – 3 March 1945)
**[[SS-Jagdverband Nordwest]]
**[[SS-Jagdverband Ost]]
**[[SS-Jagdverband Südost]]
**[[SS-Jagdverband Südwest]]

{{Flagdeco|East Germany}} '''[[East Germany|German Democratic Republic]]'''
* [[Diensteinheit IX]]
* [[40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger|Fallschirmjägerbataillon 40 "Willi Sänger"]]
* [[Luftsturmregiment 40|Luftsturmregiment 40 "Willi Sänger"]]

{{Flagdeco|Germany}} '''[[Germany]]'''
* [[Commando Companies (Germany)|Kommandokompanien B1 (Kommando)]]

==Greece==
* [[Sacred Band (World War II)|Sacred Band]]
* [[3rd Special Forces Division (Greece)]]

==Fiji==
*[[Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit]]<ref name="History">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/fiji/1344426/Fijian-coup-colonel-took-part-in-SAS-blunder.html Fijian coup colonel took part in SAS blunder.] Retrieved on September 19, 2008.</ref> (1987-2000)

== Indonesia==
*[[Kopkamtib]] (1965-1988)
*[[Bakorstanas]] (1988-2000)

==Ireland==
*[[Free State Intelligence Department – Oriel House|Free State Army Intelligence Department]]

==Israel==
*[[Palmach]]
*[[Unit 101]]
*[[Samson Unit]]
*[[Force 100]]
*Sayeret Haruv
*TAT'ZAM
*Sayeret Shaked
*Sayeret Rimon

==Kingdom of Italy==
;[[World War I]]
* [[Arditi]]
;[[World War II]]
*[[Regio Esercito]] : [[10th Arditi Regiment]] (3 battalions, plus 1 combined parachutist battalion)
*[[Regia Aeronautica]] : [[A.D.R.A.]] Arditi Distruttori Regia Aeronautica (2 battalions)
*[[Blackshirts]] : [[Battaglioni M]]
==Laos==
*[[Royal Lao Army Airborne]]                                                                                                                                                                  
*[[Military Region 5 Commandos]]                                                                                                                                                                      *[[Commando Raiders]]                                                                                                                                                                                
*[[SPECOM]]                                                                                                                                                                                           *[[Special Guerrilla Units]]                                                                                                                                                               
*[[Directorate of National Coordination]]

==Netherlands==
*[[Korps Speciale Troepen]]

==Poland==
{{Flagdeco|Second Polish Republic}} '''[[Second Polish Republic]]'''
*[[Wawelberg Group]]
{{Flagdeco|Poland}} '''[[Polish government-in-exile]]'''
*[[Cichociemni]]
* Independent Grenadiers Company<ref name="Interia">{{cite web |url=http://nowahistoria.interia.pl/polska-walczaca/news-komandosi-polskich-sil-zbrojnych,nId,1431393|title=Komandosi Polskich Sił Zbrojnych | website= [[Interia]]|date=23 May 2018 |access-date=15 May 2018 |language=pl}}</ref>
* 1st Independent Commando Company - as No. 6 Troop of [[No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando]]<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl/2024/05/16/polscy-komandosi-w-anglii/|title= Polscy komandosi w Anglii |last= Gnaś|first= Herbert|date= May 16, 2024|website= Ciekawostki Historyczne|access-date= November 4, 2024|language=pl}}</ref>
{{Flagdeco|Polish Underground State}} '''[[Polish Underground State]]'''
*[[Parasol Battalion]]
{{Flagdeco|Polish People's Republic}} '''[[Polish People's Republic]]'''
* Polish Independent Special Battalion
* 1st Assault Battalion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://specialoperations.com/27973/jednostka-wojskowa-komandosow/|title=Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosow | website=SpecialOperations.com |date=December 13, 2013 |access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

==Portugal==
{{see also|Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War}}
*[[Special Operations Troops Centre|Caçadores Especiais]]
*[[Flechas]]
*[[Special Groups (Portugal)|Grupos Especiais]]

==Philippine Republic==
*'''[[Philippine Revolutionary Army]]'''
**''[[Luna Sharpshooters]]''

==Rhodesia==
*[[Selous Scouts]]
*[[Rhodesian Special Air Service]]
*Grey's Scouts 

== Serbia==
{{see also|Special forces of Serbia}}
*{{flagicon image|PTJ_emblem.png}} [[Counter-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)|Counter-Terrorist Unit (PTJ)]], [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Serbia)|MUP]], merged into [[Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (Serbia)|Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ)]]
*{{flagicon image|}} [[Special Operations Unit (Serbia)|Special Operations Unit (JSO)]], [[State Security Service (FR Yugoslavia)|SDB]], disbanded

==South Africa==
*[[South African Special Forces]]
**[[1 Reconnaissance Commando (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]])
* 31 Battalion "the Bushman Battalion" Originally "Alpha Group"
** 31 Battalion Recce Wing
*[[32 Battalion (South Africa)|32 Battalion]] 'The Terrible Ones' Originally "Bravo Group"
** 32 Battalion Recce Wing
*[[Civil Cooperation Bureau]] (CCB)
* Hunter Group
*[[Koevoet]]
*[[44 Pathfinder Platoon|44 Parachute Brigade Pathfinder Company]] 'The Philistines'

==Syria==
* [[Defense Companies (Syria)|Defense companies]]
* [[Struggle Companies (Syria)|Struggle Companies]]

==Turkey==
* [[Special Warfare Department]] ({{langx|tr|Özel Harp Dairesi}})

==United Kingdom==
;[[British Army]]
*[[Army Commandos]] (1940 - 1946)
** [[No. 1 Commando]]
** [[No. 2 Commando]]
** [[No. 3 Commando]]
** [[No. 4 Commando]]
** [[No. 5 Commando]]
** [[No. 6 Commando]]
** [[No. 7 Commando]]
** [[No. 8 (Guards) Commando]]
** [[No. 9 Commando]]
** [[No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando]]
** [[No. 11 (Scottish) Commando]]
** [[No. 12 Commando]]
** [[No. 14 (Arctic) Commando]]
** [[No. 30 Commando]]
** [[No. 50 Commando]]
** [[No. 51 Commando]]
** [[No. 52 Commando]]
** [[No. 62 Commando]]
** [[Middle East Commando]]
*[[Chindits|Long Range Penetration Group “The Chindits”]]
*[[Ferret Force]]
*[[GHQ Liaison Regiment|Phantom]]
*[[Layforce]]
*[[Long Range Desert Group]] (LRDG)
*[[Popski's Private Army]]<ref>Popski's Private Army, Vladimir Peniakoff, Nelson Doubleday publisjing</ref> (PPA)
* [[Raiding Support Regiment|Raiding Support Regiment (RSR)]]
* [[Special Interrogation Group]] (SIG)
*[[T-Force]]
*[[V-Force]]
*[[Z Force (Burma)|Z Force]]

;[[Royal Air Force]]
*[[Royal Air Force Commandos]]

;[[Royal Marines]]
* Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)
* Sea Reconnaissance Unit (SRU)
* Royal Marine Demolition Unit

;[[Royal Navy]]
*[[Royal Navy Commandos]] - 22 units each consisting of 10 officers and 65 ratings

;[[Combined Operations Headquarters|Combined Operations]]
*[[30 Assault Unit]]{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
*[[Combined Operations Pilotage Parties]]
*[[Operation Frankton|Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD)]] The “Cockleshell Heroes”

;[[Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom)|Directorate of Military Intelligence]]
*[[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==
{{unreferenced section|date=August 2012}}
{{main|Former United States special operations units}}
;[[American Civil War|The Civil War]]
* [[Jessie Scouts]]
* [[John S. Mosby|Mosby's Rangers]]
* [[Quantrill's Raiders]]

;[[World War II]]
* [[1st Air Commando Group]]
* [[1st Special Service Force|1st Special Service Force "Devil's Brigade"]]
* [[2nd Air Commando|2nd Air Commando Group]]
* [[3rd Air Commando|3rd Air Commando Group]]
* [[Alamo Scouts|6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit "Alamo Scouts"]]
* [[Alaskan Scouts]]
* [[History of the United States Army Rangers#World War II|Army Ranger Battalions]]
* [[Merrill's Marauders|5307th Composite Unit (provisional) "Merrill's Marauders"]]
* [[Marine Raiders]]
**1st and 2nd Raider Regiment
**1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Raider Battalions
* [[Observer Group]]
* [[Sino-American Cooperative Organization]]
** Naval Group, China (NGC)
* [[Underwater Demolitions Teams|Naval Scouts and Raiders]]
* [[Underwater Demolitions Teams|Navy Combat Demolition Units]] (NCDU)
* [[Beach Jumpers|US Navy Beach Jumpers]]
* [[Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS)
** [[2641st Special Group]]
** [[2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (United States)|2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion]]
** [[2677th Office of Strategic Services Regiment (United States)|2677th Office of Strategic Services Regiment]]
** [[Operation Carpetbagger|US Army Air Forces Carpetbaggers]]
** [[OSS Detachment 101]]
** OSS Detachment 202
** OSS Detachment 303
** OSS Detachment 404
** OSS Detachment 505
** [[Operation Jedburgh|OSS Jedburgh Teams]]
** OSS Operational Groups (OG)
** [[OSS Maritime Unit|OSS Maritime Unit (MU)]]
*** OSS Maritime Unit, Operational Swimmer Group
** OSS Weather Observers 
* [[Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force]] (SAARF)

;[[Korean War]]
* [[Air Resupply And Communications Service]] (ARCS)
**[[580th Air Resupply and Communications Wing]] (580th ARCS)
**[[581st Air Resupply and Communications Wing]] (581st ARCS)
**[[582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing]]
* [[History of the United States Army Rangers#Korean War|Airborne Ranger Companies]]
* [[Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea]] (CCRAK)
** [[6167th Air Base Group]]
***6167th Operations Squadron 
***B Flight, 6167th ABG
* Detachment 1, 6160th ABG/22nd Crash Boat Rescue Squadron (CBRS), Korea Detachment
* [[Joint Advisory Commission, Korea|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

;[[Vietnam War]]
* 46th Special Forces Company
* [[Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol]] (LRRP)
* [[MIKE Force]]
* [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group]](MACV-SOG)
* [[Phoenix Program]]
*[[Palace Dog|Project 404/Palace Dog]]
* Project "Leaping Lena" ([[Vietnam War]])
* [[Project DELTA]]
* [[Project GAMMA]]
* [[Project Sigma]] and Project Omega
* [[Raven Forward Air Controllers]]
* [[Tiger Force (commandos)|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 
* 745th Special Operations Squadron
* 1730th Pararescue Squadron
* Army Aviation Support Element (AASE), US Special Operations Command
* [[Blue Light (counter-terrorist subunit)|Blue Light]]
* [[Green Light Teams]]
* Detachment A (DET A, 39th SFOD)
* [[Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Three|HAL-3 "Sea Wolves"]]
* [[Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Four|HAL-4 "Red Wolves"]]
* [[Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) Five|HAL-5 "Blue Hawks"]]
* [[MCSOCOM Detachment One|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)
** 22d Aviation Detachment (Special Forces)
** 23d SWAD (Surveillance)
** 281st Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter)(Airmobile Light)
* 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)
* [[193rd Infantry Brigade (United States)|Task Force Bayonet]] ([[Operation Just Cause]])
* [[Task Force Ranger]] ([[Operation Gothic Serpent]])
* [[Underwater Demolitions Teams]] (UDT)
* US Air Force Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT)
* US Army Special Operations Agency
* US Army Special Operations Division
* USAF Special Operations Combat Control Team (SOCCT)
* US Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Assist Team (DIAT)
* Yellow Fruit
* Naval Interdiction Forces ((Rose Units))

==Republic of Vietnam==
[[Vietnamese Rangers|'''South Vietnamese Rangers''']] At its peak there were 22 ARVN Ranger Battalions organized in 10 Groups.
*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 [[Republic of Vietnam Airborne Division|Airborne Division]]
*8th Ranger Group - Formed in 1974-75
*9th Ranger Group - Formed in 1974-75
*81st Ranger Group (Airborne) - Biên Hòa<ref>Previously 81st Ranger Battalion (Airborne). Officially upgraded to Groups status, but actually just an overstrength single battalion with 6 rifle companies.</ref>

Additionally, during the Vietnamization of the [[Civilian Irregular Defense Group program|CIDG]] and [[MIKE Force]]s, former CIDG units were namely given Ranger status and organized into groups mostly of 3 battalions each, but they were largely local forces without any special forces capabilities.
*21st Ranger Group
*22nd Ranger Group
*23rd Ranger Group
*24th Ranger Group
*25th Ranger Group
*31st Ranger Group
*32nd Ranger Group
*33rd Ranger Group
*41st Ranger Border Defense Group - Chi Long HQ
*42nd Ranger Border Defense Group - Chi Long HQ

[[Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces|'''South Vietnamese Special Forces (''LLDB'')''']], later reformed as South Vietnamese Special Mission Service
* [[Project DELTA]]
* [[Project SIGMA]]
* [[Project OMEGA]]
* [[Project GAMMA]]
* [[Project CHERRY]]

[[Frogmen Team (LDNN)]]

==See also==
* [[List of special forces units]]
* [[List of commando units]]
* [[List of paratrooper forces]]
* [[List of police tactical units]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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