Worldwide Directory of Special Forces and Counter-Terrorism Units
SpecWarNet is an online directory of special forces, special operations and counter-terrorism units around the world. Browse units by region below, or start with the introduction to special forces and counter-terrorism.
Americas
- 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
- Agrupacion De Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas
- Army Rangers
- Brazilian Army's 1st Special Forces Battalion
- Brigada Halcon
- Canada's Joint Task Force-Two
- Comando de Missiones Especiales
- Comando Tropas Especiales
- Delta Force
- DEVGRU
- Escuadron de Apoyo Comando, or EAC
- Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team
- Force F " Zorros "
- Grupo De Operacoes Especiais ( GOE )
- Intelligence Support Activity ( ISA )
- Joint Communication Unit ( JCU )
- Joint Special Operations Command JSOC
- LRSU Long Range Surveillance Units
- Maritime Special Purpose Force MILITARY POLICE SPECIAL REACTION TEAMS
- Naval Combat Demolitions Units
- SOFTACP
- Special Activities Staff
- Special Boat Teams
- Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR)
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
- SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
- Special Operations Weather Teams ( SOWT )
- The Lanceros
- The US Navy SEALs
- Tonelero Special Operations Battalion COMANF
- U.S.A.F. Combat Control
- U.S.A.F. Pararescue
- UAT
- Underwater Demolition Teams
- United States Marine Corps
- US Air Force 10th COMBAT WEATHER SQUADRON ( 10 CWS )
- US Air Force Special Operations
- US Army Pathfinder Units
- US Army SRT MILITARY POLICE SPECIAL REACTION TEAMS
- US Navy Reserve SpecWar
- USMC Radio Recon
Europe
- "Bassak" Swedish Naval Counter-SOF Unit
- 13eme Regiment de Dragon Parachutistes
- 148 Commando Forward Observation Battery
- 7NL Special Boat Section
- Attack Dykarna
- Bear Force
- Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid
- Commandement des Fusiliers Marins Commandos
- Commandement des Operations Speciales
- Commando Helicopter Force ( CHF )
- Commando Hubert
- COMSUBIN
- Destacamento do Accoes Especiais ( DAE )
- Detachement d'Intervention Operationnelle Subaquatique (DINOPS)
- Dutch Special Forces and Counter Terrorist unit Overview
- England's 5 Airborne Brigade Pathfinder Platoon
- EPIGN Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- Escadrille des Operations Speciales ( EOS )
- Escadron Special D'Intervention Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- EZAPAC Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- Fallskarmjagare Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- Finmark 7th Jager Company
- France's 1er RPIMa
- French Police Nationale RAID
- French Special Forces Overview Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- GEK "Cobra"
- GIGN
- GIS
- GROM
- Groupement Speciale Autonome (GSA)
- Grupo De Operacoes Especiais
- GSG-9 Grenzschutzgruppe-9
- Idiko Tmima Alexiptotiston Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmarie Nationale
- Irish Defense Force
- Italy's 9th Para Bat
- Jaegerkorpset
- KSK Kommando SpezialKraefte
- Kustjagare Coastal Rangers
- Le Groupe de Combat en Milieu Clos (GCMC)
- Monada Ypovrixion Kastrofon
- Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza
- Ordningspolisens Nationella Insatsstyrka
- Poland's GSP
- Portugese Companhia de Precursores
- Portugese LRRPs
- Rojdykaredivision
- Special Air Service
- Special Boat Squadrons
- Sweden's Special Protection Group
- Swedish Air Force Rangers
- Swedish Elite Forces
- The 5 Airborne Brigade's Pathfinder Platoon
- The Spanish Legion
- Turkish Special Forces
- Unidad de Operaciones Especiales
Asia
- 707th Special Missions Battalion
- Agrupacion De Fuerzas Especiales Urbanas
- Maritime Special Forces
- North Korea Special Forces
Oceania
- 13eme Regiment de Dragon Parachutistes
- 707th Special Missions Battalion
- Australia's Special Air Service Regiment
- Japan's Special Assault Team
- RAAF Airfield Defense Guards
- Royal Thai Marine Corps
- Royal Thai Navy SEALs
Middle East & Africa
- India Para Commandos
- Mista'Aravim
- Pakistan's SSG
- Palsar 7 and 500
- S. African Reccee
- Sayeret Golani
- Sayeret Mat'kal
- Sayeret Tzanhanin
- Shaldag
- Shayetet 13, Israeli Naval Commandos
- Singapore's STAR
- South African Special Forces Brigade
- The Selous Scouts
- Unit 5707
- Yechida Meyuchedet Le'Milchama
Vehicles & Aircraft
- AC-130U Spectre
- Army Little Birds
- ASDS - Advanced SEAL Delivery System
- Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey
- Desert Patrol Vehicle
- EC-130 Commando Solo
- HMMVV
- MC-130E/H Combat Shadow
- MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II
- MH-47E Chinook Special Ops helicopter
- MH-53J Pave Low
- MH-60 PaveHawk
- Ranger Special Operations Vehicle
- Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk Series
- Special Operations Craft Riverine
- Special Operations Low Level
- US Navy Mk V Special Operations Craft
- Vehicule Leger de Reconnaissance et d'Appui (VLRA)
Reference
- CQB Airborne Sniper Operational Loadout
- CQB Standard Breacher Operational Loadout
- CQB Standard Individual Operational Loadout
- Definitions
- Doolittle Raid
- Operation Azalee
- Operation Crimson Tide
- Operation Eagle Claw
- Operation Jonathan
- Operations Ivory Coast/Kingpin
- OSS Bibliography
- Patilla Field, Panama
- Psychological Operations Tactics and Abilities
- Today's Army
- Vnukovo Airlines Hijacking
Law Enforcement Tactical Units
- CDC SERT
- Chattanooga PD SWAT
- Connecticut Department of Corrections - Special Operations Unit
- FBI HRT
- Federal BOP SORT
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Police Nationale
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Police Nationale
- Halifax Regional Police (HRP) Emergency Response Team (ERT)
- LA Special Enforcement
- LAPD SWAT
- Multnomah County CERT
- Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction SRT
- Operation Azalee
- Pennsylvania State Police SERT
- Sacramento County Sheriff's Department SED
- Singapore Police Force SOC STAR
- Southwest Washington Regional SWAT
- Special Reaction
- U S M C Special Reaction Teams
- U S M C Special Reaction Teams
- US Border Patrol Tactical Unit
- US Capitol Police CERT
- US Department of Energy SRT
- US Department of State Mobile Security Division
- US Marshals Service Special Operations Group
- US Mint Police
- WA County Tactical Negotiations Team
- Washington DC ERT