The following is a list of special forces units.
- Federal Police:
- Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
- Special Group One (GE-1)
- Infantry Guard Corps (CGI)
- National Gendarmerie:
- Naval Prefecture:
- Santa Fe Province Police:
- Buenos Aires Police:
- Argentine Army:
- Argentine Navy:
- Tactical Divers Group (APBT)
- Amphibious Commandos Group (APCA)
- Argentine Air Force:
- Special Operations Group (GOE)
- Argentine Armed Forces:
- Rapid Deployment Force (FDR)
Military:
- Special Operations Command (SOCOMD)
- Australian Special Air Service Regiment (ASAS)
- Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)
- 4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo])
- Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East)
- 1st Commando Regiment
- Regional Force Surveillance Units (RFSU's)
- Incident Response Regiment
- 171st Aviation Squadron
- Australian Special Air Service Regiment (ASAS)
- Royal Australian Navy
- Royal Australian Air Force
- None, though Airfield Defence Guards (ADG) fulfill a defensive ground combat role and RAAF transport squadrons support special forces operations.
Law Enforcement:
- Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
- Jagdkommando
- Belgian Army Special Forces Group (SFG)
- Belgian Army Para-Commandos
- Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)
- Crni Labudovi (Black Swans)
- Patriotska Liga (Patriotic League)
- Devil's Brigade (World War II)
- Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded 1995)
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment (Formed summer 2006)
- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2)
- Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEUR)
- Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales
- Compañías Contra Guerrilleros Urbanos
- Centro de Información Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros (CIAES)
- Grupo Operacional Contra Extorsión y Secuestros (GOES)
- Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (GASDA)
- Grupo de Comandos Anfibios (GCA)
- Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal (GAULA)
- comando de operaciones especiales (COPES)
- 10th Special Infantry Brigade
- Eritrean Special Forces (accepts female members)
- French Army
- Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre (BFST)
- 13ème Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13ème RDP)
- 1er Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RPIMa)
- Détachement ALAT des Opérations Spéciales (DAOS)
- 11éme Régiment Parachutiste d'Intervention (disbanded)
- Escadrille des Operations Spéciales (EOS)
- Groupement Spéciale Autonome (GSA)
- Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP)
- Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre (BFST)
- French Air Force
- Commando Parachutiste de l'Air (CPA 10, 20, and 30)
- Escadrille des Helicopteres Speciaux (EHS)
- Recherche et Sauvetage au Combat (RSC)
- French Navy
- French Foreign Legion:
- French Gendarmerie:
- French National Police:
- Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure:
- Wehrmacht (WWII):
- German Armed Forces:
- German Army (Deutsches Heer)
- Division Spezielle Operationen
- Fernspählehrkompanie 200
- Luftlandebrigade 26 (Airborne Brigade)
- Luftlandebrigade 31 (Airborne Brigade)
- Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
- Division Luftbewegliche Operationen
- luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (Air Assault Brigade)
- Division Spezielle Operationen
- German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
- Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
- Kampfschwimmer (Combat Diver)
- Minentaucher
- Boarding-Spezialisten
- Marineschutzkräfte (Fleet Protection Group)
- Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
- German Air Force (Luftwaffe)
- Objektschutzregiment
- CSAR (planned)
- Central Medical Services (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst)
- Kommando Schnelle Einsatzkräfte Sanitätsdienst
- German Army (Deutsches Heer)
- German Federal Police:
- Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)
- Hellenic Army:
- Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (Special Paratrooper Unit, ETA)
- Z Moira Amfivion Katadromon (Z Amphibious Raider Squadron, Z MAK)
- 575 Tagma Pezonavton (575 Marine Battalion, 575TPN)
- Hellenic Navy:
- Dioikisi Ypovrihion Katastrofon (Underwater Demolitions Command, DYK)
- Hellenic Air Force:
- 31 Moira Eidikon Epiheiriseon (31st Special Operations Squadron, 31 MEE)
- Hellenic Police:
- EKAM (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)
- Hellenic Coast Guard:
- Police
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
- Coast Guard
- Ordinance disposal Unit / Frogman team
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- Counter-Terrorist Units
- Other units
- Army / TNI AD
- Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus / Army Special Force) TNI AD
- Tontaipur (Peleton Intai Tempur / The combat and reconnaissance platoon) Kostrad TNI AD
- Batalyon Raiders (Raiders Battalions) TNI AD
- Navy / TNI AL
- Marine Corp / Korps Marinir TNI AL
- Air Force / TNI AU
- Detasemen Bravo (Modelled on the British SAS) Paskhas TNI AU
- Police / POLRI
- Detasemen Gegana Brigade Mobil (National Police SWAT, Paramilitary Police, Bomb Squad) Polri
- Detasemen Khusus 88 (National Police Special Detacement 88 Counter-terrorism)
- Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
- Irish Army Rangers (accepts female members)
- Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
- General Staff (GS)
- Unit 101 (disbanded)
- Sayeret Matkal
- Unit 8200
- Combat Corps (CCH) (MAFHASH, Hebrew מפח"ש)
- Sayeret Yahalom (Diamond)
- Sayeret Egoz (Nut)
- Sayeret Duvdevan (Cherry)
- Sayeret Tsanhanim (Paratroopers)
- Sayeret Golani (of the Golan [heights])
- Sayeret Yael (Chamois)
- Sayeret Shaked (Almond)
- Duhifat
- Unit Oketz (Sting)
- Alpinistim (Alpinists)
- Special Air Force Units (SAU) (KA'AM, Hebrew כא"מ)
- Sayeret Shaldag
- Unit 5707 (TSASAM, Target Acquisition Unit)
- Unit 669 (YEHIDAT HILUTZ, Extrication Unit)
- Special Sea Corps Units (SSU) (SHAYETET, Hebrew שייטת)
- Shayetet 13 (13th Flotilla)
- YALTAM (Underwater Task Force)
- Commandos Yamit
- General Staff (GS)
- Israel Police
- ROK Army Special Operations Command
- ROK Army 707th Special Mission Unit (White Tiger)
- ROKMC 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (Sharkmen)
- ROKMC Force Reconnaissance
- ROK Navy 56th Special Warfare Brigade
- ROK Air Force 6th CCT/CSAR
- Military Police Special Guard Team (Military Police)
- Korean National Police Special Weapon Attack Team (SWAT)
- Korean Coast Guard Sea Special Attack Team (SSAT)
- Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)
- Lebanese Army
- Lebanese Police
- Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)
Military of Malaysia:
- Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia)
- Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia)
- 10 Paratrooper Brigade
- Grup Gerak Khas (GGK (Special Strike Group))
- 11 Rejimen Gerak Khas
- 21 Regimen Komando
- 22 Regimen Komando
- Royal Malaysian Navy (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia)
- Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia)
- Paskau
- Force Protection Team Paskau
- Skuadron Sayap Tempur (Assault Wings Squadrons) Paskau
- Paskau
- Malaysian Army (Tentera Darat Malaysia)
Law Enforcement Agencies In Malaysia:
- Royal Malaysian Police (Polis DiRaja Malaysia)
- Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Malaysian Police SWAT, Special Counter Terrorism Police)
- VAT 69/UTK (69th Commando/Special Actions Unit)
- Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Malaysian Police SWAT, Special Counter Terrorism Police)
- Maltese Armed Forces:
- C (Special Duties) Company (1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
- Rapid Deployment Team (2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)
- Maltese Police Corps:
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE)
- Fuerzas Especiales (FES)
- Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command GAFE)
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)
- Royal Netherlands Army:
- Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
- Netherlands Marine Corps:
- Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (BBE)
- 7th Troop (integrated with British SBS)
- Mountain Leader Platoon (integrated with British ML)
- Norwegian Army (Hæren):
- Norwegian Army Special Forces (Hærens jegerkommando, HJK)
- Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
- Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando, FSK)
- Norwegian Army Special Forces (Hærens jegerkommando, HJK)
- Royal Norwegian Navy (Sjøforsvaret):
- Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
- Norwegian Naval Special Forces (Marinejegerkommandoen, MJK)
- Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen, KJK)
- Norwegian Mine Diver Command (Minedykkerkommandoen)
- Tactical Boat Squadron
- Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
- Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret):
- Norwegian Police:
- Peruvian Navy
- Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
- Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC)
- Agrupamiento de Comandos Anfibios
- Light Reaction Battalion
- 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR "A")
- 1st Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR)
- Philippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion
- Special Warfare Group
- 710th Special Operations Wing
- Special Action Force
- Special Operations Group
- Special Reaction Unit
- Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
- National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Division
- 1st Special Commando Regiment
- GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)
- 6th Airborne Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen. Sosabowskiego)
- Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków (GSP)
- Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji Antyterrorystycznych, ZOA KGP)
- 4101st Paratroop Battalion (LRRP units)
- Portuguese Army
- Comandos (Commandos)
- Special Operations Troops (Portuguese Rangers)
- Companhia de Precursores (Pathfinder Company, Precs)
- Portuguese Navy
- Fuzileiros (Marines)
- Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Navy Special Actions Detachment, DAE)
- Destacamentos de Mergulhadores Sapadores (Combat Divers Detachments)
- Portuguese Air Force
- Police Forces
- Grupo de Operações Especiais (Police Special Operations Group, GOE)
- Companhia de Operações Especiais da GNR (Portuguese National Republican Guard Special Operations Company)
- Alpha Group (FSB).
- Beta Group
- Delfin (Dolphin)
- Saturn
- Kaskad (Cascade)
- Grom (Thunder)
- Vympel (Pennant, aka Group V) (FSB)
- Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
- VDV
- 7th, 76th, 98th, 99th, 103rd, 104th, 105th, and 106th Airborne Guard Divisions
- Independent Air Assault Brigades
- 45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
- MVD
- SVR
- Intelligence Agencies
- Brigada Antiteroristă (SRI)
- Sectia Intervenţii Anti-Teroriste (SPP)
- Grupul Antiterorist (SIE)
- Law Enforcement Agencies
- Military
- Detaşamentul de Intervenţie Rapidă (MApN)
- Paratroopers Command
- Recon
- Special Operations Command
- Navy
- 307th Marine Battalion
- Scafandri de luptă (Combat Divers)
- Police - Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Specijalna Antiteroristička Jedinica (Special Anti-terrorism Unit, SAJ)
- Žandarmerija (Gendarmerie)
- Jedinica za Specijalne Operacije (Special Operations Unit)
- Army of Serbia and Montenegro
- 63rd Paratroop Brigade (63. padobranska brigada)
- 72nd Assault Brigade (72. jurišna brigada)
Military:
Law Enforcement:
- South African National Defence Force:
- Special Forces Brigade (SFB), commonly known as "Recces" an abbvreviation for "reconnaissance commandos".
- South African Police Service:
- Special Task Force (STF)
- Spanish National Police:
- Spanish Civil Guard:
- Ertzaintza:
- Spanish Armed Forces:
- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army special operations command)
- Escuadrilla de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)
- Escuadrilla de Apoyo al Despliegue Aereo (EADA)
- Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC)
- Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE)
- Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (BOEL)
- Special Task Force (STF)
- Special Force (SF)
- Special Boat Squadron (SBS)
- Sri Lankan Army Commandos
- LRRP
Fallschirmaufklärer (Kompanie 17)
Law enforcement SWAT Teams: Argus, Säntis, Barrakuda, Basilisk, Enzian, Stern, Grif, Adler, Kristall, Luchs, Cougar, Falk, Step3, Leu, Dard, Diamant, Skorpion
- Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group)
- Fallskärmsjägarskolan (Airborne Rangers)
- Svenska amfibiekåren (Marines)
- Norrlandsjägarna (Arctic Rangers)
- Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT unit)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Thunder Squad (Police CT unit)
- Security Preservation Force
- Nighthawks Force (Counter-decapitation unit, Military Police Command)
- Aviation and Special Warfare Command
- 862nd Special Warfare Brigade
- Airborne Special Services Company (ASSC)
- 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (ROC Army Frogmen)
- Underwater Demolitons Unit (UDU)
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
- United Kingdom Special Forces:
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- Special Boat Service (SBS)
- Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
- Units in direct support of UKSF:
- Special Forces Support Group (SFSG)
- 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment
- Special Forces Air Wing
Military:
- United States Army:
- United States Navy:
- United States Air Force:
- United States Marine Corps:
- United States Coast Guard
Intelligence:
Law enforcement:
- Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE)
- Grupo de Acciones Especiales (GAE, GAC)
- JCEF
- 42 Brigada de Paracaidistas
- 5 División de Infantería de Selva
- 507 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Coronel Domingo Montes"
- 107 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "General en Jefe José Gregorio Monagas"
- Comando de Operaciones Especiales "Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda"
- Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales
- Đặc công (Special Attack)