List of paratrooper forces

The following is a list, albeit incomplete, of paratrooper forces from around the world.

Argentina

Argentine Army
- 4th Parachute Brigade (Brigada Paracaidista IV)^[1]

Australia

Australian Army

Austria

Austrian Federal Armed Forces
- 7th Infantry Brigade
  - Jägerbataillon 25^[2]^[3]

Bangladesh

Belgium

Belgian Land Component
- Light Brigade
  - 2nd Commando Battalion
  - 3rd Paratroop Battalion

Brazil

Brazilian Army

Parachute Infantry Brigade (Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista)
Special Operations Command (Comando de Operações Especiais)

Brazilian Air Force

Airborne Rescue Squadron (Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento (EAS))

Brazilian Navy

Combat Divers Group (Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate), subordinated to Submarine Fleet Command
Amphibious Commandos (Comandos Anfíbios), subordinated to Marine Corps General Command

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Army
- 68th Special Forces Brigade (68 Бригада Специални Сили)

Canada

Canadian Army
- B Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry^[4]
- M Company 3rd Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment
- A Company 3rd Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment
- Para Company The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada^[5]
- E Troop, E Battery, 2 Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Chile

Chilean Army
- 1st Parachute Battalion "Pelantaru" (1^o Batallón de Paracaidistas "Pelantaru")

China

People's Liberation Army Ground Force
- more than seven Special Operation Teams
People's Liberation Army Air Force
- 15th Airborne Corps Wuhan
  - Airborne Special Operation Team of 15th Corps
  - 43rd Airborne Division, Kaifeng
    - 127th, 128th, 129th Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 44th Airborne Division, Yingshan
    - 130th, 131st, 132nd Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 45th Airborne Division, Huangpi
    - 133rd, 134th, 135th Para regt and one light arty regt

Croatia

Czech Republic

Czech Army
- 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade
  - 43rd Airborne Battalion in Chrudim

Egypt

Egyptian Army
- 222nd Airborne Brigade
- 414th Airborne Brigade

Finland

Finnish Army
- Utti Jaeger Regiment

France

French Army (Armee de Terre):

French Army Special Forces Brigade: Army component of Special Operations Command (France):
- 1er RPIMa: SAS Regiment
- 13e RDP: Long Range Recon.
11th Parachute Brigade:
- Commando Parachute Group: Pathfinders and Recon Group.
27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (France):
- Commando Mountain Group (Groupement de commandos de montagne): Recon. Group.
Centre national d'entraînement commando (CNEC). National Commando training Center: Similar to US Ranger School.

French Foreign Legion (La Légion Etrangère) :

French Navy (Marine Nationale):

Commandos Marine: Navy component of Special Operations Command (France):
- Commando Hubert (also named Commando d'Action Sous-Marine Hubert, CASM, "underwater operations commando"): Submarine action (combat divers).
- Commando Jaubert: Assault at sea, exfiltration, close quarters battle at sea.
- Commando Trepel: Assault at sea, exfiltration.
- Commando de Penfentenyo: Reconnaissance, Intelligence Operations (recon swimmers)
- Commando de Montfort: Long range neutralisation (missile launchers, light mortars, heavy sniper rifles), fire support designation
- Commando Kieffer: C3I, military dogs

French Air Force (Armee de L'Air):

Commando parachutiste de l'Air n°10 (CPA 10): Air Force component of Special Operations Command (France):
Fusiliers Commandos de l'Air
- (CPA 20): Bases Protection Squads
- (CPA 30): RESCO

National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale):

National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN): performs counter-terrorist and hostage rescue missions in France or anywhere else in the world

Directorate-General for External Security: Division Action:

The Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement Spécialisé (CPES, "Paratrooper Specialised Training Centre") in Cercottes for clandestine operations
The Centre Parachutiste d'Instruction Spécialisée (CPIS, "Paratrooper Specialised Instruction Centre") in Perpignan for special commandos.
The Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement aux Opérations Maritimes (CPEOM, "Paratrooper Training Centre for Naval Operations") in Quelern, which instructs combat divers.

Gabon

1^er Régiment de Parachutistes Gabonais(1er RPG)^{[citation needed]}

Germany

See article Fallschirmjager

German Federal Army
- 1st Airborne Brigade

Greece

Hellenic Army
- 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ), based at Rentina, Macedonia

Honduras

2do batallon de infanteria aerotransportada (2nd airborne battalion)

Hungary

HDF 34th ’László Bercsényi’ Special Operations Battalion^[6]
HDF 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion^[7]
HDF 5/24th 'Gergely Bornemissza' Reconnaissance Battalion^[8]

India

Indian Army
- Parachute Regiment (India)
- 50th Parachute Brigade (India)

Indonesia

Indonesian Army
- Grup 1 Para Komando Kopassus/Eka Wastu Baladhika (1st Army Special Forces Para Commando Group)
- Grup 2 Para Komando Kopassus/Dwi Dharma Bhirawa Yudha (2nd Army Special Forces Para Commando Group)
- 23x15px Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 17/Kujang I (17th Airborne Infantry Brigade)
- 23x15px Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 18/Trisula (18th Airborne Infantry Brigade)
- 23x15px Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 3/Tri Budhi Sakti (3rd Airborne Infantry Brigade)
Indonesian Air Force
- 23x15px Indonesian Air Force Special Forces (Paskhas)

Iran

Iranian Army

55th Parachute Division

Ireland

Defence Forces (Irish Army)

Army Ranger Wing (ARW)^[9]^[10]

Israel

98th Paratroopers Division (Reserve)

35th Paratroopers Brigade (Regular) "Hativat HaTzanhanim"
551st Paratroopers Brigade (Reserve) "Hetzei Ha-Esh"/"Arrows of Fire"
623rd Paratroopers Brigade (Reserve) "Hod Ha-Hanit"/"Head of the Spear"
Special Forces Deep Penetration Demolition Unit "Maglan"/"Ibis"
Unit 7298 Special Forces Anti-Aircraft Parachuting Unit "YANMAM"

162nd Armored Division

933rd Infantry Brigade "Nahal"
- 50th Battalion

Other units

Unit 669
Unit Yanmam
Shaldag Unit
Sayeret Matkal
Shayetet 13
Airborne supply and training center
- Airborne school

Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti.

Carabinieri
- 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment
- Special Intervention Group - Special Forces
Italian Army
Italian Navy
- Undersea Raiders Group "Teseo Tesei" - Navy Special Forces. All personnel of its Operational Raiders Group is parachute-trained.
Italian Air Force
- 17º Stormo Incursori - Air Force Special Forces. All personnel of its Operational Raiders Group is parachute-trained.

Japan

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

Central Readiness Force

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Special Boarding Unit

Jordan

Joint Special Operations Command - JSOC
- 81st Airborne Battalion
- 91st Airborne Orientation Battalion

Royal Jordanian Army

30th Hussein Bin Ali Special Mission Brigade
- 15th Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Special Mission Battalion (Para)
- 16th King Faisal Special MissionBattalion (Para)
- 20th Tariq Bin Zyad Special Mission Battalion (Para)

Malaysia

Malaysian Army
- 10th Brigade (Para)

Mongolia

Mongolian Army
- 084th Special Task Battalion
- 337th Airborne Division

Mexico

Mexican Air Force
- Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas

Nepal

Nepalese Army
- Shree Bhairavnath Battalion 1910 - (Parachute Battalion)

Netherlands

Poland

Polish Land Forces
- 1st Independent Parachute Brigade (World War 2)
- 6th Paratrooper Brigade.

Portugal

Portuguese Army

Paratrooper Battalions of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade.

Rhodesia

Rhodesian Security Forces (disbanded 1980)
- Rhodesian African Rifles (from 1977)
- Rhodesian Light Infantry (from 1977)
- Rhodesian Special Air Service

Russia

Russian paratroopers stand at attention during an exercise in Central Asia

Russian armed forces

Russian Airborne Troops
- 45th Specnaz Brigade
- 7th Guards Airborne Division
- 76th Guards Air Assault Division
- 98th Guards Airborne Division
- 106th Guards Airborne Division
- 11th Guards Airborne Brigade
- 31st Guards Airborne Brigade
- 56th Guards Airborne Brigade
- 83rd Guards Airborne Brigade
- 242nd Training Centre
- 1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment
- 38th Guards Communications Regiment
Russian Navy
- Russian Marines
  - 336th Guards Marine Brigade
    - 879th Desant Battalion
  - 61st Marine Brigade
    - 876th Desant Battalion
  - 810th Marine Brigade
    - 881st Desant Battalion

Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)

Dzerzhinsky Division (O.D.O.N.)
- 604th Special Purpose Center

Various Specnaz units

Serbia

Serbian Army
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion

South Africa

South African Army

Spain

Spanish Army
- BRIPAC
Spanish Air Force
- Escuadrón de Apoyo al Despliegue Aéreo - Air Deployment and Support Squadron (EADA)
- Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas - Parachute Sapper Squadron (EZAPAC)^{[citation needed]}

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Army

- Commando Regiment

Sri Lanka Air Force

- SLAF Regiment

Sweden

Swedish Army
- Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers)
- Särskilda operationsgruppen Special Operations Group

Switzerland

Swiss Army
- Armeeaufklärungsdetachement (AAD) (Army Reconnaissance Group)
- Fallschirmaufklärer Kp 17 (Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17)

Taiwan (Republic of China)

Republic of China Army
- Aviation and Special Forces Command (航空特戰司令部)
  - 3 Air Cavalry/Airborne brigades

Thailand

Royal Thai Army
- 31st Infantry Regiment (Thailand)

Turkey

Turkish Army
- 1. Kayseri Hava İndirme Tugayı
Turkish Air Force
- AKİP
Turkish Navy
- Su Altı Taarruz

Ukraine

Insignia of the Ukrainian airmobile forces

Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Ukrainian Airmobile Forces^[11]
  - 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Operation Command South )
  - 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr Oblast, Operation Command North)
  - 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv Oblast, subordinated to Ukrainian General Staff directly)
  - 80th Airmobile Brigade (Lviv Oblast, Operation Command West)
  - 81st Airmobile Brigade
  - 28th Training Battalion (Chernihiv Oblast, 169th Ground Forces Training Center)
Border Guard Service
- Mobile Border Guard Detachment
  - 23rd Airmobile Detachment (disbanded)

United Kingdom

Special Boat Service (Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[12]
Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (Royal Navy, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[13]
Fleet Diving Unit 1 (Fleet Diving Group, Fleet Diving Squadron, Royal Navy, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[14]
Brigade Patrol Troop (3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)^[15]
Reconnaissance Troop (40 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
Reconnaissance Troop (42 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
Reconnaissance Troop (45 Commando, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marine Corps, Her Majesty's Naval Service)
22 Special Air Service Regiment (British Army)^[16]
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (British Army)^[17]
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[18]
3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[18]
4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[18]
Pathfinder Platoon (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[18]
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (16 Air Assault Brigade, British Army)^[19]
148 Commando Battery (29 Commando Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army)^[20]
23 Engineer Regiment (Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army)^[21]
299 Parachute Squadron (Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army)^[21]
144 Parachute Medical Squadron (Royal Army Medical Corps)
216 Parachute Signal Squadron (Royal Corp of Signals)
264 SAS Signal Squadron (Royal Corp of Signals)
LEWT troop 14 Signal regiment EW (Royal Corp of Signals)
2 Squadron (RAF Regiment, Royal Air Force)^[22]

United States

File:Paratroopers fsa 8e00223.jpg

U.S. paratroopers in a plane before jumping

United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Air Force
- Special Tactics Squadrons
- 93d Air-Ground Operations Wing
  - 18th Air Support Operations Group This unit comprises five squadrons of which only the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron is airborne-trained.
    - 14th Air Support Operations Squadron (14th ASOS)
    - 15th Air Support Operations Squadron (15th ASOS)
    - 18th Weather Squadron (18th WS)
    - 19th Air Support Operations Squadron (19th ASOS)
    - 20th Air Support Operations Squadron (20th ASOS)
  - 820th Base Defense Group
- 435th Security Forces Squadron
- 820th Red Horse Squadron [only RHS with this capability]
- U.S. Air Force SERE Specialists

Joint Service Units

Joint Communications Unit (JCU)
Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE)
- Headquarters Support Squadron (HSS)
- Communications Support Detachment (CSD)
- 1st Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 2nd Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 3rd Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 4th Joint Communications Squadron (JCS)
- 224th Joint Communications Support Squadron (JCSS)
- 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron (JCSS)

Venezuela

Venezuelan Army
- 42nd Infantry Paratrooper Brigade (42^a Brigada Paracaidista de Infanteria)

Vietnam

Vietnamese Paratroops insignia

Vietnam People's Air Force
- Vietnamese Paratroops

References

↑ http://www.herbertholeman.com/para/units/argentina.php PARATROOPERS of ARGENTINA
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↑ http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml Jägerbataillon 25
↑ http://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/
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↑ Special Operation Forces Of Hungary: Is A Transformation Necessary? p. 47 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.
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↑ Special Operation Forces Of Hungary: Is A Transformation Necessary? p. 66 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.
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[1] ttp://www.herbertholeman.com/para/units/argentina.php PARATROOPERS of ARGENTINA

[2] ttp://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522J%25C3%25A4gerbataillon%2B25%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGGGL,GGGL:2006-43,GGGL:en Hunter Battalion 25

[3] ttp://www.bmlv.gv.at/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/jgb25.shtml Jägerbataillon 25

[4] ttp://www.army.dnd.ca/3PPCLI/

[5] ttp://www.qor.com/orbat/60th.html

[6] Special Operation Forces Of Hungary: Is A Transformation Necessary? p. 47 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.

[7] Special Operation Forces Of Hungary: Is A Transformation Necessary? p. 57 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.

[8] Special Operation Forces Of Hungary: Is A Transformation Necessary? p. 66 Retrieved on 2015-03-16.

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[13] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10648941/Elite-Navy-rescue-team-always-on-call-to-help-submariners.html

[14] ttp://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/diving/fleet-diving-group

[15] ttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1360109/British-unit-prepares-to-defy-extremes-of-the-Afghan-winter.html

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[20] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/fatalities/lance-bombardiers-ross-clark-and-liam-mclaughlin-killed-in-afghanistan

[Engineers-21] 21.0 ^21.1 http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/units/28644.aspx

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