List of paramilitary organizations
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List of governmental paramilitary units
SWAT team training with AR15 style rifles
Asia
| Name | Region | Active Since | Type | Comments | Size | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Special Narcotics Force |  |
late 2003 | Elite Counter-narcotics unit | Unknown | [1] | |
| Armed Police Force |  |
24 October 2001 | Counter-insurgency Specialised Police Force | Unknown | [2] | |
| Assam Rifles |  |
1835 | Paramilitary Police | 63,747 (2017) |
[3][4] | |
| Bangladesh Ansar |  |
16 December 1971 | Gendarmerie | 6.1 million | [5] | |
| Bangladesh National Cadet Corps | |
23 March 1979 | Paramilitary Volunteer Reserve Defence Force | 23,968 | [6] | |
| Commando Battalion for Resolute Action | |
12 September 2008 | Counter-insurgency Specialised unit | 10,000 (2008) |
[7][8] | |
| Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit |  |
25 July 1987 | Auxiliary unit | 1,070 | [9] | |
| People's Armed Police |  |
19 June 1982 | Gendarmerie | 1.5 million | [10] | |
| Special Frontier Force | |
14 November 1962 | Paramilitary Special forces | 10,000 (2017) |
[11] | |
| Special Tactical Squad |  |
Late June 2014 | Elite Paramilitary Special Police forces | Unknown | ||
| Volunteer Defense Corps |  |
10 February 1954 | Security Forces | Unknown | [12] |
Hong Kong
- Police Tactical Unit
- Emergency Unit
- Quick Reaction Force
- Airport Security Unit
- Counter Terrorism Response Unit
- Special Duties Unit
- Surveillance Support Unit
- VIP Protection Unit
- Witness Protection Unit
- Small Boat Division
- Maritime Emergency Response Team
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Malaysia
- Pasukan Gerakan Am as Paramilitary Force
- People's Volunteer Corps of Ministry of Home Affairs
- 69 Komando PGK as Multi Spectrum Special Force
Pakistan
Japan
Middle East
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Israel
Europe
Sweden
Finland
France
Russia
Lithuania
Albania
Estonia
Latvia
Italy
Africa
Mauritius
Kenya
- National Youth Service(NYS)
Oceania
Australia
Americas
United States
- Department of Homeland Security-related agencies
- State Defense Forces of individual states
- Special Activities Division of the CIA
Canada
Colombia
List of non-governmental paramilitary units
- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade of Fatah
- The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas
- The Strzelec Riflemen's Association of Poland
- The Worker-Peasant Red Guards of the Workers' Party of Korea of North Korea
- Hezbollah
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Bowman 2010, p. 50.
- ↑ "Introduction". apf.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "History of the Assam Rifles". 10 March 2009. Archived from the original on
|archive-url=requires|archive-date=(help). Retrieved 16 July 2018. - ↑ "MHA Annual Report 2016-2017" (PDF). mha.nic. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ M. H. Syed 2003, pp. 184-185.
- ↑ "The Volunteers". bncc.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage - COBRA on way to fight Naxalites in Jharkhand". The Telegraph India. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "CRPF - CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE, GOVT. OF INDIA". Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ "On the Revival of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units" (PDF). chr.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
- ↑ Shambaugh 2002, p. 170.
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies 2017.
- ↑ "Volunteer Defense Corps Act, 1954" (PDF). Ratchakitcha (in Thai). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
References
- Steve Bowman (2010). War in Afghanistan: Strategy, Military Operations, and Issues for Congress. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4379-2698-9.
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (2017). The Military Balance 2017. Routledge. ISBN 9781857439007.
- Taru Bahl, M. H. Syed (2003). Encyclopaedia of Muslim World: Iran. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-261-1419-1.
- David Shambaugh (2002). Modernizing China's military: progress, problems, and prospects. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520225077.
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