Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[1]
- 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 Afghan Army (KhAD-e-Nezami)
- 203rd Special Purpose Battalion (Kabul)
- 212th Special Purpose Battalion (Kandahar)
- 230th Special Purpose Battalion (Gardez)
ANA Special Operations Command[2]
Germany
German Empire
Nazi Germany
- Abwehr- units later reassigned to Wehrmacht after expanding to divisional size
- 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), 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
- Intelligence Support Detachment 800
- Coastal Rangers Detachment 800, based at Langenargen, Bodensee
- 4X Company (1, 2, 3 and 4)
- Signals Detachment 800
- Training Unit, Gut „Quenzsee“ (or „Quenzgut“), based near Brandenburg
- Kriegsmarine
- Lehrkommandos 200, 250, 300, 350, and 700
- Luftwaffe
- Waffen-SS
German Democratic Republic
Germany
Republic of Vietnam
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 Airborne Division
- 8th Ranger Group - Formed in 1974-75
- 9th Ranger Group - Formed in 1974-75
- 81st Ranger Group (Airborne) - Biên Hòa[13]
Additionally, during the Vietnamization of the CIDG and MIKE Forces, 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
South Vietnamese Special Forces (LLDB), later reformed as South Vietnamese Special Mission Service
Frogmen Team (LDNN)
Counter-Terrorist Unit (PTJ), MUP, merged into Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ)
Special Operations Unit (JSO), SDB, disbanded
