# Field force

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{{Short description|Military unit}}
{{army units}}
A '''field force''' in [British](/source/British_Army), [Indian Army](/source/Indian_Army) and Tanzanian military parlance is a combined arms land force operating under actual or assumed combat circumstances,<ref>p.88 Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt and Hayes, Grace P. (1986). ''Dictionary of Military Terms: A Guide to the Language of Warfare and Military Institutions''. The H. W. Wilson Company.</ref> usually for the length of a specific [military campaign](/source/military_campaign). It is used by other nations, but can have a different meaning.

==United Kingdom==

A field force would be created from the various units in an area of military operations and be named for the geographical area. Examples are:
* [Kurram](/source/Kurram_Valley_Field_Force) Field Force, 1878
* [Peshawar Valley Field Force](/source/Peshawar_Valley_Field_Force), 1878
* [Kabul Field Force](/source/Kabul_Field_Force), 1879–1880
* [Kabul-Kandahar Field Force](/source/Kabul-Kandahar_Field_Force), 1880
* [Natal Field Force](/source/Natal_Field_Force), 1881
* [Zhob](/source/Zhob) Field Force, 1890
* [Mashonaland](/source/Mashonaland) Field Force, 1896
* [Malakand](/source/Malakand_Agency) Field Force, 1896
* [Tirah](/source/Tirah) Field Force, 1897
* [West African Frontier Force](/source/Royal_West_African_Frontier_Force), 1900

==Australian==

In Australia, a field force comprises the units required to meet operational commitments.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.diggerhistory3.info/handbook/page/01-army-today.htm | title=Diggerhistory3.info }}</ref>

==Canadian==
The [Canadian Expeditionary Force](/source/Canadian_Expeditionary_Force) was considered as a field force created to participate in [World War I](/source/World_War_I).

Other Canadian field forces in history include:
* Alberta Field Force, 1885<ref>https://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/12340</ref>
* Northwest Field Force, 1885<ref>https://qormuseum.org/history/timeline-1856-1899/northwest-rebellion-1885/</ref>
* [Yukon Field Force](/source/Yukon_Field_Force), 1898–1900

==United States==

In the United States, during the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) the term came to stand for a corps-sized organization with other functions and responsibilities. To avoid confusion with the [corps](/source/corps) designations used by the [Army of the Republic of Vietnam](/source/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam) and to allow for a flexible organization, MACV and General [William Westmoreland](/source/William_Westmoreland) developed the "field force" such as [I Field Force](/source/I_Field_Force) and [II Field Force](/source/II_Field_Force). Unlike an Army corps, which had a size and structure fixed by Army doctrine, the field force could expand as needed and had other functions such as liaison with South Vietnamese and [civil affairs](/source/civil_affairs) functions and was flexible enough to have many subordinate units assigned to it.<ref>Eckhard, George S. ''Vietnam Studies: Command and Control 1950-1969.'' Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1991 p. 53. Online [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213204056/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/Comm-Control/index.htm] </ref>

==Police field forces==
In [counterinsurgency](/source/counterinsurgency) type campaigns, select and specially trained units of police armed and equipped as [light infantry](/source/light_infantry) have been designated as police field forces who perform [paramilitary](/source/paramilitary) type patrols and ambushes whilst retaining their police powers in areas that were highly dangerous.<ref>p.Davies, Bruce & McKay, Gary ''The Men Who Persevered:The AATTV'' 2005 Bruce & Unwin</ref>

==Police Field Forces, Paramilitary and Counter-Insurgency Units==
===A===
; {{flag|Albania}}
* [Royal Albanian Army](/source/Royal_Albanian_Army) 1928 - 1939
** [Royal Albanian Gendarmerie](/source/Royal_Albanian_Gendarmerie) 1913 - 1939
** [Royal Border Guard (Albania)](/source/Royal_Border_Guard_(Albania)) 1928 - 1939
; {{flag|Afghanistan}}
* [Afghan Army](/source/Afghan_Army)
** [Afghan Border Force](/source/Afghan_Border_Force)
** [Afghan National Civil Order Force](/source/Afghan_National_Civil_Order_Force) 2006 - 2020
* [Defense of the Revolution](/source/Defense_of_the_Revolution) 1978 - 1980
* [Sarandoy](/source/Sarandoy) 1978 - 1992
; {{flag|Algeria}}
* [Garde communale](/source/Garde_communale) 1996 - 2012, ([Algerian Civil War](/source/Algerian_Civil_War))

===B===
; {{flag|Bangladesh}}
* [Bangladesh Ansar](/source/Bangladesh_Ansar)
; {{flag|Belgium}}
* [Flemish Guard](/source/Flemish_Guard) 1941 - 1944, ([German occupation of Belgium during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_Belgium_during_World_War_II))
* [Walloon Guard](/source/Walloon_Guard) 1941 - 1944
; {{flag|Belarus}}
* [Byelorussian Auxiliary Police](/source/Byelorussian_Auxiliary_Police) 1941 - 1944, ([Byelorussian collaboration with Nazi Germany](/source/Byelorussian_collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany))
** [13th Belarusian Police (SD) Battalion](/source/13th_Belarusian_Police_(SD)_Battalion) 1943 -1944, ([German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_Byelorussia_during_World_War_II))
** [Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling](/source/Schutzmannschaft-Brigade_Siegling) 1944 only
; {{flag|Brazil}}
* [Brazilian Army](/source/Brazilian_Army)
** [Military Police (Brazil)](/source/Military_Police_(Brazil))
*** [National Public Security Force](/source/National_Public_Security_Force)
*** [Military Police of Acre State](/source/Military_Police_of_Acre_State)
*** [Military Police of Espirito Santo State](/source/Military_Police_of_Espirito_Santo_State)
*** [Military Police of Goiás State](/source/Military_Police_of_Goi%C3%A1s_State)
*** [Military Police of Minas Gerais State](/source/Military_Police_of_Minas_Gerais_State)
*** [Military Police of Parana State](/source/Military_Police_of_Parana_State)
*** [Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State](/source/Military_Police_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_State)
*** [Military Police of São Paulo State](/source/Military_Police_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo_State)
* [Public Forces (Brazil)](/source/Public_Forces_(Brazil)) 1880s - 1960s

===C===
; {{PRC}}
* [Paramilitary forces of China](/source/Paramilitary_forces_of_China)
** [People's Armed Police](/source/People's_Armed_Police)
; {{flag|Colombia}}
* [National Police of Colombia](/source/National_Police_of_Colombia)
** [Directorate of Carabineers and Rural Security](/source/Directorate_of_Carabineers_and_Rural_Security)
*** [Mobile Carabinier Squadrons](/source/Mobile_Carabinier_Squadrons)
; {{flag|Independent State of Croatia}} 1941 - 1945
* [German-Croatian Police](/source/German-Croatian_Police) 1941 - 1944

===D===
; {{flag|Denmark}}
* [HIPO Corps](/source/HIPO_Corps) 1944 - 1945
** [Lorenzen Group](/source/Lorenzen_Group) 1944 - 1945, ([Denmark in World War II](/source/Denmark_in_World_War_II))
===E===
; {{flag|Estonia}}
* [Estonian Auxiliary Police](/source/Estonian_Auxiliary_Police) 1941 - 1944, ([German occupation of Estonia during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_Estonia_during_World_War_II))
** [36th Estonian Police Battalion](/source/36th_Estonian_Police_Battalion) 1943 - 1944 ([German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_during_World_War_II))
** [Schutzmannschaft Battalion 33](/source/Schutzmannschaft_Battalion_33)

===F===
; {{flag|Vichy France}}
* [French National Police](/source/French_National_Police)
** [Special Brigades](/source/Special_Brigades)
* [Groupe mobile de réserve](/source/Groupe_mobile_de_r%C3%A9serve) 1941 -1944
* [Milice](/source/Milice) 1943 - 1944
** [Franc-Garde](/source/Franc-Garde) 1943 - 1944

===G and H===
; {{flag|Gambia}}
* [British Army](/source/British_Army)
** [Gambia Regiment](/source/Gambia_Regiment) 1901 - 1958
* [Gambia Police Force](/source/Gambia_Police_Force)
** Field Force,
; {{flag|East Germany}}
* [Volkspolizei](/source/Volkspolizei) 1945 - 1990
** [Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft](/source/Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft) 1955 - 1990
; {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
* [Ordnungspolizei](/source/Ordnungspolizei) (Order Police) 1936 - 1945, ([Police forces of Nazi Germany](/source/Police_forces_of_Nazi_Germany))
** [Police Regiment Centre](/source/Police_Regiment_Centre) 1941 -1942 ([Bandenbekampfung](/source/Bandenbekampfung))
*** [Police Battalion 307](/source/Police_Battalion_307) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 316](/source/Police_Battalion_316) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 322](/source/Police_Battalion_322) 1941 - 1942
** [Police Regiment North](/source/Police_Regiment_North) 1941 - 1942
** [Police Regiment South](/source/Police_Regiment_South) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 45](/source/Police_Battalion_45) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 303](/source/Police_Battalion_303) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 314](/source/Police_Battalion_314) 1941 - 1942
** [Order Police battalions](/source/Order_Police_battalions)
*** [Police Battalion 306](/source/Police_Battalion_306) 1941 - 1942
*** [Police Battalion 309](/source/Police_Battalion_309) 1941 - 1945
*** [Police Battalion 320](/source/Police_Battalion_320) 1941 - 1942
*** [Reserve Police Battalion 33](/source/Reserve_Police_Battalion_33) 1941 - 1943
*** [Reserve Police Battalion 101](/source/Reserve_Police_Battalion_101) 1940 - 1943
** [SS Police Regiment Bozen](/source/SS_Police_Regiment_Bozen) 1943 - 1945
** [SS Police Regiment Brixen](/source/SS_Police_Regiment_Brixen) 1944 - 1945
** [Schutzmannschaft](/source/Schutzmannschaft) 1941 - 1945
* [Forest Protection Command](/source/Forest_Protection_Command) 1939 -
* [Schutzstaffel](/source/Schutzstaffel) ([SS](/source/SS)) 1925 - 1945
** [1st SS Police Regiment](/source/1st_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1945
** [2nd SS Police Regiment](/source/2nd_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1943
** [3rd SS Police Regiment](/source/3rd_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1943
** [4th SS Police Regiment](/source/4th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1943
** [5th SS Police Regiment](/source/5th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [6th SS Police Regiment](/source/6th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1945
** [7th SS Police Regiment](/source/7th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1943 only
** [8th SS Police Regiment](/source/8th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1945
** [9th SS Police Regiment](/source/9th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1945
** [10th SS Police Regiment](/source/10th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [11th SS Police Regiment](/source/11th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -1944
** [12th SS Police Regiment](/source/12th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [13th SS Police Regiment](/source/13th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [14th SS Police Regiment](/source/14th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [15th SS Police Regiment](/source/15th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [16th SS Police Regiment](/source/16th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [17th SS Police Regiment](/source/17th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [18th SS Mountain Police Regiment](/source/18th_SS_Mountain_Police_Regiment) 1942
** [19th SS Police Regiment](/source/19th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [20th SS Police Regiment](/source/20th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [21st SS Police Regiment](/source/21st_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [22nd SS Police Regiment](/source/22nd_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [23rd SS Police Regiment](/source/23rd_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1945
** [24th SS Police Regiment](/source/24th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [25th SS Police Regiment](/source/25th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [26th SS Police Regiment](/source/26th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 - 1944
** [27th SS Police Regiment](/source/27th_SS_Police_Regiment) 1942 -
** [28th SS Police Regiment Todt](/source/28th_SS_Police_Regiment_Todt) 1942 -
* [Allgemeine SS](/source/Allgemeine_SS) 1934 - 1945
** [Postschutz](/source/Postschutz) 1933 - 1945
* [Waffen-SS](/source/Waffen-SS) 1933 - 1945
** [4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division](/source/4th_SS_Polizei_Panzergrenadier_Division) 1939 - 1945
** [Kaminski Brigade](/source/Kaminski_Brigade) 1941 - 1944
* [Zollgrenzschutz](/source/Zollgrenzschutz) 1918 - 1945

===I===
; {{flag|Indonesia}}
* [Indonesian National Police](/source/Indonesian_National_Police)
** [Mobile Brigade Corps](/source/Mobile_Brigade_Corps)
; {{flag|India}}
* [Paramilitary forces of India](/source/Paramilitary_forces_of_India)
** [Home Guard (India)](/source/Home_Guard_(India))
** [National Security Guards](/source/National_Security_Guards)
*** [51 Special Action Group](/source/51_Special_Action_Group)
** [Railway Protection Force](/source/Railway_Protection_Force)
** [Special Protection Group](/source/Special_Protection_Group)
* [Research and Analysis Wing](/source/Research_and_Analysis_Wing)
** [Special Frontier Force](/source/Special_Frontier_Force)
** [Special Group (India)](/source/Special_Group_(India))
* [Central Armed Police Force](/source/Central_Armed_Police_Force)
** [Border Security Force](/source/Border_Security_Force)
** [Central Industrial Security Force](/source/Central_Industrial_Security_Force)
** [Indo-Tibetan Border Police](/source/Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police)
*** [Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Water Wing)](/source/Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police_(Water_Wing))
** [Sashastra Seema Bal](/source/Sashastra_Seema_Bal)
** [Central Reserve Police Force](/source/Central_Reserve_Police_Force)
*** [Bastariya Battalion](/source/Bastariya_Battalion)
*** [Commando Battalion for Resolute Action](/source/Commando_Battalion_for_Resolute_Action)
* [Indian Army](/source/Indian_Army)
** [Assam Rifles](/source/Assam_Rifles)
** [Rashtriya Rifles](/source/Rashtriya_Rifles)
* [State Armed Police Forces](/source/State_Armed_Police_Forces)
** [Andhra Pradesh Police](/source/Andhra_Pradesh_Police)
*** [Greyhounds](/source/Greyhounds_(police))
** [Jammu and Kashmir Police](/source/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Police)
*** [Special Operations Group](/source/Special_Operations_Group_(Jammu_and_Kashmir))
** [Kerala Police](/source/Kerala_Police)
*** [Kerala Thunderbolts](/source/Kerala_Thunderbolts)
** [Mizoram Armed Police](/source/Mizoram_Armed_Police)
** [Odisha Police](/source/Odisha_Police)
*** [Special Operation Group (Odisha)](/source/Special_Operation_Group_(Odisha))
** [Telangana Police](/source/Telangana_Police)
*** [Greyhounds (police)](/source/Greyhounds_(police))
** [Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary](/source/Uttar_Pradesh_Provincial_Armed_Constabulary)
** [West Bengal Police](/source/West_Bengal_Police)
*** [Counter Insurgency Force](/source/Counter_Insurgency_Force)
*** [Eastern Frontier Rifles](/source/Eastern_Frontier_Rifles)
; {{flag|Iran}}
* [Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran](/source/Law_Enforcement_Command_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran)
** [Border Guard Command (Iran)](/source/Border_Guard_Command_(Iran))
; {{flag|Iraq}}
* [Wolf Brigade (Iraq)](/source/Wolf_Brigade_(Iraq))
; {{flag|Ireland}}
* [Royal Irish Constabulary](/source/Royal_Irish_Constabulary) 1822 - 1922
** [Auxiliary Division](/source/Auxiliary_Division) 1920 - 1922, ([irish War of Independence](/source/irish_War_of_Independence))
** [Black and Tans](/source/Black_and_Tans) 1920 -1922, ([Irish War of Independence](/source/Irish_War_of_Independence))
* [Garda Síochána](/source/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na) (Irish Police)
** [Criminal Investigation Department (Ireland)](/source/Criminal_Investigation_Department_(Ireland)) 1921 - 1923, ([Irish Civil War](/source/Irish_Civil_War))
; {{flag|Israel}}
* [Israel Police](/source/Israel_Police)
** [Israel Border Police](/source/Israel_Border_Police)
; {{flag|Italian Social Republic}}
* [Blackshirts](/source/Blackshirts) 1923 -1943
** [Battaglioni M](/source/Battaglioni_M) 1941 - 1943
** [Black Brigades](/source/Black_Brigades) 1944 - 1945
** [Border Militia](/source/Border_Militia) 1926 - 1943
** [Forestry Militia](/source/Forestry_Militia) 1926 - 1948
** [Maritime Artillery Militia](/source/Maritime_Artillery_Militia) 1939 - 1943
** [Port Militia](/source/Port_Militia) 1924 -

===J and K===
; {{flag|Kenya}}
* [Kenya Police](/source/Kenya_Police)
** [General Service Unit](/source/General_Service_Unit_(Kenya)) ([Mau Mau Uprising](/source/Mau_Mau_Uprising))
** [Administration Police](/source/Administration_Police)
===L===
; {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}}
* [Royal Lao Police](/source/Royal_Lao_Police) 1955 - 1975
** [Directorate of National Coordination](/source/Directorate_of_National_Coordination) 1960 - 1965, ([Laotian Civil War](/source/Laotian_Civil_War))
; {{flag|Latvia}}
* [Latvian Auxiliary Police](/source/Latvian_Auxiliary_Police) 1941 - 1944, ([German occupation of Latvia during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_Latvia_during_World_War_II))
; {{flag|Lithuania}}
* [Lithuanian TDA Battalion](/source/Lithuanian_TDA_Battalion) 1941 only, ([German occupation of Lithuania during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_Lithuania_during_World_War_II))
* [Lithuanian Auxiliary Police](/source/Lithuanian_Auxiliary_Police) 1941 - 1945 ([German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II](/source/German_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states_during_World_War_II))
** [10th Lithuanian Police Battalion](/source/10th_Lithuanian_Police_Battalion) 1941 - 1945
** [256th Lithuanian Police Battalion](/source/256th_Lithuanian_Police_Battalion) 1943 - 1944
** [258th Lithuanian Police Battalion](/source/258th_Lithuanian_Police_Battalion) 1944 only
** [259th Lithuanian Police Battalion](/source/259th_Lithuanian_Police_Battalion) 1944 only
===M===
; {{flag|Malaysia}}
* [Royal Malaysian Police](/source/Royal_Malaysian_Police)
** [General Operations Force](/source/General_Operations_Force) ([Malayan Emergency](/source/Malayan_Emergency))
*** [Senoi Praaq](/source/Senoi_Praaq)
** [Marine Operations Force](/source/Marine_Operations_Force) ([Malayan Emergency](/source/Malayan_Emergency))
; {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine)
* [British Gendarmerie](/source/British_Gendarmerie) 1922 - 1926
* [Special Night Squads](/source/Special_Night_Squads) 1938 - 1939
; {{flag|Mauritius}}
* [Mauritius Police Force](/source/Mauritius_Police_Force)
** [Special Mobile Force](/source/Special_Mobile_Force)
; {{flag|Mexico}}
* [Mexican Army](/source/Mexican_Army)
** [Rurales](/source/Rurales)
; {{flag|Moldova}}
* [Moldovan Police](/source/Moldovan_Police)
** [Special Forces Brigade "Fulger"](/source/Special_Forces_Brigade_%22Fulger%22)
; {{flag|Myanmar}}
* [Myanmar Army](/source/Myanmar_Army)
** [Border Guard Forces](/source/Border_Guard_Forces)
* [Myanmar Police Force](/source/Myanmar_Police_Force)
** [Border Guard Police](/source/Border_Guard_Police)

===N===
; {{flag|Namibia}}
* [Namibian Police Force](/source/Namibian_Police_Force)
** [Special Field Force](/source/Special_Field_Force)
; {{flag|Nigeria}}
* [Nigerian Police Force](/source/Nigerian_Police_Force)
** [Nigerian Mobile Police](/source/Nigerian_Mobile_Police)
* [Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps](/source/Nigeria_Security_and_Civil_Defence_Corps)
; {{flag|Norway}}
* [Statspolitiet](/source/Statspolitiet) 1941 - 1945, ([German occupation of Norway](/source/German_occupation_of_Norway))

===O and P===
; {{flag|Pakistan}}
* [Civil Armed Forces](/source/Civil_Armed_Forces) - (Paramilitary forces of Pakistan)
** [Frontier Corps](/source/Frontier_Corps)
*** [Frontier Corps Balochistan (North)](/source/Frontier_Corps_Balochistan_(North))
**** [Kurram Militia](/source/Kurram_Militia)
**** [Zhob Militia](/source/Zhob_Militia)
*** [Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)](/source/Frontier_Corps_Balochistan_(South))
**** [Chagai Militia](/source/Chagai_Militia)
**** [Dalbandin Rifles](/source/Dalbandin_Rifles)
**** [Kharan Rifles](/source/Kharan_Rifles)
**** [Taftan Rifles](/source/Taftan_Rifles)
*** [Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)](/source/Frontier_Corps_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_(North))
**** [Bajaur Scouts](/source/Bajaur_Scouts)
**** [Bara Rifles](/source/Bara_Rifles)
**** [Chitral Scouts](/source/Chitral_Scouts)
**** [Dir Scouts](/source/Dir_Scouts)
**** [Khyber Rifles](/source/Khyber_Rifles)
**** [Mahsud Scouts](/source/Mahsud_Scouts)
**** [Mohmand Rifles](/source/Mohmand_Rifles)
**** [Orakzai Scouts](/source/Orakzai_Scouts)
**** [Shawal Rifles](/source/Shawal_Rifles)
*** [Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)](/source/Frontier_Corps_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_(South))
**** [Kurram Militia](/source/Kurram_Militia)
**** [Zhob Militia](/source/Zhob_Militia)
** [Frontier Constabulary](/source/Frontier_Constabulary)
** [Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts](/source/Gilgit-Baltistan_Scouts)
* [Pakistan Rangers](/source/Pakistan_Rangers)
*** [Punjab Rangers](/source/Punjab_Rangers)
*** [Sindh Rangers](/source/Sindh_Rangers)
* [Pakistan Army](/source/Pakistan_Army)
** [Pakistan Coast Guard](/source/Pakistan_Coast_Guard)
** [National Guard (Pakistan)](/source/National_Guard_(Pakistan))
*** [Janbaz Force](/source/Janbaz_Force)
*** [Mujahid Force](/source/Mujahid_Force)
* [Pakistan Levies](/source/Pakistan_Levies)
** [Balochistan Levies](/source/Balochistan_Levies)
** [Dir Levies](/source/Dir_Levies)
** [Malakand Levies](/source/Malakand_Levies)
* [Pakistan Navy](/source/Pakistan_Navy)
** [Pakistan Maritime Security Agency](/source/Pakistan_Maritime_Security_Agency)
* Former Paramilitary Forces
** [Azad Kashmir Regular Force](/source/Azad_Kashmir_Regular_Force) 1947 - 1972
** [Federal Security Force (Pakistan)](/source/Federal_Security_Force_(Pakistan)) 1972 - 1977
** [Gilgit Scouts](/source/Gilgit_Scouts) 1913 - 1975
** [Khasadar](/source/Khasadar) 1892 - 2019
** [Mehran Force](/source/Mehran_Force) 1942 - 1995
; {{flag|Peru}}
* [National Police of Peru](/source/National_Police_of_Peru)
** [Sinchis](/source/Sinchis) - [Internal conflict in Peru](/source/Internal_conflict_in_Peru)
; {{flag|Philippines}}
* [Philippine National Police](/source/Philippine_National_Police)
** [Special Action Force](/source/Special_Action_Force)
; {{flag|Portugal}}
* [Provincial organization of volunteers and civil defence](/source/Provincial_organization_of_volunteers_and_civil_defence)

===Q and R===
; {{flag|Rhodesia}}
* [British South African Police](/source/British_South_African_Police) 1889 - 1980
** [Police Anti-Terrorist Unit](/source/Police_Anti-Terrorist_Unit) 1966 - 1980, ([Rhodesian Bush War](/source/Rhodesian_Bush_War)) 1964 - 1979
** [Police Support Unit](/source/Police_Support_Unit)
* [INTAF](/source/INTAF) 1962 - 1979
** [Grey's Scouts](/source/Grey's_Scouts) 1975 - 1986, ([Rhodesian Bush War](/source/Rhodesian_Bush_War)) 1964 - 1979
** [Guard Force (Rhodesia)](/source/Guard_Force_(Rhodesia)) 1976 - 1980
* [Security Force Auxiliaries](/source/Security_Force_Auxiliaries) 1978 - 1979 ([Rhodesian Bush War](/source/Rhodesian_Bush_War) 1964 - 1979
; {{flag|Russia}}
* [Internal Troops of Russia](/source/Internal_Troops_of_Russia) 1991 - 2016
** [Rus (special forces)](/source/Rus_(special_forces)) 1994 -2008
** [Vityaz (MVD)](/source/Vityaz_(MVD)) 1991 - 2008
* [Zubr (special police force)](/source/Zubr_(special_police_force))

===S===
; {{flag|Solomon Islands}}
* [Royal Solomon Islands Police Force](/source/Royal_Solomon_Islands_Police_Force)
** Police Field Force
; {{flag|South Africa}}
* [South African Army](/source/South_African_Army)
** [Commando System (South Africa)](/source/Commando_System_(South_Africa))
; {{flag|South Vietnam}}
* [Republic of Vietnam National Police](/source/Republic_of_Vietnam_National_Police) 1955 - 1975
** [Republic of Vietnam National Police Field Force](/source/Republic_of_Vietnam_National_Police_Field_Force) 1966 - 1975, ([Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War))
** [Republic of Vietnam River and Coastal Police](/source/Republic_of_Vietnam_River_and_Coastal_Police) 1965 - 1975, ([Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War))
; {{flag|South West Africa}}
* [South West African Police](/source/South_West_African_Police) 1920 - 1990
** [Koevoet](/source/Koevoet) 1979 - 1989
; {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
* [Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Sri_Lanka))
** [Sri Lanka Civil Security Force](/source/Sri_Lanka_Civil_Security_Force)
** [Sri Lanka Coast Guard](/source/Sri_Lanka_Coast_Guard)
* [Sri Lanka Police](/source/Sri_Lanka_Police)
** [Special Task Force](/source/Special_Task_Force_(Sri_Lanka)) ([Sri Lankan Civil War](/source/Sri_Lankan_civil_war))
; {{flag|Syria}}
* [Syrian Special Mission Forces](/source/Syrian_Special_Mission_Forces)

===T===
; {{flag|Tanzania}}
* Police Field Force ([Zanzibar Revolution](/source/Zanzibar_Revolution))
; {{flag|Thailand}}
* [Royal Thai Police](/source/Royal_Thai_Police)
** [Border Patrol Police](/source/Border_Patrol_Police)
*** [Thahan Phran](/source/Thahan_Phran)
*** [Village Scouts](/source/Village_Scouts)
*** [Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)](/source/Volunteer_Defense_Corps_(Thailand))
; {{flag|Turkey}}
* [Gendarmerie General Command](/source/Gendarmerie_General_Command)
** [Village guard system](/source/Village_guard_system)

===U===
; {{flag|Ukraine}}
* [National Guard of Ukraine](/source/National_Guard_of_Ukraine)

===V===
; {{flag|Vatican City}}
* [Swiss Guard](/source/Swiss_Guard)
; {{flag|Vanuatu}}
* Vanuatu Police Force
** [Vanuatu Mobile Force](/source/Vanuatu_Mobile_Force)
; {{flag|Vietnam}}
* [Vietnam People's Public Security](/source/Vietnam_People's_Public_Security)
** [Mobile Police Command](/source/Mobile_Police_Command)

===W, X and Y===
===Z===
; {{flag|Zimbabwe}}
* [Zimbabwe Republic Police](/source/Zimbabwe_Republic_Police)
** [Police Support Unit](/source/Police_Support_Unit)

==See also==
* [List of gendarmeries](/source/List_of_gendarmeries)
* [List of police tactical units](/source/List_of_police_tactical_units)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Ad hoc units and formations
Category:Law enforcement units
Category:Law enforcement occupations
Category:Non-military counterterrorist organizations

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