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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
- 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment^[2]^[3]
- 2nd Commando Regiment^[2]^[4]

Austria

Austrian Federal Armed Forces
- Airborne and Parachute Battalion: Jägerbataillon 25^[5]^[6]

Belgium

Belgian Land Component
- Immediate Reaction Capability Parachute Regiment

Brazil

Brazilian Army - Brazil at one time maintained a Parachute Division of two brigades. The Division was later disbanded and the 2nd Parachute Brigade became the 2nd Mixed Brigade.
- Paratrooper Infantry Brigade (Brigada Infantaria Paraquedista) - aka the 1st Paratroop Infantry Brigade.
Brazilian Air Force
- Para-SAR -Special Pararescue Unit- Highly trained paratrooper, trained in evasion and extraction, tactical rescue and survival in hostile environment.
Brazilian Navy
- Brazilian Marine Corps - Land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy.

Bulgaria

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

Canada

Canadian Army
- Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded in 1995)^[7]
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment^[8]
- B Company 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry^[9]
- 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^[10]

Chile

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

China

People's Liberation Army
15th Airborne Corps Wuhan
- Airborne Special Operation Team
  - 43 Airborne Division, Keifeng
    - 127, 128, 129 Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 44 Airborne Division, Yingshan
    - 130, 131, 132 Para regt and one light arty regt
  - 45 Airborne Division, Huangpi
    - 133, 134, 135 Para regt and one light arty regt
- Airborne Training Division

Czech Republic

Czech Army

- - 43rd Airborne Mechanised Battalion (Chrudim)

- 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion (102. Průzkumný Prapor)(Prostějov)

Netherlands

Dutch Army
- Luchtmobiele Brigade
- Korps Commandotroepen
- Korps Mariniers

Finland

Finnish Defence Forces
- Utin Jääkärirykmentti – Utti Jaeger Regiment [1]

France

Parachutable Panhard jeep of the 1st RPIMa of the French Army

French Army - includes the French Marines
- 11^e Brigade Parachutiste (11^e BP) : a Brigade including height parachute regiments :
  - headquarters in Balma
  - 1^er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1^er RCP) based in Pamiers
  - 1^er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes (1^er RHP) based in Tarbes
  - 1^er Régiment du Train Parachutiste (1 RTP) based in Toulouse
  - 2^e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes (2^e REP, Foreign Legion unit) based in Calvi
  - 3^e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (3^e RPIMa) based in Carcassonne
  - 8^e Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine (8^e RPIMa) based in Castres
  - 17^e Régiment de Génie Parachutiste (17^e RGP) based in Montauban
  - 35^e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste (35^e RAP) based in Tarbes
  - Commandos Parachutistes (formerly known as Commando de Recherche et d'Actions en Profondeur "CRAP" -meaning : long range action & recon commando) (GCP : "Groupement des commandos parachutistes" since French restructuring of the armies in 1999) : pathfinders of the 11^e BP
- 1^er Régiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine : special forces unit
- 13^e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes; an old former French cavalry regiment now converted into a special forces regiment. Its mission is to collect intelligence on the ground in pre-war/war/battlefield environment
Law enforcement in France
- Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale and Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale are two French Gendarmerie special units

Germany

See article Fallschirmjager

Wehrmacht
German Federal Armed Forces
- German Federal Army
  - Luftlande- und Lufttransportschule (Training Center)
  - Division Spezielle Operationen (DSO)
  - luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (Air Assault)
    - Jägerregiment 1
- Kommando Schnelle Einsatzkräfte Sanitätsdienst (Medical)
- Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M) (Special Forces)
East German Army
- 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger
Stasi
- Felix Dzerzhinsky Watch Regiment - the reconnaissance company and others within the regiment were parachute trained.

Greece

Hellenic Army
- 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ), based at Rentina, Macedonia
- 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade (71η Α/M ΤΑΞ), based at Nea Santa, Macedonia

India

Indian Army
- Parachute Regiment (India)
- Para Commandos

Indonesia

Indonesian Armed Forces
- Brigif Linud 17
- Brigif Linud 18
- Brigif Linud 3
- Kopassus

Israel

Israeli Defence Forces

Paratroopers Brigade "Hativat HaTzanhanim" חטיבת הצנחנים

Italy

Italian paratroopers are called Paracadutisti

Regio Esercito - Royal Army (Historical)
- 80 Infantry Division La Spezia (Airlanding) - trained and equipped similar to the German Airlanding divisions.
- 183rd Ciclone Parachute Division - Disbanded while forming at the Italian 1943 Surrender.
- 184th Nembo Parachute Division - Destroyed at Anzio and remnants formed the German 4th Parachute Division.
- 185th Folgore Parachute Division - Raised for the Invasion of Malta but was instead deployed to and later destroyed in North Africa. In its final form it was the 185th Folgore Parachute Battalion.
Italian Army
- Folgore Parachute Brigade
- 4 Alpini Regiment
Carabinieri
- 1st Carabinieri Parachute Regiment

Japan

Malaysia

Malaysian Army
- 10th Brigade (Para)

Mexico

Mexican Air Force
- Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas

Norway

Norwegian Army
- Hærens Jegerkommando (Army Hunter Command)

Pakistan

Pakistan Army Special Service Group

Philippines

Philippine Army

1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)

Philippine Air Force

710th Special Operations Wing

Poland

Polish Army
- 6th Airborne Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa)
- 25th Air Cavalary Brigade (25 Brygada Kawalerii Powietrznej)

1st Special Commando Regiment

Portugal

Portuguese Army

Paratrooper Battalions of the Portuguese Rapid Reaction Brigade.

Russia

Russian paratroopers stand at attention during an exercise in Central Asia

Russian armed forces
- Airborne Assault Troops(VDV) - the largest airborne and paratroops force in the world
  - 7th 'Cherkassy' Guards Air-assault Division (A) (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 108th 'Kuban Cossack' Guards Airborne Regiment (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 247th 'Cossack' Guards Landing Assault Regiment (Stavropol, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 1137th Guards Artillery Regiment (Anapa, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
    - 185th Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Krymsk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Military District)
  - 76th 'Chernigov' Guards Air-assault Division (A) (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 104th 'Iasi'? Guards Airborne Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 234th 'Black Sea' Guards Airborne Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
    - 242nd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Pskov, Leningrad Military District)
  - 98th 'Svirsk' Guards Airborne Division (B) (Ivanovo, Moscow Military District)
    - 217th Guards Airborne Regiment (Ivanovo, Moscow Military District)
    - 331st Guards Airborne Regiment2 (Kostroma, Moscow Military District)
    - 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment (Kostroma, Moscow Military District)
    - 243rd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Ivanovo - Kokhma, Ivanovo Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 106th Guards Airborne Division (A) (Tula, Moscow Military District)
    - 51st Guards Airborne Regiment (Tula, Moscow Military District)
    - 119th Guards Airborne Regiment (Naro-Forminsk, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Military District)
    - 137th Guards Airborne Regiment (Ryazan, Moscow Military District)
    - 1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment (Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Moscow Military District)
    - 110th Separate Transport Aviation Squadron (Tula - Klokovo, Tula Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 31st Guards independent Air-assault Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class brigade (Ul’yanovsk)
  - 45th Special Designation Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment (B) (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast)
  - 38th Separate Communications Regiment (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast)
  - 58th Separate Military Transport Aviation Squadron (Ryazan - Dyagilevo, Ryazan Oblast, Moscow Military District)
  - 242nd Airborne Training Center (Omsk, Siberian Military District)
    - 226th Training Airborne Regiment (Omsk, Siberian Military District)
    - 285th Training Airborne Regiment (Omsk, Siberian Military District)
    - 1120th Training Artillery Regiment (Ishim, Omsk Oblast)
  - Ryazan Higher airborne command Twice Red Banner military institute named after V.F. Margelov
  - 332nd School for praporshiks (Non-commissioned officers) (Moscow)

Serbia

Serbian Army
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion

South Africa

South African Army
- 44 Parachute Regiment, also known as Parabats.

Spain

Spanish Army
- BRIPAC (Brigada Paracaidista "Almogávares" VI, Parachute Brigade "Almogávares" VI)
Spanish Air Force
- EZAPAC (Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas , Parachute Sapper Squadron)

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment

Sweden

Swedish Army
- Fallskärmsjägarna (Parachute Rangers)
- Särskilda Skyddsgruppen Special Protection 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

1. Kayseri Hava İndirme Tugayı
- Maroon Beret
  - Underwater Attack Group Command (SAT)
    - MAK forces

Ukraine

Insignia of the Ukrainian airmobile forces

Ukrainian Ground Forces
- Ukrainian Airmobile Forces^[11]
  - 25th Airborne Brigade (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, 6th Guard Army Corps)
    - 1st Parachute Landing Battalion
    - 2nd Parachute Landing Battalion
    - 3rd Parachute Landing Battalion
    - Brigade's Artillery Group
    - Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
    - Airmobile Reconnaissance Company
  - 95th Airmobile Brigade (Zhytomyr Oblast, 8th Army Corps)
    - Supply Battalion
    - Artillery Battalion
    - 1st Airmobile Battalion
    - 2nd Airmobile Battalion
    - 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion
  - 79th Airmobile Brigade (Mykolaiv Oblast, 6th Army Corps)
    - 1st Battalion
    - 2nd Battalion
    - 3rd Battalion
    - Separate Army Aviation Regiment
  - 80th Airmobile Regiment (will be a Brigade by end of 2009)^[12] (Lviv Oblast, 13th Army Corps)
    - 1st Airmobile Battalion
    - 2nd Airmobile Battalion
  - 28th Training Battalion (Chernihiv Oblast, 169th Ground Forces Training Center)
Border Guard Service
- Mobile Border Guard Detachment
  - 23rd Airmobile Detachment