Jungle Warfare - Jungle Units

Jungle Units

At present the following armies have specialised jungle units or Jungle Troops:

  • Argentina Cazadores del Monte
  • Brazilian Army has four Jungle Infantry Brigade: 1st, 16th, 17th and 23rd Jungle Infantry Brigades and others units, divided in two division, and Jungle Warfare Training Center (CIGS).
  • British Army has a Gurkha Battalion stationed in Brunei, where it can maintain jungle skills. Army infantry and Royal Marine units routinely attend courses and training and Special Air Service.
  • Colombia Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales', Batallones de Selva.
  • Ecuador: the Ecuadorian Army maintains three units composed of jungle troops: the 17th, 19th and 21st Jungle Infantry Brigades (Brigadas de Infantería de Selva). In addition, it has an independent jungle battalion with personnel recruited from the native population of the jungle: the 23rd Special Operations Training Battalion (Batallón Escuela de Operaciones Especiales 23, or BEOES 23). It has also a training school for jungle operations, the Escuela de Selva "Cap. Giovanny Calles".
  • France has the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, based in, Kourou, Guyane and various jungle postings.
  • The Indonesian Army Kopassus
  • The Indian Army maintains an elite Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School which is used to train domestic and foreign units in methods for countering irregular warfare.
  • The Malaysian Armed Forces units:
    • Royal Ranger Regiment
    • Royal Malay Regiment
    • 10 Paratrooper Brigade
    • Grup Gerak Khas
    • PASKAL
    • PASKAU
  • The Royal Malaysia Police forces:
    • 69 Commandos of the Pasukan Gerakan Khas
    • General Operations Force; including Senoi Praaq
  • The Netherlands the Korps Commandotroepen, 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade and the Netherlands Marine Corps are jungle trained
  • Philippine Army Scout Rangers and Philippine Army Special Forces
  • USA Special Forces ("Green Berets"), Army Rangers, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP) and Combat Tracker Teams (CTT).

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