Portuguese Irregular Forces in The Overseas War - Portuguese Mozambique

Portuguese Mozambique

• Organização Provincial de Voluntários de Defesa Civil de Moçambique (Provincial Organization of Volunteers of Civil Defence of Mozambique) - an organization similar to the one of Angola, but in much smaller size and importance.
• Formações Aéreas Voluntárias (Volunteer Aerial Formations) - aerial militia.
• Aviação do Gabinete de Planeamento do Zambeze - GPZ (Aviation of the Zambezi Planning Office) - civil aviation service, but with a paramilitary organization, responsible for giving air support to the security of Cahora Bassa Dam;
• Grupos Especiais (Special Groups) - auxiliary units formed in 1968, composed of African volunteers, which operated together with units of the Portuguese Army; at its height in Mozambique there were 84 groups of 90 men each GE.
• Grupos Especiais Paraquedistas (Paratrooper Special Groups) - units similar to GEs, but with paratrooper training; they were organized into 12 groups of 70 men each and were attached to the Air Force.
• Grupos Especiais de Pisteiros de Combate (Combat Tracking Special Groups) - special units trained in tracking.
• Flechas (Arrows) - force similar to that of Angola.