Which nation has Rangers
besides us Irish and the US?
I think the "Ranger" term for various light infantry/elite infantry units has been adopted by many countries. Of course, what "Ranger" actually means from nation to nation differs quite a bit, but I'm pretty sure that the Filipinos and the Thai have Ranger units, and of course South Vietnam did. I'm sure there are other examples.
Well, the Irish ARW is a little closer to a LRRP or Special Forces unit than what the US calls "Rangers". If you go want to go by elite light infantry/raider/commando and LRRP type units , try this list:
ARGENTINA: Compania de Comandos 601
AUSTRIA: Jagdkommando
AUSTRALIA: 1st Commando Regiment, 4th Bn (Commando) Royal Australian Regiment
BELGUIM: Para-Commando Regiment
BRAZIL: 1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais (1st SF Bn -It has a Commando company that's similar a Ranger unit assiggned).
CHILE: 1st, 2nd,and 6th Commando Regiments (the 6th specializes in desert ops).
DENMARK: Jaegerkorpset (Raner/Hunters Corps)
EGYPT: Commando Brigade
FRANCE: 2e Regiment Etranger Parachutiste (2e REP), Groupement de Commandos Parachutistes (GCP).
GERMANY: Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK)
GREECE: Idiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (ETA “Special Parachute Unit - Greek Army LRRP type unit)
GUATEMALA: Agrupacion Kaibil
INDIA: Para Commando Battalions (1st, 9th, 10th, 21st Special Forces Battalions)
ISRAEL: To Many to list
ITALY: Battaglione Alpini Rangers “Monte Cervino” ("Monte Cervino Alpine Ranger Battalion)
JORDAN: Royal Jordanian Special Operation Command (RJSOC) 81st Ranger Battalion
MALAYSIA: Grup Gerak Khas's (GGK - Special Service Group)21st Commando Regiment and 22nd Commando Regiment
NETHERLANDS: Korps Commando Troepen (KCT) - 104th, 105th, 108th Special Operations Companies
NORWAY: Fallskjermjegerkommandoen (Parachute Ranger Commandoes)
PERU: Batallón de Comandos “Comandante Espinar” Nº 19
PHILIPINES: Scout Ranger Regiment (SRR)
POLAND: 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (1st Special Commando Regiment)
PORTUGAL: Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais (CIOE) - the school also controls a command battalion.
RUSSIA: The military, the FSB (Federal Security Service - Former KGB), and Interior Ministry (MVD) all have a number of "Spetsnaz" units for raiding and recon missions.
SINGAPORE: 1 Commando Bn (Airborne), 10th Commando Bn (reserve)
SLOVAK REPUBLIC: 5. Pluk Specialneho Urcenia (5. PSU - 5th Special Forces Regiment)
SOUTH KOREA/ROK: Special Assault Regiments: 1 deployed by each Corp. They are basically light infantry and similar to US Army Rangers.
8th, 701st , 702nd, 703rd , 705th , 706th , 708th Special Assault Regiments and the 35th Special Assault Battalion for CDC
201st, 203rd and 205th Special Assault Brigades are special mission units that specialize in counter-infiltration warfare near the DMZ.
SPAIN: Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE)
-Unidad de Experiencias (Experience Unit)
-Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legion (BOEL)
-Grupos de Operaciones Especiales Valencia III (GOE III)
-Tercio del Ampurdán IV
Reconocimiento/Sección de Desembarco Aéreo (RECO/SADA) Platoons (Pathfinder/recon)
*Unidad de Patrullas de Reconocimiento en Profundidad (UPRP - deep recon patrols/LRRPs) - Both are assigned to the Army's BRIPAC (Brigada de Infantería Ligera Paracaidista - Light Parachute Infantry Brigade)
SRI LANKA: Army Commando Regiment
SWEDEN:Fallskarmsjagare (Parachute Ranger Coy)
SWITZERLAND: Fallschirmaufklärerkompanie 17 (FSK 17) - beleive it or not, its an airforce unit.
THAILAND: 5th Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Company, The Army maintains an airborne Ranger comapny. The Border Patrol Poice also have ranger units.
TURKEY: 1st Commando Brigade, 2nd Commando Brigade,
3rd Commando Brigade
UK: I'd have to say the Parachute Regiment, 16 Airmobile Bde. Pathfidner Platoon, RM commando battalions.
There are many more I'm sure.
You cant forget us canucks!!!We ahve the Canadian Rangers, they defend the north, with ww2 rifles. Only because they work better in extreme cold that the C7. But they seem to be pretty hardcore they go out in -60 C to patrol. And alot of them have decorations for bravery.
Army they similar to the Alaska National Guard's "Eskimo Scout" units (actually native units of the 207th Infantry Group (Scout))?
I wouldn't compare Rangers with KSK.Originally Posted by Dominique
German equivalent in my eyes would be the Jäger-Btl's...
In Germanys case the role of US Rangers is fulfilled by the new founded "Division Spezielle Operationen" (DSO) of which KSK is just a small part. The "Kommando Spezialkräfte" itself is structured, trained and equipped similar to British SAS or American Delta Force, not so much like Rangers or "Green Berets". The other DSO troopers are specially trained Paratroopers, some drawn from Recon troops, which have (among other things) the task to support KSK in a similar way US-Rangers support Delta.
hmm ,we have coastal rangers and arctic rangers in Sweden aswell
Kustjägare = Jaegers.hmm ,we have coastal rangers and arctic rangers in Sweden aswell
I´m not sure what the concept of Ranger means in USA, if is mainly a SForce or is a light and highly qualified infantry as Thatguy96 has said. In Spain, the units that fit the last concept of light and elite infantry units I´d say are two,
Tropas Regulares de Ceuta y Melilla:
And the Tercio de la Legión, which is formed by 3 main units: Brigada legionaria, who has full rapid reaction capability(Brileg, composed of the formers Tercio Don Juan de Austria and Tercio Alejandro Farnesio), and two other Tercios(Tercio Gran Capitan in Ceuta and Tercio Duque de Alba in Melilla):
Perhaps other spanish could explain better about spanish units, I hope.
Ranger (n) : To roam freely
As far as it goes for Norway, anything with a "jeger" in it would be something more or less "special", but for the majority of our "jeger" units, it's still it's wrong to call them rangers, if you get my meaning. It's more of a word used when talking to, say, Americans to describe their work. Not regular, but not special either (in most cases)... There are quite a few units with "jeger" in it's name nowedays, i'll list them briefly;
Kystjegere, or Coastal Rangers/Marines. Battallion strength. Might be comparable to the RM Commandos in terms of roles, but the Recce Company of the mentioned unit is more like USMC Force Recon. Not fully operational yet, ready in 2005. As of now a conscript unit with one squadron going/gone pro i believe.
Fallskjermjegere, or Paras. Not paratroopers per se, as we only have one operational platoon consisting of conscripts. More like the British Pathfinders in what work they are trained to do.
Jegerbataljonen, what could be best described as the equivalent to the US Rangers. A battallion strength light infantry unit tasked in doing guerilla strikes, OP's and the such + minor other covert stuff. Also conscripts, but competition into the unit is quite hard.
Marinejegere, Norway's Naval special forces. All pro. About the same as the US Navy SEALS or SBS.
Spesialjegere/FSK, Army special forces. Again all pro. Can be compared to the SAS in terms of what they do.
Also every infantry battallion has a "Jegertropp" or a "Ranger Platoon" attached to it's support company to conduct longer distance recce. Also has sniper teams in them. Our national guard, or "Heimevernet" also has independant "Jegerlag" or Ranger Squads/Sections to do the above in a wartime situation.
The Canadian Rangers are an Auxillary unit. They act as scouts for the regular force in the event of Northern conflicts and do sovreignty patrols...considering the North Pole is a huge place and the Canadian Forces are so small, its quite difficult to secure it.You cant forget us canucks!!!
Power Rangers
You have forget EZAPAZ, UOE, UEBC and all GOE and BOEL are under MOE command(MOE is like SOCOM)
This units are not like rangers they are like Delta Force or like SBS and SAS, in spain our "rangers" are specially Spanish Legion and for me Regulares are not like rangers they are a infantry regiment with a lot of traditions, but thy are'nt like rangers"
SO like rangers ein spain we have Mountain Rangers and Specillay Spanish Legion(whor have more capabilities than rangers)
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