List of mountain warfare forces

Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained for mountain warfare tasks. The list does not include non-mountain special forces units, even if several of them have some mountain warfare capabilities.

Abkhazia

• Mountain Rifle Battalion (Горнострелковый Батальон - Gornostrelkovyy Batal'on)

Argentina

• 5th Mountain Brigade "General Manuel Belgrano" (Brigada de Montaña V "General Manuel Belgrano")
  • 15th Mountain Infantry Regiment "General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 15 "General Francisco Ortiz de Ocampo")
  • 20th Mountain Infantry Regiment "Andes Light Infantry" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 20 "Cazadores de los Andes")
  • 5th Mountain Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment "General Martín Miguel de Güemes" (Regimiento de Caballería de Exploración de Montaña 5 "General Martin Miguel de Güemes")
  • 5th Mountain Artillery Battalion "Captain Felipe Antonio Pereyra de Lucena" (Grupo de Artillería de Montaña 5 "Capitán Felipe Antonio Pereyra de Lucena")
  • 5th Mountain Engineer Battalion "Major-General Enrique Mosconi" (Batallón de Ingenieros de Montaña 5 "General de Division Enrique Mosconi")
  • 5th Mountain Construction Engineers Company (Compañía de Ingenieros de Construcciones de Montaña 5
  • 5th Mountain Signal Company "Lt.Colonel Gerónimo de Helguera" (Compañía de Comunicaciones de Montaña 5 "Teniente Coronel Gerónimo de Helguera")
  • 5th Mountain Light Infantry Company (Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 5)
  • 5th Mountain Intelligence Company "Major Humberto Viola" (Compañía de Inteligencia de Montaña 5 "Mayor Humberto Viola")
  • Reserve Company "Salta" (Compañia de Reserva "Salta")
• 6th Mountain Brigade "Major-General Conrado Excelso Villegas" (Brigada de Montaña V "General de Division Conrado Excelso Villegas")
  • 10th Mountain Infantry Regiment "Lt.General Eduardo Racedo" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 10 "Teniente General Eduardo Racedo")
  • 21st Mountain Infantry Regiment "Lt.General Rufino Ortega" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 21 "Teniente General Rufino Ortega")
  • 26th Mountain Infantry Regiment "Colonel Benjamín Moritán" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 26 "Coronel Benjamín Moritán")
  • 4th Mountain Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment "General Lavalle Cuirassiers" (Regimiento de Caballería de Exploración de Montaña 4 "Coraceros General Lavalle")
  • 6th Mountain Artillery Battalion (Grupo de Artillería de Montaña 6)
  • 6th Mountain Engineer Battalion (Batallón de Ingenieros de Montaña 6)
  • 6th Mountain Signal Company (Compañía de Comunicaciones de Montaña 6)
  • 6th Mountain Light Infantry Company "Captain Claudio José Jurszyszyn" (Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 6 "Capitán Claudio José Jurszyszyn")
  • 6th Mountain Intelligence Company (Compañía de Inteligencia de Montaña 6)
• 8th Mountain Brigade "Brigadier General Toribio de Luzuriaga" (Brigada de Montaña VIII "Brigadier General Toribio de Luzuriaga")
  • 11th Mountain Infantry Regiment "General Juan Gregorio de Las Heras" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 11 "General Juan Gregorio de Las Heras")
  • 16th Mountain Infantry Regiment "Andes Light Infantry" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 16 "Cazadores de Los Andes")
  • 22nd Mountain Infantry Regiment "Lt.Colonel Juan Manuel Cabot" (Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña 22 "Teniente Coronel Juan Manuel Cabot")
  • 15th Mountain Reconnaissance Cavalry Regiment "Liberator Simón Bolívar" (Regimiento de Exploración de Caballería de Montaña 15 "Libertador Simón Bolívar")
  • 8th Mountain Artillery Battalion "Colonel Pedro Regalado de la Plaza" (Grupo de Artillería de Montaña 8 "Coronel Pedro Regalado de la Plaza")
  • 8th Mountain Engineer Battalion "Miners of the Cuyo" (Batallón de Ingenieros de Montaña 8 "Barreteros de Cuyo")
  • 8th Mountain Signal Company (Compañía de Comunicaciones de Montaña 8)
  • 8th Mountain Light Infantry Company "1st Lieutenant Francisco Gerónimo Ibáñez" (Compañía de Cazadores de Montaña 8 "Teniente Primero Francisco Gerónimo Ibáñez")
  • 8th Mountain Intelligence Company "Lt.Colonel Pedro Vargas" (Compañía de Inteligencia de Montaña 8 "Teniente Coronel Pedro Vargas")
• Mountain Military School "Lt.General Juan Domingo Perón" (Escuela Militar de Montaña "Teniente General Juan Domingo Perón")

Armenia

• 10th Mountain Rifle Division (10-րդ լեռնային հրաձգային դիվիզիայի - 10-rd Lerrnayin Hradzgayin Diviziayi)
  • 5th Mountain Rifle Regiment (5-րդ լեռնային հրաձգային գնդի - 5-rd Lerrnayin Hradzgayin Gndi)
  • 6th Mountain Rifle Regiment (6-րդ լեռնային հրաձգային գնդի - 6-rd Lerrnayin Hradzgayin Gndi)
  • 7th Mountain Rifle Regiment (7-րդ լեռնային հրաձգային գնդի - 7-rd Lerrnayin Hradzgayin Gndi)

Austria

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Scout of Jägerbataillon 26

• 6th Mountain Brigade (6. Gebirgsbrigade, for a detailed overview of the brigades organization see: Structure of the Austrian Armed Forces#6th Mountain Brigade
  • 6th Staff Battalion (Stabsbataillon 6) including:
    • Pack Animal Center (Tragtierzentrum)
  • 23rd Jäger Battalion (Jägerbataillon 23)
  • 24th Jäger Battalion (Jägerbataillon 24)
  • 26th Jäger Battalion (Jägerbataillon 26)
  • 2nd Engineer Battalion (Pionierbataillon 2)
    • 1x Engineer Company
• Mountain Warfare Center (Gebirgskampfzentrum)

Militia units (Miliz):

• Jäger Battalion Salzburg "Erzherzog Rainer" (Jägerbataillon Salzburg "Erzherzog Rainer")
• Jäger Battalion Tirol (Jägerbataillon Tirol)
• Jäger Vorarlberg (Jägerbataillon Vorarlberg)
• Jäger Company Oberland (Jägerkompanie Oberland)
• Jäger Company Pongau (Jägerkompanie Pongau)
• Engineer Company Tirol (Pionierkompanie Tirol)
• Engineer Company Vorarlberg (Pionierkompanie Vorarlberg)

Azerbaijan

• two Mountain Infantry Regiments (Dağ-Atıcı Alayı)

Bolivia

• 24th Mountain Scouts Regiment "Lt. General Germán Busch" (Regimiento de Satinadores de Montaña Nº 24 "Teniente General Germán Busch")
• 25th Andine Scouts School Regiment "Tocopilla" (Regimiento Escuela de Satinadores Andinos Nº 25 "Tocopilla")
• Mountain Scouts Regiment (Reserve) "Félix Méndez Arcos" (Regimiento Satinadores de Montaña (Reserva) "Félix Méndez Arcos")

Brazil

• 4th Light Infantry Brigade (Mountain) (4ª Brigada de Infantaria Leve (Montanha))
  • 11th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Tiradentes" (11º Batalhão de Infantaria de Montanha "Tiradentes"), including:
    • Mountain Operations Training Center ( Centro de Instrução de Operações em Montanha)

Bulgaria

• 101st Alpine Regiment (101-ви Алпийски Полк - 101-vi Alpiĭski Polk)

Canada

• Oscar Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
• Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment
• C Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment

Chile

• Special Forces Group (Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales)
  • Mountain Company (Compañía de Montaña)
• 3rd Mountain Division (III Division de Montaña)
  • 3rd Cavalry Regiment "Hussars" (Regimiento de Caballería n.º 3 "Húsares")
  • 3rd Mountain Detachment "Yungay" (Destacamento de Montaña Nº 3 "Yungay")
    • 18th Andine Infantry Battalion "Guardia Vieja" (Batallón de Infantería Andino Nº 18 "Guardia Vieja")
    • 2nd Mountain Engineers Company "Puente Alto" (Compañía de Ingenieros de Montaña Nº 2 "Puente Alto")
    • 2nd Mountain Artillery Battery "Arica" (Batería de Artillería de Montaña Nº 2 "Arica")
    • Mountain Reconnaissance Mounted Platoon (Pelotón de Exploración Montado de Montaña)
  • 8th Mountain Detachment "Tucapel" (Destacamento de Montaña Nº 8 "Tucapel")
    • 8th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Frontera" (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña Nº 8 "Frontera")
    • Mountain Engineers Company (Compañía de Ingenieros de Montaña)
    • 17th Mountain Artillery Battery "Urizar" (Batería de Artillería de Montaña Nº 17 "Urizar")
  • 9th Mountain Detachment "Arauco" (Destacamento de Montaña N º9 "Arauco")
    • 13th Andine Infantry Battalion "Andalién" (Batallón de Infantería Andino Nº 13 "Andalién")
    • 12th Mountain Engineers Company "Tronador" (Compañía de Ingenieros de Montaña Nº 12 "Tronador")
    • 2nd Mountain Artillery Battery "Maturana" (Batería de Artillería de Montaña Nº 2 "Maturana")
  • 17th Mountain Detachment "Los Ángeles" (Destacamento de Montaña Nº 17 "Los Ángeles")
    • 17th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Tarpellanca" (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña Nº 17 "Tarpellanca")
    • 3rd Mountain Engineers Company "Los Ángeles" (Compañía de Ingenieros de Montaña Nº 3 "Los Ángeles")
    • 16th Mountain Artillery Battery "Carvallo" (Batería de Artillería de Montaña Nº 16 "Carvallo")
• Independent Mounted Reconnaissance Squadron "Chaitén" (Escuadrón de Exploración Montado Indipendiente "Chaitén")
• 20th Divisional Andine Company "Cochrane" (Compañía Andina Divisionaria N° 20 "Cochrane")
• Army Mountain School (Escuela de Montaña del Ejército)
• Special Mountain Group (Agrupacion Especial de Montaña)

China

• 32nd Mountain Jungle Brigade (山地从林32旅 - Shāndì Cóng Lín di 32 Lǚ)
• 40th Mountain Jungle Motorized Infantry Brigade (山地从林地摩托化步兵40旅 - Shāndì Cóng Lín di Mótuō Huà Bùbīng 40 Lǚ)
• 52nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade (山地合成第52旅 - Shāndì Héchéng dì 52 Lǚ)
• 53rd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade (山地合成第53旅 - Shāndì Héchéng dì 53 Lǚ)

Colombia

• 1st High Mountain Battalion "Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Arredondo" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.1 "Teniente Coronel Antonio Arredondo")
• 2nd High Mountain Battalion "General Santos Gutiérrez Prieto" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.2 "General Santos Gutiérrez Prieto")
• 3rd High Mountain Battalion "Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 3 "Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo")
• 4th High Mountain Battalion "General Benjamín Herrera Cortés" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.4 "General Benjamín Herrera Cortés")
• 5th High Mountain Battalion "General Urbano Castellanos Castillo" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.5 "General Urbano Castellanos Castillo")
• 6th High Mountain Battalion "Major Robinson Daniel Ruiz Garzón" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 6 "Mayor Robinson Daniel Ruiz Garzón")
• 7th High Mountain Battalion "Major Raúl Guillermo Mahecha Martínez" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 7 "Mayor Raúl Guillermo Mahecha Martínez")
• 8th High Mountain Battalion "Colonel José María Vesga" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No.8 "Coronel José María Vesga")
• 9th High Mountain Battalion (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 9)
• 10th High Mountain Battalion "Major Oscar Giraldo Restrepo" (Batallón de Alta Montaña No. 10 "Mayor Oscar Giraldo Restrepo")
• 17th Mountain Infantry Battalion "General José Domingo Caicedo" (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña No. 17 "General José Domingo Caicedo")
• 34th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Juanambú" (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña No. 34 "Juanambú")
• 36th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Hunters" (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña No. 36 "Cazadores")
• High Mountain School (Escuela de Alta Montaña)

Dominican Republic

• 3rd Mountain Regiment (3er Regimiento de Montaña)
  • 6th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion (6º Batallón Cazadores de Montaña)

El Salvador

• 4th Mountain Commandos Military Detachment (Destacamento Militar 4 de Comandos de Montaña)

France

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The 7e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins on parade, 2016

• 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade (27^e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne)
  • 27th Mountain Command and Signals Company (27^e Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions de Montagne)
  • 4th Chasseurs Regiment (4^e Régiment de Chasseurs)
  • 7th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion (7^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins)
  • 13th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion (13^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins)
  • 27th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion (27^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins)
  • 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment (93^e Régiment d'Artillerie de Montagne)
  • 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment (2^e Régiment Étranger de Génie)
  • Mountain Commandos Grouping (Groupement de Commandos de Montagne)
  • High Mountain Military School (École Militaire de Haute Montagne)
  • Mountain Acclimatization Grouping (Groupement d'Aguerrissement Montagne)
    • National Mountain Acclimatization Center (Centre National d'Aguerrissement en Montagne)
    • Mountain Combat Instruction and Training Center (Centre d'Instruction et d'Entraînement au Combat en Montagne)
  • 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade Troops Initial Formation Centre / 6th Chasseurs Alpins Battalion (Centre de Formation Initiale des Militaires du rang 27e Brigade d’Infanterie de Montagne / 6e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins)
• 511th Transport Regiment (Mountain) (511^e Régiment du Train ("Montagne"))
• 7th Maintenance Regiment (7^e Régiment du Matériel)
• 2nd Company, 1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment (2^e Compagnie, 1^er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine)
• 2nd Company, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (2^e Compagnie, 2^e Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes)
• 3rd Company, 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (3^e Compagnie, 13^e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes)
• 1st Company, Medical Regiment (Régiment Médical)

Georgia

• Mountain Training School "Colonel Besik Kutateladze" (პოლკოვნიკ ბესიკ ქუთათელაძის სახელობის სამთო მომზადების სკოლა - P'olk'ovnik' Besik' Kutateladzis Sakhelobis Samto Momzadebis Sk'ola)

Germany

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Farriers of the Gebirgsjägerbataillon 233

• 23rd Mountain Light Infantry Brigade "Bavaria" (Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 "Bayern")
  • Staff/Signal Company (Stabs-/Fernmeldekompanie)
  • 230th Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion (Gebirgsaufklärungsbataillon 230)
  • 231st Mountain Light Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsjägerbataillon 231)
  • 232nd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsjägerbataillon 232)
  • 233rd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsjägerbataillon 233)
  • 8th Mountain Supply Battalion (Gebirgsversorgungsbataillon 8)
  • 8th Mountain Engineers Battalion (Gebirgspionierbataillon 8)
  • 230th Operations and Training Center for Pack Animals (Einsatz- und Ausbildungszentrum für Tragtierwesen 230)
• Mountain and Winter Warfare Training Support Point (Ausbildungsstützpunkt Gebirgs- und Winterkampf)

Greece

• Mountain Raiders Company (Λόχος Ορεινών Καταδρομών - Lóchos Oreinón Katadromón)
• Mountain Training Center for Ski Warfare "Major Ioannis Paparrodou" (Κέντρο Εκπαίδευσης Ορεινού Αγώνα Χιονοδρόμων "Tαγματάρχης Ιωάννης Παπαρρόδου" - Kéntro Ekpaideisis Oreinoú Agóna Chionodrómon "Tagmatárchis Ioannis Paparrodou")

Guatemala

• Mountain Operations Brigade (Brigada de Operaciones para Montaña)
  • Mountain Infantry Battalion (Batallón de Infantería de Montaña)
  • Mountain Reconnaissance Company (Compañía de Reconocimiento de Montaña)

India

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Troops of India's 99th Mountain Brigade training with US troops at exercise Yudh Abhyas in 2013

• III Mountain Corps (३री पहाड़ी पैदल सेना कोर - 3ree Pahaadee Paidal Sena Kor)
  • 2nd Mountain Infantry Division (2 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 2va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 56th Mountain Infantry Division (56 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 56va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 57th Mountain Infantry Division (57 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 57va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• IV Mountain Corps (४थी पहाड़ी पैदल सेना कोर - 4thee Pahaadee Paidal Sena Kor)
  • 5th Mountain Infantry Division (5 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 5va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 21st Mountain Infantry Division (21 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 21va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 71st Mountain Infantry Division (71 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 71va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• XVII Mountain Strike Corps (17वी पहाड़ी पैदल सेना हमला कोर - 17ree Pahaadee Paidal Sena Hamala Kor)
  • 59th Mountain Infantry Division (59 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 59va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 72nd Mountain Infantry Division (72 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 72va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• XXXIII Mountain Corps (३३वी पहाड़ी पैदल सेना कोर - 23ree Pahaadee Paidal Sena Kor)
  • 17th Mountain Infantry Division (17 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 17va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 20th Mountain Infantry Division (20 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 20va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
  • 27th Mountain Infantry Division (27 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 27va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• Central Command
  • 6th Mountain Infantry Division (6 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 6va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• XIV Mountain Corps
  • 8th Mountain Infantry Division (8 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 8va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• XV Mountain Corps
  • 28th Mountain Infantry Division (28 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना विभाग - 28va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Vibhaag)
• 77th Mountain Infantry Brigade "Chindits" (77 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना ब्रिगेड "चिंदित"- 77va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Briged "Chindit")
• 99th Mountain Brigade (99 वा पहाड़ी पैदल सेना ब्रिगेड - 99va Pahaadee Paidal Sena Briged)
• 9th Parachute Special Forces Battalion (9 वा पैरा स्पेशल फोर्सेज़ - 9va Paira Speshal Phorsez Bataaliyan)
• High Altitude Warfare School (हाई एल्टीट्यूड वारफेयर स्कूल - Haee Elteetyood Vaarapheyar Skool)

Israel

• Alpinist Unit (Reserve Duty) (יחידת האלפיניסטים (מילואים)- Yehidat Ha'Alpinistim (Miluiym Shem))

Italy

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Skiers of the 8th Alpini Regiment, 2010

The traditional Alpini hat

• Italian Army
  • Alpine Troops Command (Comando Truppe Alpine)
    • Division "Tridentina" Command (Commando Divisione "Tridentina")
      • Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Tridentina" (Reparto Comando e Supporti Tattici "Tridentina")
    • Alpine Training Center (Centro Addestramento Alpino)
      • Training Regiment (Reggimento Addestrativo)
        • Training Battalion "Aosta" (Battaglione addestrativo "Aosta")
      • 6th Alpini Regiment (6° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Bassano" (Battaglione Alpini "Bassano")
    • Alpine Brigade "Taurinense" (Brigata Alpina "Taurinense")
      • Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Taurinense" (Reparto Comando e Supporti Tattici "Taurinense")
      • 2nd Alpini Regiment (2° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo" (Battaglione Alpini "Saluzzo")
      • 3rd Alpini Regiment (3° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Susa" (Battaglione Alpini "Susa")
      • 9th Alpini Regiment (9° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "L'Aquila" (Battaglione Alpini "L'Aquila")
        • Multifunctional Battalion "Vicenza" (Battaglione Multifunzionale "Vicenza")
      • 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) (1° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (Montagna))
        • Artillery Group "Aosta" (Gruppo "Aosta")
      • 32nd Engineer Regiment (32° Reggimento Genio Guastatori)
        • 30th Engineer Battalion (30° Battaglione Genio Guastatori)
      • Logistic Regiment "Taurinense" (Reggimento Logistico "Taurinense")
    • Alpine Brigade "Julia" (Brigata Alpina "Julia")
      • Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Julia" (Reparto Comando e Supporti Tattici "Julia")
      • 5th Alpini Regiment (5° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Morbegno" (Battaglione Alpini "Morbegno")
      • 7th Alpini Regiment (7° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Feltre" (Battaglione Alpini "Feltre")
      • 8th Alpini Regiment (8° Reggimento Alpini)
        • Alpini Battalion "Tolmezzo" (Battaglione Alpini "Tolmezzo")
      • 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain) (3° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre (Montagna))
        • Artillery Group "Conegliano" (Gruppo "Conegliano")
      • 2nd Engineer Regiment (2° Reggimento Genio Guastatori)
        • 31st Engineer Battalion "Iseo" (31° Battaglione Genio Guastatori "Iseo")
      • Logistic Regiment "Julia" (Reggimento Logistico "Julia")
  • 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment (4° Reggimento Alpini Paracadutisti)
    • Alpini Paratroopers Battalion "Monte Cervino"" (Battaglione Alpini Paracadutisti "Monte Cervino")
    • Operational Support Battalion "Intra" - (Battaglione Supporto Operativo "Intra")
  • 2nd Alpine Signal Regiment (2° Reggimento Trasmissioni Alpino)
    • Alpine Signal Battalion "Gardena" (Battaglione Trasmissioni Alpino "Gardena")
    • Alpine Signal Battalion "Pordoi" (Battaglione Trasmissioni Alpino "Pordoi")
  • 1st Battery "Draghi", 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" (1ª Batteria "Draghi", 185º Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione Acquisizione Obiettivi "Folgore")
• Carabinieri
  • Mountain Platoons, 1st Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania" (1º Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania")

Japan

• 13th Infantry Regiment (第13普通科連隊 - Dai 13 Futsūkarentai)
  • Alpen Rangers (アルペンレンジャ - Arupenrenjā)

Jordan

• 61st Rapid Intervention Battalion - Raiders (كتيبة التدخل السريع / 61 المغاوير - Katibat al-Tadakhul al-Sariea/61 al-Maghawir)

Kazakhstan

• 5th Mountain Rifle Brigade (5-я Горнострелковая Бригада - 5-ya Gornostrelkovaya Brigada)
• Independent Mountain Light Horse Regiment (Отдельный Конный Горно-Егерский Полк - Otdel'iy Konniy Gorno-Yegerskiy Polk)

Kyrgyzstan

• 68th Independent Mountain Rifle Brigade (68-я Отдельная Горно-Стрелковая Бригада - 68-ya Otdel'naya Gorno-Strelkovaya Brigada)
• Mountain Rifle Battalion "Batken" (Баткенский Горно-Стрелковый Батальон – Batkenskiy Gorno-Strelkovyy Batal'on)

Lebanon

• Commando Regiment (فوج المغاوير - Fawj al-Maghaweer)
  • Mountain Combat Company ( سرية القتال الجبلي، - Siriyat Alqital Aljibalii)
• Ski School (مدرسة التزلج - Madrasat Altazluj)

Mexico

• Mountain Operations Training Sub-Center "El Salto" - High Command Special Forces (Sub-Centro de Adiestramiento de Operaciones en Montaña "El Salto" - Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando)
• Medium and High Mountain Training Group - Parachute Rifle Brigade (Grupo de instrucción de Media y Alta Montaña - Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas)

Montenegro

• Mountain Company of the Infantry Battalion (Планинска Чета/Пешадијски Батаљон - Planinska Četa/Pešadijski Bataljon)

Morocco

• 1st Ski Battalion "Atlas Light Infantry" (1e Bataillon des Skieurs "Chasseurs de l'Atlas")
• High Mountain Training Center (Centre d'Instruction de Haute Montagne)

NATO

• NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence

Nepal

• High Altitude and Mountain Warfare School (उच्च अल्टिट्यूड र माउन्टाइन वारफेयर स्कूल - Ucca Alṭiṭyūḍa ra Mā'unṭā'ina Vāraphēyara Skūla)

New Zealand

• Mountain Troops, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment

Netherlands

• Marine Corps Mountain Leader Reconnasissance Platoon (Korps Mariniers Mountain Leader Verkenningspeloton)
• Joint Centre of Competence for Military Operations in Extreme Conditions (Joint Kennis Centrum Militair Optreden in Extreme Omstandigheden )

Nicaragua

• Mountain Military Detachment (Destacamento Militar de Montaña)

North Korea

• 43rd Mountain Alert Sniper Brigade (제43산악경보병저격여단 - je43 San-Aggyeong Bobyeong Jeogyeog-Yeodan)

Pakistan

• X Corps
  • Force Command Northern Areas
    • 61st Brigade
    • 62nd Brigade
    • 80th Brigade
    • 150th Brigade
    • 323rd Brigade
  • 19th Infantry Division
• Army High Altitude School

Peru

• 4th Mountain Brigade "Manco Cápac" (4ª Brigada de Montaña "Manco Cápac")
  • 21st Motor Infantry Battalion "Junin" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado Nº21 "Junin")
  • 55th Motor Infantry Battalion "Colonel Mariano Bustamante" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado Nº55 "Coronel Mariano Bustamante")
  • 59th Motor Infantry Battalion "Colonel Belisario Barriga" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado Nº59 "Coronel Belisario Barriga")
  • 4th Field Artillery Group "Colonel José Inclan" (Grupo de Artillería de Campaña Nº4 "Coronel José Inclan")
• 5th Mountain Brigade (5ª Brigada de Montaña)
  • 9th Motor Infantry Battalion "Caquetá" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado N°9 "Caquetá")
  • 30th Motor Infantry Battalion "Lt.Eduardo Astete Mendoza" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado "Teniente Eduardo Astete Mendoza" N°30")
  • 35th Motor Infantry Battalion "Felipe Santiago Salaverry" (Batallón de Infantería Motorizado Nº35 "Felipe Santiago Salaverry")
• 113th Mountain Cavalry Squadron "Colonel Justo Pastor Dávila" (Escuadrón de Caballería de Montaña Nº113 "Coronel Justo Pastor Dávila")
• Army Mountain School (Escuela de Montaña del Ejército)

Poland

Podhale Riflemen

• 21st Podhale Rifles Brigade "Brigadier General Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz" (21 Brygada Strzelców Podhalańskich im. gen. bryg. Mieczysława Boruty-Spiechowicza)
  • 21st Command Battalion "Brigadier General Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko" (21 Batalion Dowodzenia im. gen. bryg. Zygmunta Szyszko-Bohusza)
  • 1st Tank Battalion "Colonel Józef Koczwara" (1 Batalion Czołgów im. płk. Józefa Koczwary)
  • 1st Podhale Rifles Battalion "Brigadier General Józef Kustroń" (Batalion Strzelców Podhalańskich im. gen. bryg. Józefa Kustronia)
  • 5th Podhale Rifles Battalion "Brigadier General Andrzej Galica" (5 Batalion Strzelców Podhalańskich im. gen. bryg. Andrzeja Galicy)
  • 22nd Carpathian Mountains Infantry Battalion "Major General Bronisław Prugar-Ketling" (22 Karpacki Batalion Piechoty Górskiej im. gen. dyw. Bronisława Prugar-Ketlinga)
  • 14th Self-propelled Artillery Group "Brigadier General Wacław Wieczorkiewicz" (14 Dywizjon Artylerii Samobieżnej im. gen. bryg. Wacława Wieczorkiewicza)
  • 21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group "Division General Józef Zając" (21 Dywizjon Artylerii Przeciwlotniczej im. gen. dyw. Józefa Zająca)
  • 21st Logistic Battalion "Brigadier General Jerzy Dobrodzicki" (21 Batalion Logistyczny im. gen. bryg. Jerzego Kazimierza Dobrodzickiego)
• Mountain Training Center of the Military Academy of Land Forces "Wysoki Kamień" (Górski Ośrodek Szkoleniowy Akademii Wojsk Lądowych "Wysoki Kamień")
• Mountain Infantry Training Center "Fir" (Ośrodek Szkolenia Piechoty Górskiej "Jodła")

Romania

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Romanian Vânători de Munte

• 2nd Mountain Light Infantry Brigade "Sarmizegetusa" (Brigada 2 Vânători de Munte "Sarmizegetusa")
  • 21st Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "General Leonard Mociulschi" (Batalionul 21 Vânători de Munte "General Leonard Mociulschi")
  • 30th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Dragoslavele" (Batalionul 30 Vânători de Munte "Dragoslavele")
  • 33rd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Posada" (Batalionul 33 Vânători de Munte "Posada")
  • 206th Artillery Battalion "General Mihail Lăcătușu" (Batalionul 206 Artilerie "General Mihail Lăcătușu")
• 61st Mountain Light Infantry Brigade "General Virgil Bădulescu" (Brigada 61 Vânători de Munte "General Virgil Bădulescu")
  • 17th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Voivode Dragoș" (Batalionul 17 Vânători de Munte "Dragoș Vodă" )
  • 22nd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Cireșoaia" (Batalionul 22 Vânători de Munte "Cireșoaia")
  • 24th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "General Gheorghe Avramescu" (Batalionul 24 Vânători de Munte "General Gheorghe Avramescu")
  • 385th Artillery Battalion "John Hunyadi" (Divizionul 385 Artilerie "Iancu de Hunedoara")
• 26th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Avram Iancu" (Batalionul 26 Vânători de Munte "Avram Iancu")
• Mountain Light Infantry Training Center "Constantin Brâncoveanu" (Centrul de Instruire pentru Infanterie şi Vânători de Munte "Constantin Brâncoveanu")

Russian Federation

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Trooper of the 33rd Independent Mountain Brigade in Dagestan, 2008

• 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Mountain) (7-я Гвардейская Десантно-Штурмовая Дивизия (Горная) - 7-ya Gvardeyskaya Desantno-Shturmovaya Diviziya (Gornaya))
  • 108th Guards Airborne Assault "Kuban Cossacks" Regiment (108-й Гвардейский Десантно-Штурмовой "Кубанский Kазачий" Полк - 108-y Gvardeyskiy Desantno-Shturmovoy "Kubanskiy Kazachiy" Polk)
  • 247th Guards Airborne Assault "Caucasus Cossack" Regiment (247-й Гвардейский Десантно-Штурмовой "Кавказский Kазачий" Полк - 247-y Gvardeyskiy Desantno-Shturmovoy "Kavkazskiy Kazachiy" Polk)
• 34th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain) (34-я Отдельная Мотострелковая Бригада (Горная) - 34-ya Otdel'naya Motostrelkovaya Brigada (Gornaya))
  • 1001st Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion (Mountain) (1001-й Отдельный Мотострелковый Батальон (Горный) - 1001-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on (Gornyy))
  • 1021st Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion (Mountain) (1001-й Отдельный Мотострелковый Батальон (Горный) - 1001-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on (Gornyy))
  • 1119th Independent Reconnaissance Rifle Battalion (Mountain) (1199-й Отдельный Разведывательный Батальон (Горный) - 1199-y Otdel'nyy Razvedyvatel'nyy Batal'on (Gornyy))
  • Pack Transport Platoon (Вьючно-транспортный взвод - V'yuchno-Transportnyy Vzvod)
• 55th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade (Mountain) (55-я Отдельная Мотострелковая Бригада (Горная) - 55-ya Otdel'naya Motostrelkovaya Brigada (Gornaya)) including:
  • Pack Transport Unit (вьючно-транспортного подразделения - V'yuchno-Transportnogo Podrazdeleniya)
• 858th Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion (Mountain) (858-й Отдельный Мотострелковый Батальон (Горный) - 858-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on (Gornyy))
• 1st Battalion (Mountain)/126th Independent Coast Defense Brigade "Gorlovka" (1-я Батальон (Горный)/126-я Отдельная Горловская Бригада Береговой Обороны – 1-ya Batal'on (Gornyy)/126-ya Otdel'naya Gorlovskaya Brigada Beregovoy Oborony)
• Center for Mountain Training and Survival "Terskol" (Центр Горной Подготовки и Выживания "Терскол" - Tsentr Gornoy Podgotovki i Vyzhivaniya "Terskol")

Saudi Arabia

• Center for Mountain War "King Salman" (مركز الملك سلمان للحرب الجبلية - Markaz al-Malik Salman Lilharb al-Jabalia)

Slovenia

• 132nd Mountain Regiment (132. Gorski Polk), including
  • Slovenian Army Mountain School (Gorska Šola Slovenske Vojske)

South Korea

• 23rd Marines Mountain Battalion (제23해병 산악대대 - je23 Haebyeong San-ag Daedae)
• 33rd Marines Mountain Battalion (제33해병 산악대대 - je33 Haebyeong San-ag Daedae)
• 71st Marines Mountain Battalion (제71해병 산악대대 - je71 Haebyeong San-ag Daedae)
• Mountain Warfare Training Center

South Ossetia

• Mountain Special Purposes Company (Роtа Горного Спецназа - Rota Gornogo Spetsnaza)

Spain

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Coat of arms of the Compañía de Esquiadores Escaladores Nº1

• Mountain Group of His Majesty the King's Royal Guard Regiment (Grupo de Montaña del Regimiento de la Guardia Real de Su Majestad el Rey)
• Mountain Troops Command (Mando de Tropas de Montaña)
  • 64th Mountain Light Infantry Regiment "Galicia" (Regimiento de Infantería "Galicia" n.º 64 de Cazadores de Montaña)
    • I/64th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Pyrenees" (Batallón de Cazadores de Montaña "Pireneos" I/64), including:
      • 1st Skiers Climbers Company (Compañía de Esquiadores Escaladores Nº1)
  • 66th Mountain Light Infantry Regiment "América" (Regimiento de Infantería "América" n.º 66 de Cazadores de Montaña)
    • II/66th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Montejurra" (Batallón de Cazadores de Montaña "Montejurra" II/66)
  • Mountain and Special Operations Training School (Escuela Militar de Montaña y Operaciones Especiales), including:
    • High Mountain Military Group (Grupo Militar de Alta Montaña)

Sweden

• Mountain Light Infantry Platoon (Bergsjägarplutonen)

Switzerland

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Swiss army Mountain Specialist collar tabs

• 6th Mountain Rifle Battalion (Gebirgsschützenbataillon 6)
• 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Bataillon d'Infanterie de Montagne 7)
• 29th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsinfanteriebataillon 29)
• 30th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Battaglione di Fanteria di Montagna 30)
• 48th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsinfanteriebataillon 48)
• 85th Mountain Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsinfanteriebataillon 85)
• 91st Mountain Infantry Battalion (Gebirgsinfanteriebataillon 91)
• Army Mountain Service Competence Center (Kompetenzzentrum Gebirgsdienst der Armee - Centre de Compétences du Service Alpin de l'Armée - Centro di Competenza Servizio Alpino dell’Esercito)
  • 1st Mountain Specialists Group (Gebirgsspezialistenabteilung 1 - Groupe des Spécialistes de Montagne 1 - Gruppo Specialisti di Montagna 1)
  • 15th Mountain Specialists School (Gebirgsspezialisten Schule 15 - École Spécialistes de Montagne 15 - Scuola Specialisti di Montagna 15)
  • 104th/204th Mountain Specialists Readiness Detachment (Gebirgsspezialisten Bereitschaftsdetachement 104/204 - Détachement d'Engagement Spécialistes de Montagne 104/204 - Distaccamento di Prontezza all'Impiego Specialisti di Montagna)

Taiwan

• Wǔlǐng Cold Training Center (武嶺寒訓中心 - Wǔlǐng Hán Xùn Zhōngxīn)

Turkey

• Hakkari Mountain and Commando Brigade (Hakkâri Dağ ve Komando Tugayı)
  • 1st Mountain and Commando Battalion (1.inci Dağ ve Komando Tabur)
  • 3rd Mountain and Commando Battalion (3.üncü Dağ ve Komando Tabur)
  • 4th Mountain and Commando Battalion (4.üncü Dağ ve Komando Tabur)
• Mountain Commando School and Training Center Command (Dağ Komando Okulu ve Eğitim Merkezi Komutanlığı)

Uganda

• 1st Alpine Brigade
• Mountain Warfare Training School

Ukraine

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Coat of arms of the 10th Independent Mountain Assault Brigade

• 10th Independent Mountain Assault Brigade (10-та Окрема Гірсько-Штурмова Бригада - 10-ta Okrema Hirsʹko-Shturmova Bryhada)
  • 8th Independent Mountain Assault Battalion (8-ій Окремим Гірсько-Штурмовим Батальйонам - 109-iy Okremym Hirsʹko-Shturmovym Batalʹyonam)
  • 108th Independent Mountain Assault Battalion (108-ій Окремим Гірсько-Штурмовим Батальйонам - 108-iy Okremym Hirsʹko-Shturmovym Batalʹyonam)
  • 109th Independent Mountain Assault Battalion (109-ій Oкремим Гірсько-Штурмовим Батальйонам - 109-iy Okremym Hirsʹko-Shturmovym Batalʹyonam)
• 128th Independent Mountain Assault Brigade "Transcarpatia Legion" (128-ма Окрема Гірсько-Штурмова "Закарпатська Легіоном" Бригада – 128-ta Okrema Hirsʹko-Shturmova "Zakarpatsʹka Lehionom" Bryhada)
  • 15th Independent Mountain Assault Battalion (15-ій Окремим Гірсько-Штурмовим Батальйонам - 15-iy Okremym Hirsʹko-Shturmovym Batalʹyonam)

United Kingdom

• Army
  • Mountain Troops, 22 Special Air Service Regiment
  • Joint Service Mountain Training Centre
• Navy
  • Royal Marines Mountain Leader Training Cadre

United States

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Vermont National Guard mountain instructor, 2013

• Army
  • 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain) (ARNG) "The Vermont Brigade"
    • 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) (Connecticut National Guard)
    • 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment (Mountain) (Colorado National Guard)
    • 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) (Vermont National Guard)
    • 1st Battalion, 101st Field Artillery Regiment (Massachusetts National Guard)
    • 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment (Mountain) (Vermont National Guard)
    • 186th Brigade Support Battalion (Mountain) (Vermont National Guard)
    • 572th Brigade Engineer Support Battalion (Mountain) (Vermont National Guard)
  • Army Mountain Warfare School (Vermont National Guard)
  • Northern Warfare Training Center
  • Special Forces Advanced Mountain Operations School
• Navy
  • Mountain Warfare Training Camp "Michael Monsoor"
• Marines
  • Mountain Warfare Training Center

Uzbekistan

• one Mountain Infantry Light Brigade
• Independent Special Purpose Battalion "Lynx" (Maxsus Operatsiyalar Bo'limi "Kaplan")

Venezuela

• 221st Mountain Infantry Battalion "General in Chief Justo Briceño" (221 Batallón de Infantería de Montaña "General en Jefe Justo Briceño")
• 2205th Mortars Battery (Mountain) "Colonel Andrés Linares" (2205a Batería de Morteros (Montaña) "Coronel Andrés Linares")

See also

• List of CBRN warfare forces
• List of cyber warfare forces
• List of paratrooper forces
• List of marines and naval infantry forces

References

Notes

Sources