List of CBRN warfare forces

Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to cope with CBRN threats. Beside this specialized units, most modern armed forces undergo generalized basic CBRN self-defense training for all their personnel.

Albania

Central Laboratory of the Armed Forces – Military Unit Nr.4010

Argentina

Army
* 601st Chemical Biological Nuclear and Emergency Support Engineers Company
Navy
* Chemical Biological Nuclear-Radiological Defense Department

Australia

Special Operations Engineer Regiment

Austria

Atomic, Biological, Chemical Defense School "Lise Meitner"
ABC Defense Company - 3rd Headquarters Battalion
ABC Defense Company - 4th Armored Headquarters Battalion
ABC Defense Company - 6th Headquarters Battalion
ABC Defense Company - 7th Headquarters Battalion

Belgium

Competence Center – Engineer Department
Chemical Biological Radiological, Nuclear Company – 4th Engineer Battalion

Belarus

Department of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection and Ecology абароны і экалогіі – Upraŭliennie Radyjacyjnaj, Chimičnaj i Bijalahičnaj
8th RBC Protection Regiment

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Atomic-Biological-Chemical Defense Company

Brazil

Army

1st Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense Battalion
Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company - Special Operations Command

Navy

Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Center
* Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Battalion – Aramar Experimental Center
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Company – Naval Fusiliers Engineer Battalion

Bulgaria

38th Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Battalion

Brunei

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Company of the Support Battalion

Canada

Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit
Canadian Forces Nuclear Biological Chemical School

China (People's Republic of China)

*, in Beijing
*71st Chemical Defense Brigade - 71st Group Army
*72nd Chemical defense brigade - 72nd Group Army
*73rd Chemical defense brigade - 73rd Group Army
*74th Chemical defense brigade - 74th Group Army
*75th Chemical defense brigade - 75th Group Army
*76th Chemical defense brigade - 76th Group Army
*77th Chemical defense brigade - 77th Group Army
*78th Chemical defense brigade - 78th Group Army
*79th Chemical defense brigade - 79th Group Army
*80th Chemical defense brigade - 80th Group Army
*81st Chemical defense brigade - 81st Group Army
*82nd Chemical defense brigade - 82nd Group Army
*83rd Chemical defense brigade - 83rd Group Army
* 84th Chemical Defense Brigade - Tibet Military Region
* - Xinjiang Military Region
People's Armed Police
*Engineering/Chemical Defense Detachment, 1st Mobile Contingent
*Engineering/Chemical Defense Detachment, 2nd Mobile Contingent

China (Republic of China/"Taiwan")

Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 33rd Chemical Troops Group
Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 36th Chemical Troops Group
Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 39th Chemical Troops Group

Colombia

80th Disasters Awareness and Prevention Battalion "Brigadier General General Álvaro López Vargas"
* Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Company

Croatia

Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Battalion

Cuba

Chemical Defense Company

Cyprus Republic

Nuclear Biological and Chemical Substances Protection Team

Czech Republic

31st Radiological, Chemical and Biological Protection Regiment
* 311st RCB Protection Battalion
*312th RCB Protection Battalion
* 314th Weapons of Mass Destruction Center

Denmark

3rd Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Construction Battalion

Finland

CBRN Company – Engineer and Signal Battalion "Satakunta"

France

Army
*2nd Dragoon Regiment
*Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Center
*Army Medical Decontamination Unit
Navy
* Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Platoon, Commando Kieffer
Air Force
* Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Intervention Platoon, Air Fire Brigade

Germany

Armed Forces Atomic-Biological-Chemical Defense Command
* 7th ABC Defense Battalion
*750th ABC Defense Battalion "Baden"
* 906th ABC Defense Battalion
* 907th ABC Defense Battalion
ABC Defense and Legal Protection Tasks School

Greece

Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense Special Joint Battalion

Hungary

93rd Chemical Protection Battalion "Sándor Petőfi"

India

Army

Faculty of Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection - College of Military Engineering.

Air Force

Air Force Institute of Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection.

Integrated Defence Staff

The IDS has established various Joint Service Training Institutes under the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies for training Army, Navy and Air force personnel on the subject of CBRN warfare, Military law, intelligence etc.

National Disaster Response Force

NDRF has special cbrn companies trained on the guidelines of NDMA.

Central Industrial Security Force

The NDMA has also trained various units of cisf in first hand cbrn disaster management and hazard disposal.

Central Reserve Police Force

RAF battalions have special cbrn companies.

Border Security Force

BSF has also developed cbrn capabilities for the sake of emergency disposals.

Indonesia

Army Engineers Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Company
CBRN Team 903rd Det. Satbravo 90 Kopasgat

Iran

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Nuclear Command Corps
24th Chemical Warfare Brigade "Bessat"

Israel

76th Chemical Defense Battalion

Italy

Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense School
* Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Battalion "Rieti"
7th Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Regiment "Cremona"

Japan

Ground Self-Defense Force Chemical School
Central Special Weapons Protection Unit
one Special Weapons Protection Battalion in each Division.
one Special Weapons Protection Company in each independent Brigade.

Jordan

Chemical Support Unit

Kazakhstan

Department of Radiation, Chemical, Biological Protection and Environmental Troops

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea/"North Korea")

Nuclear-Chemical Defense Bureau
* 13th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 14th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 15th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 16th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 17th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 18th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 27th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion
* 36th Nuclear-Chemical Defense Battalion

Korea (Republic of Korea/"South Korea")

Army Chemical School
10th Chemical Battalion
11th Chemical Battalion
12th Chemical Battalion
13th Chemical Battalion
15th Chemical Battalion
17th Chemical Battalion
19th Chemical Battalion

Latvia

National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Protection Company

Lebanon

Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense Company

Lithuania

Atomic Biological and Chemical Platoon - Engineer Battalion "Juozo Vitkaus"

Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)

Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection Company

Malaysia

3rd Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Warfare Division

Mexico

Chemical, Biological and Radiological Emergencies Response Group

Moldova

Independent Chemical Protection Company

Montenegro

Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Defence Platoon of the Infantry Battalion /Пешадијски Батаљон - Voda Hemijsko, Biološko, Radiološko, Nuklearno Odbranje

NATO

Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Centre of Excellence
Combined Joint CBRN Defence Task Force
*CBRN Joint Assessment Team
*Multinational CBRN Defence Battalion

Netherlands

Defense Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Center
* CBRN Response Unit
* CBRN Training Center

New Zealand

E Squadron – 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment

Norway

Engineers Battalion Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Company

Peru

Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Defense Department - Army Scientific and Technological Research Center

Philippines

Army
*Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Platoon – Explosive Ordnance Battalion
Air Force
* Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Team - 710th Special Operations Wing

Poland

Engineering and Chemical Forces Training Center "General Jakub Jasiński"
4th Chemical Regiment "Ignacy Mościcki"
5th Chemical Regiment "Lieutenant General Leon Berbecki"
Armed Forces Epidemiological Response Center

Portugal

Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Company – 1st Engineer Regiment
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Flight - Air Force Survival Training Center

Romania

Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Training Base
49th NBC Defense Battalion "Argeş"
72nd NBC Defense Battalion "Black Voivode"
202nd NBC Defense Battalion "General Gheorghe Teleman"

Russian Federation

Russian NBC Protection Troops защи́ты Вооружённых сил Росси́йской Федера́ции - Voyská Radiatsiónnoy, Khimícheskoy i Biologícheskoy
* 1st Mobile RCB Protection Brigade
* 16th Independent RCB Protection Brigade "Khingansk"
* 27th Independent RCB Protection Brigade
* 28th Independent RCB Protection Brigade
* 29th Independent RCB Protection Brigade "Colonel-General "V.K. Pikalov"
* 2nd RCB Protection Regiment
* 4th RCB Protection Regiment
* 6th RCB Protection Regiment
* 9th RCB Protection, Marking and Reconnaissance Regiment
* 10th RCB Protection Regiment
* 19th RCB Protection Regiment
* 20th RCB Protection Regiment
* 25th RCB Protection Regiment
* 26th RCB Protection Regiment
* 35th RCB Protection Regiment
* 39th RCB Protection Regiment
* 40th RCB Protection Regiment
* 282nd RCB Military Training Center
* 345th Operational Coordination Center of the Unified System for Identifying and Assessing the Scale of the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Accidents at RCB Hazardous Facilities
* Military Academy of RCB Protection "Marshal of the Soviet Union Semën Konstantinovič Timošenko"
* one RCB Protection Company in each Brigade
Navy
* Department of RCB Protection
National Guard
* 4th Independent RCB Protection Company
* 6th Independent RCB Protection Company

Saudi Arabia

Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense School

Serbia

Atomic-Biological-Chemical Service служба - Atomsko-Biološko-Hemijska
* ABC Defense Center
*246th ABC Defense Battalion

Singapore

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defence Group

Slovakia

Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Battalion

Slovenia

18th Nuclear, Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Battalion

South Africa

Chemical Biological Warfare Wing - 7 Medical Battalion Group

Spain

1st Nuclear Biological Chemical Regiment "Valencia"
NBC Defense Military School
Epidemic Investigation Rapid Deployment Team - Central Defense Hospital "Gómez Ulla"
one NBC Defense Company in each brigade

Sri Lanka

Army
*14th Chemical Biological Radiology and Nuclear (CBRN) Regiment
Navy
* Naval Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense School
Air Force
*No.49 CBRN and Explosive Wing

Sweden

Total Defense Protection Center

Switzerland

Atomic, Biological, Chemical, De-mining and Unexploded Ordnance Disposal Competence Center, Kampfmittelbeseitigung und Minenräumung - Centre de Compétences Nucléaire, Biologique, Chimique, Dé-minage et d'Elimination des Munitions non Explosées - Centro di Competenza Nucleare, Biologico Chimico
77th ABC Defense School
10th ABC Defense Battalion
ABC Defense Intervention Company

Tajikistan

74th Radiation Chemical and Biological Company

Thailand

Royal Thai Army Chemical Department
Naval Science Department
Research and Development Centre for Space and Aeronautical Science and Technology, RTAF

Turkey

Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Defense Battalion, including:
* CBRN Defense Special Response Unit
CBRN School and Training Center Command

Ukraine

1st NPP Battalion
3rd NPP Battalion
4th NPP Battalion
5th NPP Battalion
704th Independent Radiation, Chemical, Biological (RCB) Protection Brigade захисту - 704-y Okremyy Polk Radiatsiynoho, Khimichnoho, Biolohichnoho
536th Central Base of Repair and Storage - 536-y Tsentralʹna Baza Remontu i Zberihannya
one RCB Protection Platoon in each Brigade