List of mountain warfare forces

Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained for ski and mountain troops 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

Argentina

"General Manuel Belgrano"
* "General "
* "Andes Rifles"
* "General Martín Miguel de Güemes"
* "Captain "
* "Major-General Enrique Mosconi"
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* 5th Mountain Light Infantry Company
* 5th Mountain Intelligence Company "Major Humberto Viola"
* Reserve Company "Salta"
6th Mountain Brigade "Major-General Conrado Excelso Villegas"
* "Lt.General "
* "Lt.General Rufino Ortega"
* "Colonel "
* "General Lavalle's Cuirassiers"
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* 6th Mountain Light Infantry Company "Captain Claudio José Jurszyszyn"
* 6th Mountain Intelligence Company
8th Mountain Brigade "Brigadier General
* "General Juan Gregorio de Las Heras"
* "Andes Light Infantry"
* "Lt.Colonel "
* "Liberator Simón Bolívar"
* "Colonel "
* "Miners of the Cuyo"
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* 8th Mountain Light Infantry Company "1st Lieutenant Francisco Gerónimo Ibáñez"
* 8th Mountain Intelligence Company "Lt.Colonel Pedro Vargas"
Army Military Mountain School "Lt.General Juan Domingo Perón"

Armenia

10th Mountain Rifle Division
* 5th Mountain Rifle Regiment
* 6th Mountain Rifle Regiment
* 7th Mountain Rifle Regiment

Austria

including:
** Pack Animal Center
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* 2nd Engineer Battalion
** 1x Engineer Company
Mountain Warfare Center

Militia units :

Jäger Battalion Salzburg "Erzherzog Rainer"
Jäger Battalion Tirol
Jäger Vorarlberg
Jäger Company Oberland
Jäger Company Pongau
Engineer Company Tirol
Engineer Company Vorarlberg

Azerbaijan

two Mountain Infantry Regiments

Bolivia

24th Mountain Scouts Regiment "Lt. General Germán Busch"
25th Andes Scouts School Regiment "Tocopilla"
Mountain Scouts Regiment ""

Brazil

4th Light Infantry Brigade
* 11th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Tiradentes", including:
** Mountain Operations Training Center

Bulgaria

101st Alpine Regiment

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
Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre, Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre

Chile

Special Forces Group
* Mountain Company
* "Hussars"
* "Yungay"
** 18th Andine Infantry Battalion ""
** 2nd Mountain Engineers Company "Puente Alto"
** 2nd Mountain Artillery Battery "Arica"
** Mountain Reconnaissance Mounted Platoon
* "Tucapel"
** 8th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Frontera"
** Mountain Engineers Company
** 17th Mountain Artillery Battery ""
* "Arauco"
** 13th Andine Infantry Battalion "Andalién"
** 12th Mountain Engineers Company "Tronador"
** 2nd Mountain Artillery Battery "Maturana"
* "Los Ángeles"
** 17th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Tarpellanca"
** 3rd Mountain Engineers Company "Los Ángeles"
** 16th Mountain Artillery Battery "Carvallo"
Independent Mounted Reconnaissance Squadron "Chaitén"
20th Divisional Andine Company "Cochrane"
Army Mountain School
Special Mountain Group

China

32nd Mountain Jungle Brigade
40th Mountain Jungle Motorized Infantry Brigade
52nd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade
53rd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade

Taiwan

Wǔlǐng Cold Training Center

Colombia

1st High Mountain Battalion "Lieutenant Colonel "
2nd High Mountain Battalion "General Santos Gutiérrez Prieto"
3rd High Mountain Battalion "Rodrigo Lloreda Caicedo"
4th High Mountain Battalion "General Benjamín Herrera Cortés"
5th High Mountain Battalion "General Urbano Castellanos Castillo"
6th High Mountain Battalion "Major Robinson Daniel Ruiz Garzón"
7th High Mountain Battalion "Major Raúl Guillermo Mahecha Martínez"
8th High Mountain Battalion "Colonel José María Vesga"
9th High Mountain Battalion
10th High Mountain Battalion "Major Oscar Giraldo Restrepo"
17th Mountain Infantry Battalion "General José Domingo Caicedo"
34th Mountain Infantry Battalion ""
36th Mountain Infantry Battalion "Hunters" ''
High Mountain School

Dominican Republic

3rd Mountain Regiment
* 6th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion

El Salvador

4th Mountain Commandos Military Detachment

France

27th Mountain Infantry Brigade
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* 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment
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* High Mountain Military School
* Mountain Acclimatization Grouping
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* 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade Troops Initial Formation Centre /
2nd Company, 1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment
2nd Company, 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment
3rd Company, 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
1st Company,

Georgia

Mountain Training School "Colonel Besik Kutateladze"

Germany

"Bavaria"
* Staff/Signal Company
* 230th Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion
* 231st Mountain Light Infantry Battalion
* 232nd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion
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* 8th Mountain Supply Battalion
* 8th Mountain Engineers Battalion
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Greece

Mountain Raiders Company
Mountain Training Center for Ski Warfare "Major Ioannis Paparrodou"

Guatemala

Mountain Operations Brigade
* Mountain Infantry Battalion
* Mountain Reconnaissance Company

India

III Mountain Corps
* 2nd Mountain Infantry Division
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IV Mountain Corps
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* 21st Mountain Infantry Division
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XVII Mountain Strike Corps
* 59th Mountain Infantry Division
* 72nd Mountain Infantry Division
XXXIII Mountain Corps
* 17th Mountain Infantry Division
* 20th Mountain Infantry Division
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Central Command
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XIV Mountain Corps
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XV Mountain Corps
* 28th Mountain Infantry Division
77th Mountain Infantry Brigade "Chindits"
99th Mountain Brigade
9th Parachute Special Forces Battalion
High Altitude Warfare School

Israel

Alpinist Unit - Yehidat Ha'Alpinistim
HeHarim Brigade - The brigade is the other military brigade for the security of the partner in the northern area of the mountains in the Golan Heights, and under its responsibility are all the units engaged in warfare in cold and mountainous terrain. This brigade mainly replaced the Hermon Brigade, and a number of other units that will be included in its responsibility..

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Italy

Italian Army

* Alpine Troops Command
** Division "Tridentina" Command
*** Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Tridentina"
** Alpine Training Center
*** Training Regiment
**** Training Battalion "Aosta"
*** 6th Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Bassano"
** Alpine Brigade "Taurinense"
*** Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Taurinense"
*** 2nd Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Saluzzo"
*** 3rd Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Susa"
*** 9th Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "L'Aquila"
**** Multifunctional Battalion "Vicenza"
*** 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain)
**** Artillery Group "Aosta"
*** 32nd Engineer Regiment
**** 30th Engineer Battalion
*** Logistic Regiment "Taurinense"
** Alpine Brigade "Julia"
*** Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Julia"
*** 5th Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Morbegno"
*** 7th Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Feltre"
*** 8th Alpini Regiment
**** Alpini Battalion "Tolmezzo"
*** 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (Mountain)
**** Artillery Group "Conegliano"
*** 2nd Engineer Regiment
**** 31st Engineer Battalion "Iseo"
*** Logistic Regiment "Julia"
* 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment
** Alpini Paratroopers Battalion "Monte Cervino""
** Operational Support Battalion "Intra" -
* 2nd Alpine Signal Regiment
** Alpine Signal Battalion "Gardena"
** Alpine Signal Battalion "Pordoi"
* 1st Battery "Draghi", 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" Carabinieri
* Mountain Platoons, 1st Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania"

Japan

Jordan

61st Rapid Intervention Battalion - Raiders

Kazakhstan

5th Mountain Rifle Brigade
Independent Mountain Light Horse Regiment

North Korea

43rd Mountain Alert Sniper Brigade

South Korea

1st Mountain Brigade
23rd Marines Mountain Battalion
33rd Marines Mountain Battalion
71st Marines Mountain Battalion
Mountain Warfare Training Center

Kyrgyzstan

68th Independent Mountain Rifle Brigade
Mountain Rifle Battalion "Batken"

Lebanon

Commando Regiment
* Mountain Combat Company
Ski School

Mexico

Mountain Operations Training Sub-Center "El Salto" - High Command Special Forces
Medium and High Mountain Training Group - Parachute Rifle Brigade

Montenegro

Mountain Company of the Infantry Battalion

Morocco

1st Ski Battalion "Atlas Light Infantry"
High Mountain Training Center

NATO

NATO Mountain Warfare Centre of Excellence

Nepal

High Altitude and Mountain Warfare School

New Zealand

Mountain Troops, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment

Netherlands

Marine Corps Mountain Leader Reconnaissance Platoon
Joint Centre of Competence for Military Operations in Extreme Conditions

Nicaragua

Mountain Military Detachment

Pakistan

Peru

4th Mountain Brigade "Manco Cápac"
* 21st Motor Infantry Battalion "Junin"
* 55th Motor Infantry Battalion "Colonel Mariano Bustamante"
* 59th Motor Infantry Battalion "Colonel "
* 4th Field Artillery Group "Colonel "
5th Mountain Brigade
* 9th Motor Infantry Battalion "Caquetá"
* 30th Motor Infantry Battalion "Lt.Eduardo Astete Mendoza"
* 35th Motor Infantry Battalion "Felipe Santiago Salaverry"
113th Mountain Cavalry Squadron "Colonel Justo Pastor Dávila"
Army Mountain School

Poland

"Brigadier General Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz"
* "Brigadier General Zygmunt Bohusz-Szyszko"
* "Brigadier General Józef Kustroń"
* "Brigadier General "
* "Major General Bronisław Prugar-Ketling"
* "Brigadier General Wacław Wieczorkiewicz"
* "Division General Józef Zając"
* "Brigadier General "
Centre of Mountain Training of the Military Academy of Land Forces
Mountain Infantry Training Center "Fir"

Romania

2nd Mountain Light Infantry Brigade "Sarmizegetusa"
* 21st Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "General Leonard Mociulschi"
* 30th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Dragoslavele"
* 33rd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Posada"
* 206th Artillery Battalion "General "
* 228th Anti-aircraft Defense Battalion "Piatra Craiului"
* 229th Logistic Support Battalion
61st Mountain Light Infantry Brigade "General Virgil Bădulescu"
* 17th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Voivode Dragoș"
* 22nd Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "Cireșoaia"
* 24th Mountain Light Infantry Battalion "General Gheorghe Avramescu"
* 385th Artillery Battalion "John Hunyadi"
* 468th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion "Trotuș"
* 435th Logistic Support Battalion "Ciuc"
Maneuver Training Center "Constantin Brâncoveanu"

Russia

7th Guards Airborne Assault Division (Mountain) - 7-ya Gvardeyskaya Desantno-Shturmovaya Diviziya
* 108th Guards Airborne Assault "Kuban Cossacks" Regiment
* 247th Guards Airborne Assault "Caucasus Cossack" Regiment
- 34-ya Otdel'naya Motostrelkovaya Brigada
* 1001st Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion - 1001-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on
* 1021st Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion - 1001-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on
* 1119th Independent Reconnaissance Rifle Battalion - 1199-y Otdel'nyy Razvedyvatel'nyy Batal'on
* Pack Transport Platoon
- 55-ya Otdel'naya Motostrelkovaya Brigada including:
* Pack Transport Unit
858th Independent Motorized Rifle Battalion - 858-y Otdel'nyy Motostrelkovyy Batal'on
1st Battalion /126th Independent Coast Defense Brigade "" /126-я Отдельная Горловская Бригада Береговой Обороны – 1-ya Batal'on
Center for Mountain Training and Survival ""