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The Frogman Corps [1] (Danish: Frømandskorpset) is the maritime special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command. On 1 July 2015, the Frogman Corps transferred from the Royal Danish Navy to the newly established Special Operations Command. [4]
The Special Operations Command (Danish: Specialoperationskommandoen; SOKOM) is a command of the Danish Armed Forces and a part of the Defence Command. SOKOM was established in 2014 to bring the Jaeger Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) and the Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) under one command. It is based at Aalborg Air Base.
The corps regularly trains with similar units from different countries, such as the US Navy SEALs, US Army DELTA, British SAS and the Danish naval special forces group, the Frogman Corps. The corps is based on the structure and modus operandi of the British SAS. [3]
The Frogmen also attend US special-operations and conventional courses, including the US Army Airborne School, Army Ranger School, and Special Forces Underwater Operations School. Danish special ...
Special Air Service Boat Troop is the Army special forces unit that undertakes water operations (emphasis of insertion onto land) Royal Engineers : the corps has had army divers for over 170 years. [ citation needed ] Training was held at Marchwood in Hampshire until moving to HMS Gunwharf in Portsmouth in the early 1980s.
Was manufactured as a copy of the M/45 in Denmark under a license from Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori. Later replaced by the MP5 until the concept of the sub-machine gun was completely dropped in 2010 by the Danish defense, in favor of compact carbines. [169] (Note: MP5 is not on this list, as the remaining stock was transferred to ...
Denmark’s Sirius Dog Sled Patrol – which takes its name from the “Dog Star” or the brightest star in the night sky – is an elite special forces unit attached to the Royal Danish Navy.
Frogman Corps (Denmark) J. Jaeger Corps (Denmark) S. Sirius Dog Sled Patrol; Special Operations Command (Denmark) Special Support and Reconnaissance Company