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CBRN Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN defence) are protective measures taken in situations in which chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear warfare (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defence consi ...
(Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) 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 (''Laboratori Qendror i Forcave të Armatosura - Rep. Usht. Nr.4010'')


Argentina

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Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
** 601st Chemical Biological Nuclear and Emergency Support Engineers Company (''Compañía de Ingenieros de Defensa Quimica Bacteriologica Nuclear y Apoyo a la Emergencia 601'') *
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
** Chemical Biological Nuclear-Radiological Defense Department (''Departamento Defensa Quimica Bacteriologica Nuclear-Radiológica'')


Australia

*
Special Operations Engineer Regiment The Special Operations Engineer Regiment (SOER) is a specialised unit of the Australian Army. The regiment forms part of the Special Operations Command. The unit was formed in 2002 as the Incident Response Regiment (IRR), they are deployed to r ...


Austria

* Atomic, Biological, Chemical (ABC) Defense School “Lise Meitner” (''Atomar, Biologisch, Chemisch (ABC)-Abwehrschule “
Lise Meitner Elise Meitner ( , ; 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who was one of those responsible for the discovery of the element protactinium and nuclear fission. While working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute on r ...
”'') * ABC Defense Company - 3rd Headquarters Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrkompanie - Stabsbataillon 3'') * ABC Defense Company - 4th Armored Headquarters Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrkompanie - Panzerstabsbataillon 4'') * ABC Defense Company - 6th Headquarters Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrkompanie - Stabsbataillon 6'') * ABC Defense Company - 7th Headquarters Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrkompanie - Stabsbataillon 7'')


Belgium

* Competence Center – Engineer Department (''Centre de Compétence - Département Génie'') * Chemical Biological Radiological, Nuclear Company – 4th Engineer Battalion (''Compagnie Chimique, Biologique, Radiologique, Nucléaire - 4 Bataillon du Génie'')


Belarus

*Department of Radiation, Chemical and Biological (RCB) Protection and Ecology ('' Упраўленне радыяцыйнай, хімічнай i біялагічнай (РХБ) абароны і экалогіі – Upraŭliennie Radyjacyjnaj, Chimičnaj i Bijalahičnaj (RCB) Abarony i Ekalohii'') * 8th RBC Protection Regiment (''8-я полк РХБ абаро́ны - 8-ja Polk RCB Abaróny'')


Bosnia and Herzegovina

*Atomic-Biological-Chemical Defense Company (''Čete Atomsko-Biološko-Hemijske Odbrane'')


Brazil

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
* 1st Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Defense Battalion (''1º Batalhão de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear'') * Radiological and Nuclear Defense Company - Special Operations Command (''Companhia de Defesa Química, Biológica, Radiológica e Nuclear - Comando de Operações Especiais'')
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
*Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Center (''Centro de Defesa Nuclear, Biológica, Química e Radiológica'') ** Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Battalion – Aramar Experimental Center (''Batalhão de Defesa Nuclear, Biológica, Química e Radiológica - Centro Experimental Aramar'') * Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Company – Naval Fusiliers Engineer Battalion (''Companhia de Defesa Nuclear, Biológica, Química e Radiológica - Batalhão de Engenharia de Fuzileiros Navais'')


Bulgaria

* 38th Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Battalion (''38-ми батальон за ядрена, химическа и биологична защита - 38-mi Batal’on za Yadrena, Khimicheska i Biologichna Zashtita'')


Brunei

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


Canada

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Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit The Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU) (french: links=no, Unité interarmées d'intervention du Canada, UIIC) of the Canadian Armed Forces was created "to provide timely and agile broad-based CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and ...
* Canadian Forces Nuclear Biological Chemical School


China

*Army Chemical Defense Academy (''陆军防化学院 - Lùjūn Fáng Huà Xuéyuàn'') *71st Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十一集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíyī Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *72nd Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十二集团军防化旅 – Dì Qqīshí'èr Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *73rd Army Chemical Defense Brigade(''第七十三集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshísān Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *74th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十四集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshísì Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *75th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十五集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíwǔ Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *76th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十六集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíliù Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *77th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十七集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíqī Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *78th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十八集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíbā Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *79th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第七十九集团军防化旅 – Dì Qīshíjiǔ Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *80th Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第八十集团军防化旅 – Dì Bāshí Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *81st Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第八十一集团军防化旅 – Dì Bāshíyī Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *82nd Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第八十二集团军防化旅 – Dì Bāshí’er Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') *83rd Army Chemical Defense Brigade (''第八十三集团军防化旅 – Dì Bāshísān Jítuánjūn Fáng Huà Lǚ'') * Tibet Military District Chemical Defense Brigade (''西藏军区防化旅 - Xīzàng Jūnqū Fáng Huà Lǚ'')


Colombia

* 80th Disasters Awareness and Prevention Battalion “Brigadier General General Álvaro López Vargas” (''Batallón de Atención y Prevención a Desastres No. 80 "Brigadier General Álvaro López Vargas"'') ** Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Company (''Compañía Nuclear, Biológico y Químico'')


Croatia

* Nuclear Biological and Chemical Defense Battalion (''Bojna Nuklearno-Biološko-Kemijske Obrane'')


Cuba

* Chemical Defense Company (''Compañía de Defensa Química'')


Cyprus Republic

* Nuclear Biological and Chemical Substances Protection Team (''Ομάδα Προστασίας από Πυρηνικές Βιολογικές και Χημικές Ουσίες - Omáda Prostasías apó Pyrinikés Viologikés kai Chimikés Ousíes'')


Czech Republic

* 31st Radiological, Chemical and Biological (RCB) Protection Regiment (''31. Pluk Radiační, Chemické a Biologické (RCB) Ochrany'') ** 311st RCB Protection Battalion (''311. Prapor RCB Ochrany'') **312th RCB Protection Battalion (''312. Prapor RCB Ochrany'') ** 314th Weapons of Mass Destruction Center (''314. Centrum Výstrahy Zbraní Hromadného Ničení'')


Denmark

* 3rd Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Construction Battalion (''3 Kemisk Biologisk Radiologisk Atomar & Konstruktionsbataljon'')


Finland

* CBRN Company – Engineer and Signal Battalion “
Satakunta Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region ...
” (''Suojelukomppania - Satakunnan Pioneeri- ja Viestipataljoona'')


France

*
Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
** 2nd Dragoon Regiment (''2e Regiment de Dragons'') **Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Center (''Centre de Défense Nucléaire, Biologique et Chimique'') ** Army Medical Decontamination Unit (''Unité Médicale de Décontamination des Armées'') *
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
** Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense Platoon,
Commando Kieffer The Commandos Marine are the Special Operation Forces (SOF) of the French Navy. The Commandos Marine are nicknamed ''Bérets Verts'' ( Green Berets). They operate under the Sailor Riflemen and Special Operations Forces Command (FORFUSCO) an ...
(''Section de Défense Nucléaire, Biologique et Chimique, Commando Kieffer'') *
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
** Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Intervention Platoon, Air Fire Brigade (''Section d’intervention Nucléaire, Biologique et Chimique, Pompiers de l’Air'')


Germany

* Armed Forces Atomic-Biological-Chemical (ABC) Defense Command (''Atomar, Biologisch, Chemisch (ABC)-Abwehrkommando der Bundeswehr'') ** 7th ABC Defense Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrbataillon 7'') **750th ABC Defense Battalion "Baden" (''ABC-Abwehrbataillon 750 "Baden"'') ** 906th ABC Defense Battalion (Reserve) (''ABC-Abwehrbataillon 906 (Reserve)'') ** 907th ABC Defense Battalion (Reserve) (''ABC-Abwehrbataillon 907 (Reserve)'') * ABC Defense and Legal Protection Tasks School (''Schule ABC-Abwehr und Gesetzliche Schutzaufgaben'')


Greece

Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense Special Joint Battalion (''Ειδικό Διακλαδικό Λόχο Πυρηνικής Βιολογικής Χημικής Άμυνας - Eidikó Diakladikó Lócho Pyrinikís Viologikís Chimikís Ámynas'')


Hungary

* 93rd Chemical Protection Battalion “
Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; sk, Alexander Petrovič; sr, Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian origin and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary' ...
” (''MH 93. Petőfi Sándor Vegyivédelmi Zászlóalj'')


India

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
*Faculty of Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection - College of Military Engineering
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
* Air Force Institute of Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection National Disaster Response Force NDRF, India


Indonesia

*Army Engineers Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Company (''Kompi Zeni Nuklir, Biologi dan Kimia'')


Iran

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
* Nuclear Command Corps * 24th Chemical Warfare Brigade "Bessat"


Israel

* 76th Chemical Defense Battalion (''76 גדוד הסיוע הכימי - G'dud Siyua Khiymik 76'')


Italy

* Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense School (''Scuola Interforze per la Difesa Nucleare, Biologica e Chimica'') ** Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Battalion "
Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabin ...
" (''Battaglione Chimico, Biologico, Radioattivo e Nucleare "Rieti"'') * 7th Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Regiment “Cremona” (''7° Reggimento Difesa Chimica, Biologica, Radioattiva e Nucleare “Cremona”'')


Japan

* Ground Self-Defense Force Chemical School (''陸上自衛隊化学学校 - Rikujō Jieitai Kagaku Gakkō'') *Central Special Weapons Protection Unit (''中央特殊武器防護隊 – Chūō Tokushu Buki Bōgotai'') * one Special Weapons Protection Battalion (''特殊武器防護大隊 - Tokushu Buki Bogodaitai'') in each Division. * one Special Weapons Protection Company (''特殊武器防護中隊 - Tokushu Buki Bogochūtai'') in each independent Brigade.


Jordan

*Chemical Support Unit (''‬‬‬‬‬‬حدة‭ ‬دعم‭ ‬‬الكيميائية - Hdt Dem al-Kymyayyt'')


Kazakhstan

* Department of Radiation, Chemical, Biological Protection and Environmental Troops (''Радиациялық, Химиялық, Биологиялық Қорғау Және Экологиялық Әскерлері Департаменті - Radïacïyalıq, Xïmïyalıq, Bïologïyalıq Qorğaw Jäne Éékologïyalıq Ääskerleri Departamenti'')


Latvia

* National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Protection Company (''Aizsardzības no Masveida Iznīcināšanas Ieročiem Rota'')


Lebanon

* Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense Company (''سرية الوقاية من اسلحة الدمار الشامل - Siriyat al-Wiqayat min 'as-Lihat al-Damar al-Shshamil'')


Lithuania

* Atomic Biological and Chemical Platoon - Engineer Battalion "Juozo Vitkaus" (''Atomines Biologines ir Chemines Būrys - "Juozo Vitkaus" Inžinerijos Vatalione'')


Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)

* Nuclear Biological Chemical Protection Company (''Чета за нуклеарна биолошка хемиска одбране - Četa za Nuklearna Biološka Xemiska Odbrana'')


Malaysia

*3rd Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Warfare Division (''Peperangan Nuklear, Biologi dan Kimia 3 Divisyen'')


Mexico

* Chemical, Biological and Radiological Emergencies Response Group (''Grupo de Respuesta de Energencias Quimicas, Biologicas y Radiologicas'')


Moldova

*Independent Chemical Protection Company (''Compania Protecţie Chimică Independentă'')


Montenegro

* Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Platoon of the Infantry Battalion (''Вода Xемијско, Биолошко, Радиолошко Нуклеарно Одбрање (ХРБНО)/Пешадијски Батаљон - Voda Hemijsko, Biološko, Radiološko, Nuklearno Odbranje (HRBNO)/Pešadijski Bataljon'')


NATO

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


Netherlands

*Defense Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Center (''Defensie Chemisch Biologisch Radiologisch Nucleair (CBRN) Centrum'') ** CBRN Response Unit (''CBRN Respons Eenheid'') ** CBRN Training Center (''Nationaal Trainingscentrum CBRN'')


New Zealand

* E Squadron – 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment


North Korea

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


Norway

* Engineers Battalion Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Company (''Ingeniørbataljonens CBRN-kompani'')


Peru

* Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Defense Department - Army Scientific and Technological Research Center (''División de Defensa Nuclear, Bacteriológica y Química - Centro de Investigación Científico Tecnológico del Ejército'')


Philippines

*
Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
**Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Platoon – Explosive Ordnance Battalion *
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
** Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Team - 710th Special Operations Wing


Poland

* Engineering and Chemical Forces Training Center “General
Jakub Jasiński Jakub Krzysztof Jasiński ( lt, Jokūbas Kristupas Jasinskis) of Rawicz Clan (24 July 1761, in Węglew near Pyzdry in Greater Poland – 4 November 1794, in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish general, and poet of Enlightenment.Jerzy Snopek "The Pol ...
” (''Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Inżynieryjnych i Chemicznych im. gen. Jakuba Jasińskiego'') * 4th Chemical Regiment
Ignacy Mościcki Ignacy Mościcki (; 1 December 18672 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939. He was the longest serving president in Polish history. Mościcki was the President of Poland when Germany ...
” (''4 Pułk Chemiczny im. Ignacego Mościckiego'') * 5th Chemical Regiment “Lieutenant General
Leon Berbecki Leon Berbecki (28 July 1875, Lublin – 23 March 1963, Gliwice) was a Polish army officer, who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and World War I with the Imperial Russian Army. Following the foundation of the Second Polish Republic, Berbecki ...
” (''5 Pułk Chemiczny im. gen. broni Leona Berbeckiego'') *Armed Forces Epidemiological Response Center (''Centrum Reagowania Epidemiologicznego Sił Zbrojnych'')


Portugal

*Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Radiological Defense Company – 1st Engineer Regiment (''Companhia de Defesa Nuclear, Biológica, Química e Radiológica - Regimento de Engenharia N.º1'') *Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Flight - Air Force Survival Training Center (Esquadrilha de Defesa Nuclear, Radiológica, Biológica e Química - Centro de Treino de Sobrevivência da Força Aérea)


Romania

* Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defense Training Base (''Baza de Instruire pentrul Apărare Nucleară, Biologică şi Chimică (NBC)'') * 49th NBC Defense Battalion “ Argeş“ (''Batalionului 49 Apãrare NBC “Argeş”'') * 72nd NBC Defense Battalion “ Black Voivode" (''Batalionului 72 Apãrare NBC “Negru Vodă”'') * 202nd NBC Defense Battalion “General Gheorghe Teleman” (''Batalionului 202 Apãrare NBC “Gen. Gheorghe Teleman”'')


Russian Federation

* Radiation, Chemical and Biological (RCB) Protection Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (''Войска́ радиацио́нной, хими́ческой и биологи́ческой (РХБ) защи́ты Вооружённых сил Росси́йской Федера́ции - Voyská Radiatsiónnoy, Khimícheskoy i Biologícheskoy (RKhB) Zashchíty Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossíyskoy Federátsii'') ** 1st Mobile RCB Protection Brigade (''1-я мобильная бригада РХБ защиты -1-ya Mobil'naya Brigada RKhB Zashchity'') ** 16th Independent RCB Protection Brigade " Khingansk" (''16-я отдельная Хинганская бригада РХБ защиты - 16-ya Otdel'naya Khinganskaya Brigada RKHB Zashchity'') ** 27th Independent RCB Protection Brigade (''27-я отдельная бригада РХБ защиты - 27-ya Otdel'naya Brigada RKhB Zashchity'') ** 28th Independent RCB Protection Brigade (''28-я отдельная бригада РХБ защиты - 28-ya Otdel'naya Brigada RKhB Zashchity'') ** 29th Independent RCB Protection Brigade "Colonel-General " V.K. Pikalov" (''29-я отдельная бригада РХБ защиты имени генерал-полковника В. К. Пикалова - 29-ya Otdel'naya Brigada RKhB Zashchity imeni general-polkovnika V. K. Pikalova'') ** 2nd RCB Protection Regiment (''2-й полк РХБ защиты - 2-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 4th RCB Protection Regiment (''4-й полк РХБ защиты - 4-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 6th RCB Protection Regiment (''6-й полк РХБ защиты - 6-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 9th RCB Protection, Marking and Reconnaissance Regiment (''9-й полк РХБ защиты, засечки и разведки - 9-y Polk RKHB Zashchity, Zasechki i Razvedki'') ** 10th RCB Protection Regiment (''10-й полк РХБ защиты - 10-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 19th RCB Protection Regiment (''19-й полк РХБ защиты - 19-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 20th RCB Protection Regiment (''20-й полк РХБ защиты - 20-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 25th RCB Protection Regiment (''25-й полк РХБ защиты - 25-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 26th RCB Protection Regiment (''26-й полк РХБ защиты - 26-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 35th RCB Protection Regiment (''35-й полк РХБ защиты - 35-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 39th RCB Protection Regiment (''39-й полк РХБ защиты - 39-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 40th RCB Protection Regiment (''40-й полк РХБ защиты - 40-y Polk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 282nd RCB Military Training Center (''282 учебного центра войск РХБ защиты - 282 Uchebnogo Tsentra Voysk RKhB Zashchity'') ** 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 (''345-й оперативно-координационный центр единой системы выявления и оценки масштабов применения оружия массового поражения и аварий на RKhB опасных объектах - 345-y Operativno-Koordinatsionnyy Tsentr Yedinoy Sistemy Vyyavleniya i Otsenki Masshtabov Primeneniya Oruzhiya Massovogo Porazheniya i Avariy na RKhB opasnykh ob"yektakh'') ** Military Academy of RCB Protection “Marshal of the Soviet Union Semën Konstantinovič Timošenko” (''Военная академия РХБ защиты имени Маршала Советского Союза Семён Константинович Тимошенко - Voyennaya Akademiya RKhB Zashchity imeni Marshala Sovetskogo Soyuza Semën Konstantinovič Timoshenko'') ** one RCB Protection Company in each Brigade *
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
** Department of RCB Protection (''Кафедра РХБ защиты - Kafedra RKHB Zashchity'') *
National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...
** 4th Independent RCB Protection Company (''4-я отдельная рота РХБ защиты - 4-ya Otdel'naya Rota RKHB Zashchity'') ** 6th Independent RCB Protection Company (''6-я отдельная рота РХБ защиты - 6-ya Otdel'naya Rota RKHB Zashchity'')


Saudi Arabia

* Weapons of Mass Destruction Defense School (''مدرسة الوقاية من أسلحة الدمار الشامل - Madrasat al-Wiqayat min 'as-Lihat al-Damar al-Shshamil'')


Serbia

*Atomic-Biological-Chemical (ABC) Service (''Атомско-биолошко-хемијска (АБХ) служба - Atomsko-Biološko-Hemijska (ABH) Služba'') ** ABC Defense Center (''Центар АБХ одбране - Centar ABH Odbrane'') **246th ABC Defense Battalion (''246. батаљон АБХ одбране - 46. Bataljon ABH Odbrane'')


Singapore

* Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosives Defence Group


Slovakia

* Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Battalion (''Prápor Radiačnej, Chemickej a Biologickej Ochrany'')


Slovenia

* 18th Nuclear, Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Battalion (''18. Bataljon za Jedrsko, Radiološko, Kemično in Biološko Obrambo'')Two companies, attached one each to the 1st and 72nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade.


South Africa

* Chemical Biological Warfare Wing -
7 Medical Battalion Group 7 Medical Battalion Group is the specialist Airborne Medical Unit of the South African Military Health Service. The Battalion's main task is to render medical support to the South African Airborne and Special Forces. Other specialties of the B ...


South Korea

* Army Chemical School (''육군화생방학교 – Yuggun Hwasangbang Haggyo'') * 10th Chemical Battalion (''제10화생방대대 – je 10 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *11th Chemical Battalion (''제11화생방대대 – je 11 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *12th Chemical Battalion (''제12화생방대대 – je 12 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *13th Chemical Battalion (''제13화생방대대 – je 13 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *15th Chemical Battalion (''제15화생방대대 – je 15 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *17th Chemical Battalion (''제17화생방대대 – je 17 Hwasangbang Daedae'') *19th Chemical Battalion (''제19화생방대대 – je 19 Hwasangbang Daedae'')


Spain

* 1st Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) Regiment “Valencia” (''Regimento de Defensa Nuclear Biologica Quimica (NBQ) “Valencia” n° 1'') * NBC Defense Military School (''Escuela Militar de Defensa NBQ'') * Epidemic Investigation Rapid Deployment Team - Central Defense Hospital " Gómez Ulla" (''Equipo Desplegable Rápido de Investigación de Brotes - Hospital Central de la Defensa "Gómez Ulla"'') * one NBC Defense Company in each brigade


Sri Lanka

*
Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
** 14th Chemical Biological Radiology and Nuclear (CBRN) Regiment (''14 වන රසායනික ජීව විද්‍යාත්මක විකිරණශීලී හා න්‍යෂ්ටික රෙජිමේන්තුව - 14 Vana Rasāyanika Jīva Vidyātmaka Vikiraṇaśīlī hā Nyaṣṭika Rejimēntuva'') *
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
** Naval Nuclear Biological Chemical Defense School (''නාවික න්‍යෂ්ටික ජීව විද්‍යාත්මක රසායනික ආරක්ෂක පාසල - Nāvika Nyaṣṭika Jīva Vidyātmaka Rasāyanika Ārakṣaka Pāsala'') *
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
** No.49 CBRN and Explosive Wing (''රසායනික ජීව විකිරණ හා න්‍යෂ්ටික පුපුරණ ද්‍රව්‍ය පක්‍ෂාංගය - Rasāyanika Jīva Vikiraṇa hā Nyaṣṭika Pupuraṇa Dravya Pakṣāṁgaya'')


Sweden

* Total Defense Protection CenterThis is the literal english translation of the unit name, but "National CBRN Defence Centre" is the name officially used in English by the Swedish Armed Forces instead. See pag.64, http://www.2d.lviv.ua/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Grafisk_identitet_v1.3_130916.pdf (''Totalförsvarets Skyddscentrum'')


Switzerland

* Atomic, Biological, Chemical (ABC), De-mining and Unexploded Ordnance Disposal Competence Center (''Kompetenzzentrum Atomar, Biologisch, Chemisch (ABC), Kampfmittelbeseitigung und Minenräumung - Centre de Compétences Nucléaire, Biologique, Chimique (NBC), Dé-minage et d’Elimination des Munitions non Explosées - Centro di Competenza Nucleare, Biologico Chimico (NBC), Eliminazione di Munizioni Inesplose e Sminamento'') * 77th ABC Defense School (''ABC-Abwehr Schule 77 - École de Défense NBC 77 - Scuola di Difesa NBC 77'') * 10th ABC Defense Battalion (''ABC-Abwehrbataillon 10 - Bataillon de Défense NBC 10 - Battaglione di Difesa NBC 10'') * ABC Defense Intervention Company (''ABC-Abwehr Einsatzkompanie - Companie d’Engagement de Défense NBC - Compagnia d’Intervento di Difesa NBC'')


Taiwan

* Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 33rd Chemical Troops Group (''33化學兵群偵消營- 33 Huàxué Bīng Qún Zhēn Xiāo Yíng '') * Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 36th Chemical Troops Group (''36化學兵群偵消營- 36 Huàxué Bīng Qún Zhēn Xiāo Yíng '') * Detection and Decontamination Battalion, 39th Chemical Troops Group (''39化學兵群偵消營- 39 Huàxué Bīng Qún Zhēn Xiāo Yíng '')


Tajikistan

* 74th Radiation Chemical and Biological Company (''74-я Рота Радиацио́нной, Хими́ческой и Биологи́ческой - 74—ya Radiatsiónnoy, Khimícheskoy i Biologícheskoy'')


Turkey

* Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Battalion (''Kimyasal Biyolojik Radyolojik Nükleer (KBRN) Savunma Tabur''), including: ** CBRN Defense Special Response Unit (''KBRN Savunma Özel Müdahale Birliği'') * CBRN School and Training Center Command (''KBRN Okul ve Eğitim Merkezi'')


Ukraine

* 704th Indendent Radiation, Chemical, Biological (RCB) Protection Regiment (''704-й окремий полк радіаційного, хімічного, біологічного (РХБ) захисту - 704-y Okremyy Polk Radiatsiynoho, Khimichnoho, Biolohichnoho (RKhB) Zakhystu'') * 536th Central Base of Repair and Storage (RCB Protection Weapons) (''536-й центральна база ремонту і зберігання (озброєння РХБ захисту) - 536-y Tsentralʹna Baza Remontu i Zberihannya (Ozbroyennya RKhB Zakhystu)'') * one RCB Protection Platoon in each Brigade


United Kingdom

Inter-services * Defense Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Centre
Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
* 28 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers including: ** “Falcon” Squadron - Royal Tank Regiment
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
*
Royal Marines The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious warfare, amphibious light infantry and also one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighti ...
** Zulu Company,
45 Commando 45 Commando Royal Marines (pronounced "four-five commando") is a battalion sized unit of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of the ...
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
*
No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment was a CBRN squadron of the RAF Regiment in the Royal Air Force with the ''Defensores Defendo'' (I defend the defenders). It disbanded in October 2021. History No. 27 Squadron RAF Regiment was formed on 3 Septem ...


United States

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...
*
Chemical Corps The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army tasked with defending against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. The Chemical Warfare Service was established on 28 June 1918, combining activities that unti ...
* Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School ** 84th Chemical Battalion (Training) *
23rd Chemical Battalion The 23d CBRN Battalion is a United States Army Chemical Corps, Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives defense battalion of the United States Army, part of the 2ID Sustainment Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division (U ...
* 20th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives (CBRN) Command ** 48th Chemical Brigade *** 2nd Chemical Battalion *** 22nd Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort) *** 83rd Chemical Battalion *** 110th Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort) ** Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Analytical and Remediation Activity
Army Reserve A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...
* 415th Chemical Brigade (
Army Reserve A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...
) ** 92nd Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 457th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 479th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 485th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 490th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) * 455th Chemical Brigade (Army Reserve) ** 450th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 453rd Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) **468th Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve) ** 472nd Chemical Battalion (Army Reserve)
Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army N ...
*31st Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Brigade ( Alabama NG) ** 145th Chemical Battalion (Alabama NG) ** 151st Chemical Battalion (Alabama NG) * 44th Chemical Battalion ( Illinois NG) *103rd Chemical Battalion ( Kentucky NG) *126th Chemical Battalion ( Nebraska NG) *155th Chemical Battalion ( Ohio NG) *420th Chemical Battalion ( Washington NG) * Independent Companies **50th Chemical Company ( New Jersey NG) **108th Chemical Company ( South Carolina NG) **128th Chemical Company ( Pennsylvania NG) **138th Chemical Company ( Georgia NG) **140th Chemical Company ( California NG) **222nd Chemical Company ( New York NG) **229th Chemical Company ( Virginia NG) **231st Chemical Company ( Maryland NG) **272nd Chemical Company ( Massachusetts NG) **434th Chemical Company ( Minnesota NG) **436th Chemical Company ( Texas NG) **438th Chemical Company ( Indiana NG) **457th Chemical Company ( Wisconsin NG) **460th Chemical Company ( Michigan NG) **482nd Chemical Company ( Puerto Rico NG) **631st Chemical Company ( Montana NG) **704th Chemical Company (Minnesota NG)
Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...
* Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One * Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two
Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...
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Chemical Biological Incident Response Force The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps responsible for countering the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident. They were activ ...
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
*
368th Training Squadron The 368th Training Squadron is a United States Air Force ground training unit, located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. The squadron reports to the 782d Training Group, part of the 82d Training Wing, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas and cond ...
"Vikings"
Coast Guard A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...
* Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) Joint
Army National Guard The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army. They are simultaneously part of two different organizations: the Army N ...
and
Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...
* CBRN and High Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Packages (CERFP) ** 6th CERFP ( Texas NG) ** 9th CERFP ( California NG) ** 19th CERFP ( Indiana NG) ** 34th CERFP ( Virginia NG) ** 35th CERFP ( West Virginia NG) ** 55th CERFP ( Minnesota NG) ** 102nd CERFP ( Oregon NG) ** 781st CERFP ( Georgia NG) ** Alabama National Guard CERFP ** Colorado National Guard CERFP ** Florida National Guard CERFP ** Hawaii National Guard CERFP ** Illinois National Guard CERFP ** Kentucky National Guard CERFP ** Louisiana National Guard CERFP ** Nebraska National Guard CERFP ** Nevada National Guard CERFP ** New England CERFP (Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont National Guard) ** New York National Guard CERFP ** Puerto Rico National Guard CERFP ** Utah National Guard CERFP


Uruguay

* Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Group (''Grupo Quimico, Biologico, Radiologico y Nuclear'')


Uzbekistan

* Training Center for Experts on Chemical, Biological, Radiation Safety


Vietnam


Chemical Arms (Binh chủng Hóa học)
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Military Environmental Chemistry Institute (Viện Hóa học-Môi trường Quân sự)
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Chemicals and Nuclear radiation Incident Response Center, North (Trung tấm Ứng phó sự cố hóa học, phóng xạ hạt nhân miền Bắc)
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Chemicals and Nuclear radiation Incident Response Center, Central(Trung tấm Ứng phó sự cố hóa học, phóng xạ hạt nhân miền Trung)
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Chemicals and Nuclear radiation Incident Response Center, South(Trung tấm Ứng phó sự cố hóa học, phóng xạ hạt nhân miền Nam)
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See also

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List of cyber warfare forces Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained to operate in a cyberwarfare environment. In several cases this units acts also as the national computer emergency response team for civilian cybersecurity threa ...
* List of paratrooper forces * List of marines and naval infantry forces *
List of mountain warfare forces Many countries around the world maintain military units that are specifically trained for mountain troops tasks. The list does not include non-mountain special forces units, even if several of them have some mountain warfare capabilities. Abkh ...


References

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CBRN Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defence (CBRN defence) are protective measures taken in situations in which chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear warfare (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defence consi ...
Units Unit may refer to: Arts and entertainment * UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' * Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation Music * Unit (album), ...
*CBRN