Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment

The Special Forces Regiment (SF) (Sinhala: විශේෂ බලකාය Visēsha Balakāya;) is a special forces unit of the Sri Lanka Army. Founded in 1986 as a combat tracker team, it was established as a regiment in 1988, and later expanded into a brigade. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terrorism, direct action and covertreconnaissance. Much like the British ArmySpecial Air Service, much of the information about the SF is highly classified due to the secrecy and sensitivity of its operations. The Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment is considered one of the best special forces divisions in the world, ranked as the third most dangerous special forces unit in the world.

The Special Forces Regiment currently consists of four regular battalions organized into the Special Forces Brigade, under the operational command of I Corps forming its Special Operations Force along with the Commando Brigade.