10th Mountain Division
They climbed what the enemy marked impassable and turned stone into a breach. The 10th Mountain Division does not attack the obvious road; it takes the ridge above it and makes gravity switch sides.
Group Rank - 171
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga Brigades
The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga brigades were decentralized mountain infantry formations that emerged as the dominant Kurdish fighting force during the 1991 uprising and later partnered with U.S. forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Shaped by guerrilla warfare, clan loyalty, and survival after genocide, they combined local terrain mastery with political fragmentation to secure and hold northern Iraq.
Group Rank - 176
Kurdish Peshmerga (Barzani & Talabani Forces)
The Kurdish Peshmerga are the armed forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, rooted in guerrilla traditions that emphasize mobility, local loyalty, and survival in mountainous terrain. Historically divided along Barzani (KDP) and Talabani (PUK) party lines, they have fought external threats and internal rivals alike while remaining central to Kurdish autonomy and defense.
Group Rank - 177
Palmach (Haganah Elite Strike Force)
The elite strike force of the Haganah, formed in 1941 to wage guerrilla war through sabotage, night raids, and rapid assaults during the final years of the British Mandate in Palestine. Hardened by scarcity and constant movement, its fighters helped shape the outcome of the 1948 war and left a lasting imprint on Israel’s military culture.
Group Rank - 178
French Fusiliers Marins
The French Fusiliers Marins are naval infantry trained to fight ashore with the discipline of sailors, the endurance of infantry, and a collective refusal to break once committed.
Group Rank - 181
Danish Jaeger Corps & Frogmen
They moved as if the cold had carved secret truths into their bones, two brotherhoods built to appear where no one should exist and to leave before anyone realized they were there.
Group Rank - 194
Norwegian FSK / Marinejegerkommandoen
The Marinejegerkommandoen move through the world like a cold-water omen, leaving only the hush of their passing behind.
Group Rank - 196
THE SOLOMONIC KNIGHTS
The Solomonic Knights fought for seven centuries with blades, faith, and terrifying resolve, carving Ethiopia’s destiny into the highlands one battlefield at a time.
Group Rank - 199
Irish Ranger Wing / SAS in Ulster
In the end, they were the men who made the darkness blink first. Not knights, not villains—just professionals in a dirty century, paid to make silence possible again.
Group Rank - 200