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
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
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