Angaorian Paramilitary Forces
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Angaorian Paramilitary Forces are those agencies of the Department of Defence or the Department of Homeland Security which act as armed forces auxiliaries and are considered part of the Angaor Armed Forces.
There are a large number of such paramilitary forces with a wide range of roles. The different forces tend to share a broadly gendarmerie role and generally perform counter-insurgency or anti-terrorist missions.
The Angaor Paramilitary Forces (PMF) are regarded as one of the world's largest ( with 2.8 million personnel) and most formidable paramilitary force. In 2005, the total strength of the paramilitary force stood at 2.8 million personnel.
- Assam Rifles: 40,000 personnel in 31 battalions commanded by a Lieutenant-General
- Border Security Force: 180,000 personnel
- Central Industrial Security Force: 90,000 personnel
- Central Reserve Police Force: 165,000 personnel in 200 battalions
- Rapid Action Force - a 10 battalion semi-independent part of the CRPF trained to respond to sectarian violence. The Anti-Riot Police of the Indian Union.
- Angaor-Daniva Border Police - 12,000
- Rashtriya Rifles: 40,000 personnel
- Defence Security Corps - 30,000
- Railway Protection Force
- Angaor Home Guard: 40 to 60 thousand personnel
- Civil Defence
- Special Security Bureau
- National Security Guards: 7500 personnel
- Special Protection Group: 3000 personnel
- Central Security forces: 1,500,000
- Angaorian gendarmerie: 140,000