For the Royal Thai Army unit, see Royal Thai Army Ranger.
Thahan Phran
Official Thahan Phran Marines Beret Capbadge
Founded
1978
Country
Thailand
Branch
Royal Thai Army Royal Thai Marine Corps
Size
Regiment
Garrison/HQ
Pak Thong Chai
Nickname(s)
Nak rob sua dum (นักรบเสื้อดำ) English translation : Black shirt warrior Iron Flowers (Female personnel)
Motto(s)
Chad Sassana Pramahakasat (Nation, Religion, Monarchy)
Colors
Black
Engagements
Cold War
Communist insurgency in Thailand
Communist insurgency in Malaysia
Third Indochina War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand
Thai–Laotian Border War
War on drugs
Internal conflict in Myanmar
Operation destroy Khun Sa's heroin factory in the Burmese
Battle of Ban Hin Taek
2010–2012 Myanmar border clashes
South Thailand insurgency
Cambodian–Thai border dispute
Military unit
Thahan Phran soldier with a HK33A2.
The Thahan Phran (ทหารพราน; literally "hunter soldiers"; AKA Thai Rangers) AKA the Royal Thai Paramilitary Force is a paramilitary light infantry force which patrols the borders of Thailand and is an auxiliary of the Royal Thai Army (RTA) and the Royal Thai Marine Corps (RTMC). The Thahan Phran operate in conjunction with the Border Patrol Police (BPP), but are trained and equipped to engage in combat while the BPP is primarily a law enforcement agency. In Thailand there is a common name of black clothing unit (นักรบเสื้อดำ) or the Black Army due to their wearing of black uniforms.[1]
^Ball D. The Boys in Black: The Thahan Phran (Rangers), Thailand's Para-Military Border Guards. Bangkok, Thailand: White Lotus Press, 2004, 2007. ISBN 9744800461 and ISBN 978-9744800466
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