Kadyrovtsy in Chechnya under President Ramzan Kadyrov. The Royal Johor Military Force of the state of Johor and the private royal guard of Sultan of Johor in Malaysia. The Russian Wagner Group has been accused of being the private army of Vladimir Putin. See also Mercenary Condottieri Private military company Academi, also known as Blackwater Regular military forces whose allegiance is to one person or group. Iraqi Republican Guard Waffen SS the armed branch of a political party within a nation Iraqi People's Army of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party Brownshirts of the German NSDAP Blackshirts of the Italian National Fascist Party Blueshirts of the Chinese Kuomintang National Liberation Army of the People's Mujahedin of Iran Phalangist militia of the Kataeb Party Turkish Grey Wolves a paramilitary force a parapolice Irregular military forces: such as militias, guerrillas, partisans, insurgents, Range war Johnson County War Violent non-state actor References