Hunter Group

Hunter Group
ActiveMay 1968
Disbanded1976
CountrySouth Africa
Allegiance Republic of South Africa
Branch South African Army
TypeSpecial forces
RoleCounter-insurgency
Part ofSouth African Defence Force
Garrison/HQDoornkop, Transvaal
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Commandant G. van Kerckhoven
Insignia
Identification
symbol
Scorpion

The Hunter Group was South Africa's first special forces unit and counter-insurgency elite formed in 1968, with members of the unit forming and training later special forces and other specialised units of the South African Army.