Kataeb Regulatory Forces

Kataeb Regulatory Forces
قوات الكتائب النظامية
Kataeb Regulatory Forces ; قوات الكتائب النظامية
	Kataeb Regulatory Forces flag (1961–1980)
Leaders	William Hawi; Bachir Gemayel; Amine Gemayel
Dates of operation	1937–1961; 1961–1980
Headquarters	Achrafieh, Karantina (Beirut), Bikfaya
Active regions	East Beirut, Matn District, Mount Lebanon, Southern Lebanon
Ideology	Lebanese nationalism; Falangism; Anti-communism; Anti-Islamism; Gemayelism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Size	15,000 fighters
Part of	Kataeb Party; Lebanese Front; Lebanese Forces
Allies	1958; Lebanese Armed Forces; Pro Government Militas; 1975–1980; Lebanese Armed Forces (Sometimes); Army of Free Lebanon (AFL); Guardians of the Cedars (GoC); Tyous Team of Commandos (TTC); Al-Tanzim; Tigers Militia; Marada Brigade; Lebanese Youth Movement (MKG); Zahliote Group; Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Opponents	1958; Najjadeh Party ; Progressive Socialist Party ; Lebanese Communist Party ; Al-Mourabitoun; 1975–1980; Lebanese National Movement (LNM); Tigers Militia (1980); Marada Brigade; Lebanese Arab Army (LAA); Amal Movement; Lebanese Armed Forces (Sometimes); Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Palestine Liberation Army (PLA); Syrian Arab Armed Forces
Battles and wars	1958 Lebanon crisis; Lebanese Civil War Battle of the Hotels; Karantina massacre; Tel al-Zaatar massacre; ;

The Kataeb Regulatory Forces – KRF (Arabic: قوات الكتائب النظامية, romanized: Quwwāt al-Katāʾib an-Niẓāmiyyah) or Forces Régulatoires des Kataeb (FRK) in French, were the military wing of the right-wing Lebanese Christian Kataeb Party, otherwise known as the 'Phalange', from 1961 to 1977. The Kataeb militia, which fought in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, was the predecessor of the Lebanese Forces.