Commando (disambiguation)
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A commando is an elite light infantry or special forces soldier, trained for quick raid operations.
Commando may also refer to:
Military
- British Commandos, a special operations force created during World War II
- Cadillac Gage Commando, an amphibious armored personnel carrier
- Colt CAR-15 "Commando", a short-barrel assault rifle
- Commando, an alternate term for military Special forces
- Commando (pigeon), a World War II messenger pigeon who received the Dickin Medal
- Curtiss C-46 Commando, an American transport aircraft
- Portuguese Army Commandos, special forces unit of the Portuguese Army
- 3 Commando Brigade, the main manoeuvre formation of the British Royal Marines
Popular culture
Films
- Commando (1964 film), the American International Pictures title of Marcia o Crepa (1962)
- Commandos (1968 film), a World War II action film
- Commando (1985 film), a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Commando (1988 film), a Bollywood film by Babbar Subhash
- Commando (2013 film), a Bollywood action film
Games
- "Commando", an alternative name for Fugitive (game)
- Commando (role-playing game), a 1979 role-playing game
- Commandos (series), a 1998 stealth-oriented real-time tactics computer game series
- Commando (video game), a 1985 video game (unrelated to the film)
- A Global Defense Initiative unit in the Command & Conquer franchise
- Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, a 2003 video game
- Star Wars: Republic Commando, a 2005 Star Wars video game
Music
- "Commando", a song by Ramones from the album Leave Home
- "Commando", a song by Satyr-icon from the 2008 album The Age of Nero
Television
- Commandos, a meerkat group featured in Meerkat Manor
- "Commando", the nickname of Steve Willis, a trainer on the Australian TV program The Biggest Loser
Other uses
- Comandău (Kommandó in Hungarian), a commune in Covasna County, Romania
- Commando (book), an autobiography of guitarist and songwriter Johnny Ramone
- Commando (comics), a British war comic
- Going commando, to go without underwear
- Commando: A Boer Journal Of The Boer War (book), a personal account of the Second Boer War by Deneys Reitz.
Cricket
- Colombo Commandos, a Sri Lankan domestic cricket team
Vehicles
- Commando Jeep, a light tactical vehicle
- Dodge 100 "Commando", a truck made by Dodge in Britain
- Jeepster Commando, a line of Jeep models
- Norton Commando, a motorcycle made by Norton from 1967 to 1976
- "Commando", a series of high-performance engines made by Plymouth
Other
- Casio G'zOne Commando, an Android smartphone
- Commando (horse) (1898–1905), American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse
- "Commando" connectors, a term for IEC 60309 power connectors
- A GUI tool for running command lines in the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop and later in A/UX
See also
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