Commandos
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Commandos is updated to version Beta Two. |
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| Placement | |
| Faction | British |
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| Doctrine | Royal Commandos |
| Price | |
 Manpower
| 310 |
 Ammunition
| 180 |
 Fuel
| 0 |
 Population
| 7 |
| Attributes | |
| Squad Size | 6 |
| Health | 390 |
| Squad Slots | 6 |
| Targeting | |
| Target Type | infantry_soldier |
| Critical Type | infantry |
| Vision | |
| Sight | 35 |
| Detection | 7/0 |
| Suppression | |
| Suppress Threshold | .35 |
| Pinned Threshold | .8 |
| Recovery Rate | .012 |
| CoH-Stats | Commandos Veterancy | ||||
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 | 10% increase to accuracy. | 16 |  Level 1
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| 15% reduction to received accuracy. | 64 |  Level 2
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| 20% reduction to received suppression & smoke and normal grenades are on separate timers. | 256 |  Level 3
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| Known Unit (Custom Name) | 1024 |  Level 4
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| Feared Unit (Custom Skin) | 1536 |  Level 5
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In military science, the term commando can refer to an individual, a military unit, or a raiding style of military operation. In some contexts, "commando" means elite light infantry or special forces. Commando units have a variety of specialist capabilities which enable them to conduct these kind of operations, most notable a broad range of deployment skills which often include parachuting, airborne rappelling or fast-roping, or amphibious landings.
In the military forces of some Commonwealth countries, there is a distinction between commando units, which specialize in offensive or assault tasks, and other special forces units, which specialize in counter-terrorism and/or reconnaissance and sabotage missions behind enemy lines.
History
The Air landing troops of the British Airborne were tasked with assaulting German positions prior to the D-Day landings. They landed their gliders in Coup de Main assaults on enemy positions, surprising the German defenders in risky attacks. They were all volunteers, and well-trained for their dangerous job, and continued to act as elite ground infantry once the airborne operations were over.
The Commandos in Company of Heroes are actually Air landing troops from an Airborne Division, or SAS (Special Air Service) Commandos. Their distinctive red berets indicate they're airborne troops or SAS Troops, as Commandos wore green berets. Commandos came from several branches (Royal Army Commandos, Royal Marine Commandos, and Royal Navy Commandos) and none were involved in glider operations.
Tactics & Tips
- Commandos can only be used with the Royal Commandos Doctrine.
- Commandos are good counters to Axis machine guns as they can drop outside the HMG's fire arc with gliders or can deploy smoke to make the machine gun unable to target them for 7 seconds.
- Never drop the glider near the presence of a sighted Marder III or StuG as they automatically target the glider even before the Commandos exit. This applies also to the Tetrarch Glider.
- Use Commandos against enemy infantry.
- They can also be used for capping power as they can drop behind enemy lines and do not have a movement handicap when in enemy territory.
- Drop the Commandos near an important strategic point to capture it, or near the main base to wreck havoc in your enemies base and turn his focus.
- Problems with gliders landing behind your lines and commandos wrecking your day? Cover vacant fields, long roads, and other great landing spots in dragon's teeth, they will tear up the glider before the troops can spawn.
- If an enemy drops a Panzershreck, pick it up with the commando squad as soon as possible. It makes them good against their usual counters - armored cars and light tanks.
