{{wiktionary|commando}}
A '''commando''' is an elite light infantry or special forces soldier, trained for quick raid operations, or a group of such soldiers.
'''Commando''' or '''Commandos''' may also refer to:
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==Military== === Units === *Royal Naval Commandos, a British World War II commando unit *Royal Marine Commandos *Commandos Marine *Marine Commando Force *Garud Commandos *Para Commandos *Commandos (Singapore Army) of the Singapore Army *British Commandos, a special operations force created during World War II *Portuguese Army Commandos, special forces unit of the Portuguese Army *Commando Raiders, Laotian pathfinders and special forces during the Laotian Civil War *Boer Commando (from 1658), the basic unit of organisation of the militia of the Boer people of South Africa *Commandos, nickname of a 10th Mountain Division's brigade
=== Materiel === *Colt CAR-15 "Commando", a short-barrel assault rifle *Curtiss C-46 Commando, an American transport aircraft *''Commando'' (aircraft), a very long range Consolidated Liberator II aircraft
=== Other === *Commando (pigeon), a World War II messenger pigeon who received the Dickin Medal *an alternate term for military special forces
==Entertainment== ===Film and TV=== *''Commando'' (1962 film), the American International Pictures title of the film ''Marcia o Crepa'' *''Commandos'' (film), a 1968 World War II action film *''Commando'' (1985 film), a film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger *''Commando'' (1988 film), a Bollywood film by Babbar Subhash *''Commando'' (film series), Indian action film series **''Commando: A One Man Army'', a 2013 Bollywood action film, first installment in the series *''Commando'' (TV series), an Indian action thriller series *Commandos, a meerkat group featured in ''Meerkat Manor'' *"Commando", the nickname of Steve Willis, a trainer on the Australian TV program ''The Biggest Loser''
===Games=== *''Commando'', an alternative name for the game ''Fugitive'' *''Commando'' (role-playing game), a 1979 role-playing game *''Commandos'' (series), a stealth-oriented real-time tactics computer game series **''Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines'', the first game in the series, released in 1998 *''Commando'' (video game), a 1985 video game (unrelated to the film) *''Commando: Steel Disaster'', a shoot em' up Nintendo DS game
===Music=== *''Commandos'' (album), a 1986 album by Stage Dolls *''Commando'' (Niska album), a 2017 album by Niska *"Commando", a song by Vanessa Paradis from the 2000 album ''Bliss'' *"Commando", a song by Ramones from the album ''Leave Home'' *"Commando", a song by Satyricon from the 2008 album ''The Age of Nero''
===Literature=== *''Commando'' (book), an autobiography of guitarist and songwriter Johnny Ramone *''Commando'' (comics), a British war comic *''Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War'', a personal account of the Second Boer War by Deneys Reitz
==Vehicles== *Cadillac Gage Commando, an amphibious armored personnel carrier *Norton Commando, a British motorcycle *Commando Jeep, a light tactical vehicle *Dodge 100 "Commando", a truck made by Dodge in Britain *Jeepster Commando, a line of Jeep models *"Commando", a series of high-performance engines made by Plymouth *''Commando'', a former yacht converted into commercial service; see {{slink|MV Star of Malta|Commercial service}}
==Other== *Commando (company), an American underwear company *Commando (horse) (1898–1905), American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse *Comandău (Kommandó in Hungarian), a commune in Covasna County, Romania *Casio G'zOne Commando, an Android smartphone *Colombo Commandos, a Sri Lankan domestic cricket team *"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 *"To go commando", a slang term for not wearing underwear
==See also== *Kommando, a generic German word meaning ''unit'' or ''command'' *Commando 3 (disambiguation)
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