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The article from Flight international:
The CO of 42 Commando, Lt-Col R. D. Crombie, described
<iis operational requirement as "to land a commando and its associated
equipment and stores." Any estimate of what went with
a commando, he explained, depended on what was the task to be
done. Basically the unit was one of some 600 men; its five fighting
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Men of 40 Commando go into action on the spot
troops had 60 men each; and there was a support troop, armed
with 3in mortars and machine guns and including field engineers.
The basic weapon of the fighting troop was the new self-loading
rifle, and the 120mm Mobat, of which the Commando had four.
Col Crombie also said that his unit had extra signallers, for communications
between ship and shore; and a gunner officer and
four RA men to control supporting gunfire from the ship. The
Commando does not depend on wheeled transport, but can be
supplied either with Land-Rovers (if there is a friendly port
available and they can be put ashore by landing craft) or with
Citroen 2CVs, of which the ship carries 30 and which are transported
by the Whirlwinds.