Commandos operate in small teams, not as individual substitutes for regular troops. A typical commando unit (e.g., British SAS, U.S. Navy SEALs, Indian MARCOS) has:
| Term | Meaning | Number | |------|---------|--------| | (as a unit – UK/India historical) | A battalion-sized formation | ~450–500 soldiers | | 1 Commando (as a person – misused slang) | A single commando-trained soldier | 1 person (skill = ~5–10 conventional troops) | 1 commando is equal to how many soldiers
The math wasn't 1 to 10 because of muscle or bullets. It was because one Commando who knows exactly where to strike is worth forty men who are looking in the wrong direction. historical missions that built the reputation of the Commandos? Commandos operate in small teams, not as individual