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Commando (movie)
A commando is an elite light infantry or special forces soldier, trained for quick raid operations. Commando or Commandos may also refer to: Military Units *Royal Naval Commandos *Royal Marine Commandos *Commandos Marine *Marine Commandos *Marine Commando Force *Garud Commando Force *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 *3 Commando Brigade, the main manoeuvre formation of the British Royal Marines *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 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 Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commando
40_Commando.html" ;"title="Royal Marines from 40 Commando">Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are pictured A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines. Originally "a commando" was a type of combat unit, as opposed to an individual in that unit. In other languages, ''commando'' and ''kommando'' denote a " command", including the sense of a military or an elite special operations unit. In the militaries and governments of most countries, commandos are distinctive in that they specialize in unconventional assault on high-value targets. In English, to distinguish between an individual commando and a commando unit, the unit is occasionally capitalized. Etymology From an ancient lingual perspective the term commando derives from Latin ''commendare'', to recommend. From the perspective of the ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment". Special forces emerged in the early 20th century, with a significant growth in the field during the Second World War, when "every major army involved in the fighting" created formations devoted to special operations behind enemy lines. Depending on the country, special forces may perform functions including Airborne forces, airborne operations, counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, Covert operations, covert ops, Direct action (military), direct action, Hostage crises, hostage rescue, high-value targets/Manhunt (military), manhunt, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, intelligence operations, Mobility (military), mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commandos (series)
''Commandos'' is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game series. The five games released between 1998 and 2006 are all set during World War II and follow the adventures of a fictional Allied commando unit. Each mission is loosely based on historical events during World War II to carry the plot. The series was developed by the Spanish developer Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The series has sold a total of 3.3 million copies and generated $41 million of revenue at retail. Games There are five games in the series, which are listed here in the order they were released: ''Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines'' ''Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines'' (CBEL) was released on 1 July 1998. It was published by Eidos Interactive, and developed by Pyro Studios. It features 20 missions. The view is isometric with tactical gameplay. A Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version of ''Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines'', with the first 5 missions, was also made by Russian homebrew programmers, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commando (role-playing Game)
''Commando'' is a role-playing game published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1979. Description ''Commando'' is a man-to-man tactical combat game that simulates commando operations from World War II to the present. Although it was marketed as a role-playing game, reviewers called it primarily a board wargame with a set of role-playing rules grafted onto it. The role-playing rules include character creation, skills, cooperative fire teams, and hero characters. Components The game box contains: * twelve geomorphic 11" x 17" double-sided paper maps with a square grid scaled at 3 m per square *47-page wargame rulebook * 23-page role-playing rulebook *two copies of 8-page booklet of charts *addenda sheet dated September 1979 *two 20-sided dice *four small six-sided dice Gameplay If using the role-playing rules, a group of players create commando characters to be sent out on missions presented by a gamemaster. The players can increase the hero rating of their character a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugitive (game)
The game of Fugitive combines elements of a number of outdoor games such as capture the flag, tag (game), cops and robbers, and Sharks and Minnows. Fugitive is also comparable to orienteering, foxhunts, and other over-land race games. Game basics There are two teams. Nomenclature may vary regionally; One team, sometimes called the "Fugitives", are the players who need to race from one point to another; and the second team, sometimes known as the "Police", are the players who need to find and Tag the fugitives before they arrive at their destination. The fugitives' objective is to run from a starting point to a finishing point without being tagged by any of the police. This finishing point may be a short distance, or depending on the agreed rules, may be many miles away. Depending on ground rules agreed by the players, the fugitives are allowed a head start. The fugitive must remain on foot, no vehicles or alternate modes of transportation are allowed. There are no formal boundar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Willis
''yes'Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen Notable people with the name include: steve jops * Steve Abbott (other), several people * Steve Adams (other), several people * Steve Alaimo (born 1939), American singer, record & TV producer, label owner * Steve Albini (born 1961), American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist * Steve Allen (1921–2000), American television personality, musician, composer, comedian and writer * Steve Armitage (born 1944), British-born Canadian sports reporter * Steve Armstrong (born 1965), American professional wrestler * Steve Antin (born 1958), American actor * Steve Augarde (born 1950),arab author, artist, and eater * Steve Augeri (born 1959), American singer * Steve August (born 1954), American football player * Stone Cold Steve Austin (born 1964), American professional wrestler * Steve Aylett (born 1967), English author of satiric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meerkat Manor
''Meerkat Manor'' is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films that premiered in September 2005. Originally broadcast on Animal Planet International for four series, until its cancellation in August 2008, the programme had a revival in 2021 with the programme now known as ''Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty'' in some countries. Using traditional animal documentary style footage along with narration, the series told the story of the Whiskers, one of more than a dozen families of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert being studied as part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, a long-term field study into the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of the cooperative nature of meerkats. The original programme was narrated by Bill Nighy, with the narration redubbed by Mike Goldman for the Australian airings and Sean Astin for the American broadcasts. The fourth series, subtitled ''The Next Generation'', saw Stockard Channing replacing Astin as the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commando 3 (film)
''Commando 3'' is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Aditya Datt and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Reliance Entertainment. The film is the sequel of '' Commando: A One Man Army'' (2013) and '' Commando 2: The Black Money Trail'' (2017). The third installment of '' Commando film series'', the film features Vidyut Jammwal, Adah Sharma, and Angira Dhar in lead roles, with Gulshan Devaiah portraying the antagonist. Jammwal reprises his role as the commando Karan, who goes undercover with encounter specialist Bhavana Reddy for an anti-terrorist mission in London. Principal photography for the film began in September 2018 in Bradford and York City in England. The film was theatrically released in India on 29 November 2019. A commercial success, it became the highest grossing film in the '' Commando film series''. Plot The Mumbai Police force arrest three young terrorist suspects and interrogates them, but doesn't receive any information. Karanveer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Money Trail
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A One Man Army
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commando (film Series)
''Commando'' is a series of Indian Hindi-language action thriller films produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under the banner of Sunshine Pictures. The film series is co-produced and distributed by Reliance Entertainment. The first film '' Commando: A One Man Army'' was released in 2013 is directed by Dilip Ghosh, the second film '' Commando 2: The Black Money Trail'' released in 2017 is directed by Deven Bhojani while the third film '' Commando 3'' is directed by Aditya Datt released in 2019. The series follows the story of an Indian Commando named Karanveer 'Karan' Singh Dogra (Vidyut Jammwal) and his missions. The protagonist's name is inspired by Karan Singh, the Dogra dynasty ex-crown prince of Jammu and Kashmir. Jammwal, who is trained in the Indian martial arts of Kalaripayattu, performs his own stunts and martial arts in the film's action sequences. '' Commando 2'' is the only film in the series to be released along with its Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions. Overview '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commando (1988 Film)
''Commando'' is a 1988 Hindi-language Indian action film directed by B.Subhash and produced by Mushir-Riaz. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Hemant Birje, Kim in lead roles. It was a commercial success at the box-office. Plot The film starts with an assassination attempt that fails as a police inspector jumps in front and saves the minister. The police dies, but his wife gets mad. Thus the son grows himself by training himself, same time caring for his mother, who is in treatment for mental sickness. Mithun, now as the story proceeds, saves mandakini during a murder attempt by the gunmen of shakthi kapoor. Gradually both fall in love, but mandakini father is against it. Mandakini father gets in good terms with the villain to get mithun arrested as mithun got trapped by shakthi kapoor with a lorry full of explosives, during which mithun overhears conversation among villains of an assassination attempt. Mandakini gets kidnapped by villains, but Mithun rescues mandakini and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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