COMANF

Batalhão de Operações Especiais de Fuzileiros Navais, or COMANF, the acronym for Comandos Anfíbios (Portuguese for Amphibious Commandos), is the Brazilian Marine Corps special operations battalion commando force.

Role

COMANF members undertake training in several regions of Brazil aimed at improving their combat skills and training to operate in different environments and climates. The training involves parachuting, mountaineering, operations in the scrub, littoral combat, jungle warfare, tactical diving, and sabotage. It may take two years, or more, to complete the training and become part of COMANF.

Structure

The battalion is currently organized as follows: a Command and Services Company and three Special Operations Companies:

Some members are assigned abroad for training, specializing in courses such as the (Royal Marines) "All Arms Commando Course", (Marina / Spain)"Special Operations Command", (U.S. Army) Ranger School and the (U.S. Marine Corps) "Amphibious Reconnaissance Course".

Curiosity

There is a phrase in the Brazilian Navy to define the "COMANF" soldiers: "Um Comanf é imbatível, dois são inseparáveis e três fazem guerra" (Portuguese for "One Comanf is unbeatable, two are unseparable and three make a war").

Weapons

As every special force of Brazilian Armed Forces, the COMANF soldier are trained to use every type of weapon, they train with various guns of various countries. The most common guns are:

Name Origin Type
Glock 19  Austria Pistol
Heckler & Koch USP  Germany Pistol
Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch G36C  Germany Assault rifle
Colt M4  United States Assault rifle
Franchi SPAS-15  Italy Shotgun
Benelli  Italy Shotgun
FN Minimi  Belgium Machine gun
Barrett  United States Sniper rifle
Heckler & Koch PSG1  Germany Sniper rifle
Taurus PT92  Brazil Pistol
M24 Sniper Weapon System  United States Sniper rifle
FN-FAL  Brazil Assault rifle

See also

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