Infantry:HMG Commandos

1 Tactics
2 History
3 Built From
- 3.1 Glider HQ
4 Squad Abilities
- 4.1 Concealing Smoke
5 Squad Weapons
- 5.1 Vickers HMG
- 5.2 Sten SMG

HMG Commandos
	Squad Size	6	Capture Rate	1	Sup Threshold	0.35
	Health	390	Sight	35	Pin Threshold	0.8
	Cost	510	Detection	7/0	Recovery Rate	0.012
Hotkey: H	Population	6
	Time	36	Retreat Modifier	0.5	Target Type	infantry_soldier
	Upkeep	9.0144	Reinforce Cost	0.4119	Critical Type	infantry
	Squad Slots		Reinforce Time	1.5

Tactics

Commando HMGs can only be created in a glider HQ.
Commando HMGs operate in the same way to American and German HMGs.

History

The Airlanding troops of the British Airborne were tasked with assaulting German positions prior to the D-Day landings. They landed their gliders in Coup de Main assaults on enemy positions, surprising the German defenders in risky attacks. They were all volunteers, and well-trained for their dangerous job, and continued to act as elite ground infantry once the airborne operations were over.

The Vickers .303 medium machine-gun was the main machine-gun of the British infantry. It's water-cooled design made it bulkier than the German MG42, but it could maintain a sustained rate of fire over a longer period of time. Another trick was that the men of the dedicated machine-gun battalions trained in how to use their Vickers as artillery, so that they could fire bursts in an arc to suppress enemy positions ahead of an assault. The Vickers crews that served the Commandos and Air-landing troops didn't utilize this technique.

The Commandos in Company of Heroes are actually Airlanding troops from an Airborne Division, or SAS (Special Air Service) Commandos . Their distinctive red berets indicate they're airborne troops, or SAS Troops, as Commandos wore green berets. Commandos came from several branches (Royal Army Commandos, Royal Marine Commandos, and Royal Navy Commandos) and none were involved in glider operations.

Built From

Glider HQ				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	100	Activation	targeted
	Duration	_	Target	tp_position
	Recharge	75
Hotkey:	Effects: Request a Glider Headquarters capable of producing Mortar Commandos, PIAT Commandos, and Heavy Machine Gun Commmandos. ESee Ability:Glider HQ for details.

Squad Abilities

Concealing Smoke				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost		Activation	timed
	Duration	14	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	30
Hotkey: S	Effects: Break any suppression or pinning effects on the squad and envelope the Commandos in concealing smoke. ESee Ability:Concealing Smoke for details.