Top Facts About Special Forces Commandos You'd Love To Know

1. They don't look like "Rambo" as you might think of.

First and foremost, many people still believe in a popular misconception, of which imagination about these special commandos. In fact, most of them are not what you’ve seen in the Rambo movies. Aside from combat, a real commando also has to do related practices like running and crawling. An ideal person should not be able to blend in with the crowd, and flexible enough to undertake the mission anywhere.

Clearly, a big-shape body consumes more food and water to maintain his strength. In the real battles, commandos even have to not eat for prolonged periods, and this makes a medium-sized commando is better than his bigger partners. Due to those reasons, they’re averagely 1.70m tall.

2. Commandos rarely use hand-to-hand combat though they have to pass deadly training.

No one uses hand-to-hand combat when he gets a gun. And yes, they’re trained in brutal hand-to-hand combat, but using the gun accurately and effectively is the first priority of any armed commando.

3. Each commando will get his own specialization, not being omniscience.

When most of us think that those special forces commandos are knowledgeable about everything and they could complete any task in a matter of minutes. In fact, they’re not supermen as you might expect. Everyone dives deep into his own specialization. Some are responsible to combat in urban areas while others are hiding in the mountainous sides of forest terrain. In the meantime, personnel has to talk with opponents fluently in their language, and the other has to shoot exactly at a point at a 1.5 km distance.