COMANF, acronym for Comandos Anfíbios (Portuguese

Portuguese language

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 for Amphibious Commandos), is the Brazilian Marine Corps

Brazilian Marine Corps

The Brazilian Marine Corps is the land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy.- Mission :...

 commandos.The Comanf member has to training in several regions of Brazil aiming at improving their combat skills and training to operate in different environments and climates. The training involves parachuting, mountaineering, operations in the scrub, littoral attack & defense, Jungle Warfare, tactical diving, sabotage. It may take two years or more to complete the training and become part of COMANF.

Some members are assigned abroad for training, specializing in courses such as "All Arms Commando Course

All Arms Commando Course

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" (Royal Marines

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), "Special Operations Command

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" (Marina

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 / Spain

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), "Rangers

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" (U.S. Army) and "Amphibious Reconnaissance Course" (U.S. Marine Corps).

Curiosity

There is a phrase in the Brazilian Navy

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 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 training with various guns of various countries.
The most common guns are:
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| Glock 19
|  Austria
| Pistol
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| Heckler & Koch USP

Heckler & Koch USP

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|  Germany
| Pistol
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| Heckler & Koch MP5

Heckler & Koch MP5

The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....

|  Germany
| Submachine gun
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| Heckler & Koch G36C
|  Germany
| Assault rifle
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| Colt M4

M4 carbine

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|  United States
| Assault rifle
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| Franchi SPAS-15

Franchi SPAS-15

The SPAS-15 is a dual-mode 12 gauge combat shotgun manufactured by the Italian company Luigi Franchi S.p.A..-Design:The weapon is based on the SPAS-12, and has similar pump-action/semi-automatic firing modes. In semi-automatic mode a gas piston drives a bolt carrier and rotating bolt. In...

|  Italy
| Shotgun
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| Benelli

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|  Italy
| Shotgun
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| FN Minimi

FN Minimi

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|  Belgium
| Machine gun
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| Barrett
|  United States
| Sniper rifle
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| Heckler & Koch PSG1

Heckler & Koch PSG1

The PSG1 is a semi-automatic rifle designed by the German company Heckler & Koch of Oberndorf am Neckar.-Development:...

|  Germany
| Sniper rifle
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| Taurus PT92

Taurus PT92

The Taurus PT92 is a double action/single action, 9x19mm Parabellum, double-stack magazine, semi-automatic, short recoil action pistol manufactured by Taurus in the former Beretta factory in São Paulo, Brazil....

|  Brazil
| Pistol
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| M24 Sniper Weapon System
|  United States
| Sniper rifle
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| FN-FAL
|  Brazil
| Assault rifle
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