6 Commando (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

6 Commando ANC
Active1964 - 1967
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo
TypeMercenary
Size5 Company
Nickname(s)“les affreux” (Fr: the terrible ones)
Commanders
CommanderLt.Col. Lamouline
CommanderRobert (Bob) Denard, until January 1963, and again from February 1965

6 Commando was a mercenary unit of the Armée Nationale Congolaise (the Congolese National Army) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that trained as commando. It specialized in counterinsurgency, direct action behind enemy lines, irregular warfare, long-range penetration, special reconnaissance, and tracking the enemy to combat or gathering intelligence.

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