# List of South African Commando Units

This is a list of the South African Commando Units. It includes some units which were created to assist in the training or support of the Commandos.

## Unit List
### Group 1

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 1 | (HQ Kelvin) |
| GSB Youngsfield (10 x Commandos) |
| Two Oceans Commando | Cape Town |
| Cape Flats Commando | Cape Town |
| False Bay Commando | Cape Town |
| Koeberg Commando | Cape Town |
| Lions Head Commando | Cape Town |
| Skiereiland Commando/Peninsula Commando | Cape Town |
| Tygerberg Commando | Cape Town |
| Wynberg Commando | Cape Town |

### Group 2

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 2 | (HQ Oudtshoorn) |
| GSB Oudtshoorn (8 x Commandos) |
| Oudtshoorn Commando | Oudtshoorn |
| Worcester Commando | |

### Group 3

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 3
* Alexander Bay Commando
* Springbok Commando

### Group 4

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 4 |
| Knysna Commando | Western Cape |
| Mossel Bay Commando | Western Cape |
| Outeniekwa Commando | Western Cape |
| Riversdal Commando | Western Cape |
| Klein Karoo Commando | Western Cape |

### Group 5

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 5
* Middel Karoo Commando
* De Aar Commando

### Group 6

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
| Group 6 | (HQ Port Elizabeth) |
| GSB Port Elizabeth | 15 x Commandos |
| De Mist Commando/Uitenhage Commando | | / |
| Donkin Commando | | |
| Humansdorp Commando | | |
| Kirkwood Commando | | |
| Port Elizabeth Commando | Eastern Cape | |
| Recife Commando | | |

### Group 7

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 7 | (HQ Grahamstown) |
| Cradock Commando | |
| Katberg Commando | |
| Murraydeen Commando | |
| Somerset East Commando | |
| Stormberg Commando | |
| Midland Commando | |

### Group 8

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 8 | (HQ East London) |
| Cately Commando | East London |
| East London Commando | East London |

### Group 9

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 9 | (HQ Pietermaritzburg) |
| GSB Pietermaritzburg (5 x Commandos) |
| Pietermaritzburg Commando/Natalia Regiment | |
| Umkomaas Commando | |
| Umvoti Commando | Durban |
| Midmar Commando | |
| Weenen-Kliprivier Commando | |
| Griqualand-East Commando | |

### Group 10

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 10 | (HQ Montclair, Durban) |
| GSB Durban (6 x Commandos) |
| Bluff Commando |
| Highway Commando |
| Umgeni Commando |
| Durban South Commando |
| Durban North Commando |
| South Coast Commando |
| Oribi Commando |

### Group 11

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 11 | (HQ Dundee) |
| Drakensberg Commando |
| Dundee and District Commando |

### Group 12

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 12 | (HQ Ermelo) |
| GSB Nelspruit (11 x Commandos) |
| Bethal Commando |
| Ermelo Commando |
| Piet Retief Commando |
| Secunda Commando |
| Standerton Commando |
| Volksrust Commando |
| Wakkerstroom Commando |

### Group 13

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 13
* Letaba Commando
* Phalaborwa Commando

### Group 14

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 14 | (HQ Pietersburg) |
| GSB Pietersburg (7 x Commandos) |
| Pietersburg Commando |
| Limpopo Commando(SMA) |
| Magdol Commando |
| Soutpansberg Commando(SMA) |
| Thabazimbi Commando |
| Warmbad Commando |
| Waterberg Commando Nylstroom |
| Potgietersrus Commando |

### Group 15

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 15 | (HQ Thaba Tshwane) |
| GSB Thaba Tshwane (6 x Commandos) |
| Broederstroom Commando |
| Bronkhorstspruit Commando |
| Hercules Commando |
| Hillcrest Commando |
| Irene Commando |
| Moot Commando |
| Munitoria Commando |
| Pretoria East Commando |
| Quaggapoort Commando |
| Schanskop Commando |
| Wonderboom Commando |

### Group 16

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 16 | (HQ Marievale) |
| GSB Johannesburg (8 x Commandos) |
| Delmas Commando |
| Heidelberg Commando |
| Nigel Commando |
| Springs Commando |

### Group 17

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 17 | (HQ Midvaal) |
| SASOL Commando |
| Regiment Sasolburg |
| Iscor Commando |
| Krugersdorp Commando |
| Meyerton Commando |
| Vaal Commando |
| Vanderbijl Commando |
| Vereeniging Commando |

### Group 18

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 18 | (HQ Doornkop) |
| GSB Johannesburg (11 x Commandos) |
| East Park Commando |
| Johannesburg East Commando |
| Johannesburg West Commando |
| Randburg Commando |
| Roodepoort Commando |
| Wemmerpan Commando |
| West Rand Commando |

### Group 19

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 19
* Brits Commando
* Koster Commando
* Rustenburg Commando
* Zeerust Commando

### Group 20

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 20 | (HQ Mmabatho) |
| GSB Potchefstroom (9 x Commandos) |
| Bloemhof Commando |
| Christiana Commando |
| Coligny Commando |
| Lichtenburg Commando |
| Marico Commando |
| Ottosdal Commando |
| Schweizer Reineke Commando |

### Group 21

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 21
* Kalahari Commando
* Kuruman Commando
* Mafikeng Commando
* Stellaland Commando
* Iscor Sishen Commando

### Group 22

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 22 | (HQ Diskobolos) |
| GSB Kimberley (10 x Commandos) |
| 11 Commando | |
| Barkly West Commando |
| Herbert Commando |
| Hopetown Commando |
| Kimberley Commando |
| Karoo Commando |
| Vaalharts Commando |
| Victoria West Commando |

### Group 23

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 23 | (HQ Upington) |
| GSB Lohathla (7 x Commandos) |
| Boegoeberg Commando |
| Gordonia Commando |
| Kakamas Commando |
| Hay Commando |
| Orania Commando |
| Prieska Commando |

### Group 24

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 24 | (HQ Kroonstad) |
| GSB Kroonstad (17 x Commandos) |
| Heilbron Commando |
| Hoopstad Commando |
| Koppies Commando |
| Kroonstad Commando |
| Lindley Commando |
| Parys Commando |
| SASOL Commando |
| Regiment Sasolburg |
| Senekal Commando |
| Virginia Commando |
| Vrede Commando |

### Group 25

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 25 | (HQ Bethlehem) |
| Bethlehem Commando |
| Frankfort Commando |
| Harrismith Commando |
| Reitz Commando |

### Group 26

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 26 | (HQ, Jacobsdal) |
| Jacobsdal Commando |
| Phillipolis Commando |
| Rouxville Commando |
| Winburg Commando |
| Zastron Commando |

### Group 27

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 27 | (HQ Eshowe) |
| GSB Ladysmith (5 x Commandos) |
| Drakensberg Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| Dundee and District Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| Pongola Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| Tugela Commando | Durban |
| Insele Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| Northern Natal Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| Umkhombe Commando | Kwa-Zulu Natal |

### Group 28

SA Commando Units :
* Unit
* Group 28
* Belfast Commando
* Carolina Commando
* Loskop Commando
* Middelburg Commando
* Witbank Commando

### Group 29

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 29 |
| Kudusrand Commando | Limpopo |
| Northam Commando | Limpopo |

### Group 30

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 30 | (HQ Potchefstroom) |
| GSB Potchefstroom (12 x Commandos) |
| Potchefstroom Commando |
| Cachet Commando |
| Delareyville Commando |
| Gatsrand Commando |
| Hartbeesfontein Commando |
| Klerksdorp Commando |
| NASChem Commando |
| Orkney Commando/Noordvaal Commando |
| Ventersdorp Commando |
| Wolmaransstad Commando |

### Group 31

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 31 | (HQ Wellington) |
| Caledon Commando |
| Calvinia Commando |
| Hantam Commando |
| Paarl Commando |
| Stellenbosch Commando |
| Swellendam Commando |
| Winterberg Commando |
| Worcester Commando |

### Group 32

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 32 | (HQ Graaff-Reinet) |
| Amatola Commando |
| Graaff-Reinet Commando |

### Group 33

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 33 | (HQ Nelspruit) |
| GSB Nelspruit (8 x Commandos) |
| Barberton Commando |
| Nelspruit Commando |
| Kruger National Park Commando |
| Lebombo Commando |
| Long Tom Commando |
| Lydenburg Commando |
| Whiteriver Commando |

### Group 34

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 34 | (HQ Welkom) |
| Bothaville Commando |
| Bultfontein Commando |
| Odendaalsrus Commando |
| Theunissen Commando |
| Sandrivier Commando |
| Goudveld Commando |

### Group 35

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 35 | (HQ Bloemfontein) |
| Bloemfontein City Commando | |
| Bloemfontein District Commando | |
| Boshof Commando | |
| Brandfort Commando | |
| Edenburg Commando | |
| Ficksburg Commando | |
| Smithfield Commando | |
| University OFS Commando | |
| Wepener Commando | |
| Fouriesburg Commando | |

### Group 36

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 36 | (HQ Tempe/Ladybrand) |
| GSB Bloemfontein (16 x Commandos) |
| Caledon River Commando | |
| Fauresmith Commando | |
| Ladybrand Commando | |
| Senekal Commando | |

### Group 39

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 39 | (HQ Queenstown) |
| Aliwal North Commando | |
| Barkly East Commando | |
| Queenstown Commando | |

### Group 40

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 40 | (HQ Wingsfield) |
| Clanwilliam Commando | |
| Piketberg Commando | |
| Swartland Commando | |
| Van Rhynsdorp Commando | |
| West Coast Commando | |

### Group 41

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 41 | (HQ Primrose) |
| Atlas Commando | Transvaal |
| Benoni Commando | Transvaal |
| Brakpan Commando | Transvaal |
| Boksburg Commando | Transvaal |
| Germiston Commando | Transvaal |
| Kempton Park Commando | Transvaal |

### Group 42

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 42 | (HQ Lenz) |
| Alberton Commando | |
| Edenvale Commando | |
| Modderfontein Commando | |
| Sandton Commando | |
| West Park Commando | |

### Group 46

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
| Group 46 | (HQ Umtata) |
| GSB Port Elizabeth (7 x Commandos) |

### Group 50

SWATF Area Force Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Group 50 | |
| Alte Feste Commando (SWATF) | Namibia |
| Bo-Nossob Commando (SWATF) | Namibia |
| Etosha Commando (SWATF) | |
| Grootfontein Commando (SWATF) | |
| Keetmanshoop Commando (SWATF) | |
| Maltahohe Commando (SWATF) | |
| Mariental Commando (SWATF) | |
| Otjiwarongo Commando (SWATF) | |
| Outjo Commando (SWATF) | |
| Walvis Bay Military Area |
| Walvis Bay Commando | Walvis Bay |

### Unsorted

SA Commando Units :
| Unit | Area |
| Unsorted |
| Danie Theron Combat School | Northern Cape |
| South West Karoo Commando | South West Karoo |
| Stormrivier Commando | Western Cape |