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.[1]
See main article: South African Commando System.
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 1 | (HQ Kelvin) | |
| Youngsfield (10 x Commandos) | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Cape Town | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 2 | (HQ Oudtshoorn) | |
| GSB Oudtshoorn (8 x Commandos) | ||
| Oudtshoorn | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 4 | ||
| Western Cape | ||
| Western Cape | ||
| Western Cape | ||
| Western Cape | ||
| Western Cape | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 6 | (HQ Port Elizabeth) | |
| 15 x Commandos | ||
| / | ||
| Eastern Cape | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 8 | (HQ East London) | |
| East London | ||
| East London | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 9 | (HQ Pietermaritzburg) | |
| GSB Pietermaritzburg (5 x Commandos) | ||
| Pietermaritzburg Commando/Natalia Regiment | ||
| Durban | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 11 | (HQ Dundee) | |
| Drakensberg Commando | ||
| Dundee and District Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 12 | (HQ Ermelo) | |
| GSB Nelspruit (11 x Commandos) | ||
| Bethal Commando | ||
| Ermelo Commando | ||
| Piet Retief Commando | ||
| Secunda Commando | ||
| Standerton Commando | ||
| Volksrust Commando | ||
| Wakkerstroom Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 16 | (HQ Marievale) | |
| GSB Johannesburg (8 x Commandos) | ||
| Delmas Commando | ||
| Heidelberg Commando | ||
| Nigel Commando | ||
| Springs Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 17 | (HQ Midvaal) | |
| SASOL Commando | ||
| Regiment Sasolburg | ||
| Iscor Commando | ||
| Krugersdorp Commando | ||
| Meyerton Commando | ||
| Vaal Commando | ||
| Vanderbijl Commando | ||
| Vereeniging Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 19 | ||
| Brits Commando | ||
| Koster Commando | ||
| Zeerust Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 20 | (HQ Mmabatho) | |
| GSB Potchefstroom (9 x Commandos) | ||
| Bloemhof Commando | ||
| Christiana Commando | ||
| Coligny Commando | ||
| Lichtenburg Commando | ||
| Marico Commando | ||
| Ottosdal Commando | ||
| Schweizer Reineke Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 21 | ||
| Kalahari Commando | ||
| Kuruman Commando | ||
| Mafikeng Commando | ||
| Stellaland Commando | ||
| Iscor Sishen Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 22 | (HQ Diskobolos) | |
| GSB Kimberley (10 x Commandos) | ||
| Barkly West Commando | ||
| Herbert Commando | ||
| Hopetown Commando | ||
| Kimberley Commando | ||
| Vaalharts Commando | ||
| Victoria West Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 23 | (HQ Upington) | |
| GSB Lohathla (7 x Commandos) | ||
| Boegoeberg Commando | ||
| Gordonia Commando | ||
| Kakamas Commando | ||
| Hay Commando | ||
| Orania Commando | ||
| Prieska Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 25 | (HQ Bethlehem) | |
| Bethlehem Commando | ||
| Frankfort Commando | ||
| Harrismith Commando | ||
| Reitz Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 26 | (HQ, Jacobsdal) | |
| Jacobsdal Commando | ||
| Phillipolis Commando | ||
| Rouxville Commando | ||
| Winburg Commando | ||
| Zastron Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 27 | (HQ Eshowe) | |
| GSB Ladysmith (5 x Commandos) | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Durban | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 28 | ||
| Carolina Commando | ||
| Loskop Commando | ||
| Middelburg Commando | ||
| Witbank Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 29 | ||
| Limpopo | ||
| Limpopo | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 31 | (HQ Wellington) | |
| Caledon Commando | ||
| Calvinia Commando | ||
| Hantam Commando | ||
| Paarl Commando | ||
| Stellenbosch Commando | ||
| Swellendam Commando | ||
| Winterberg Commando | ||
| Worcester Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 32 | (HQ Graaff-Reinet) | |
| Amatola Commando | ||
| Graaff-Reinet Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 34 | (HQ Welkom) | |
| Bothaville Commando | ||
| Bultfontein Commando | ||
| Odendaalsrus Commando | ||
| Theunissen Commando | ||
| Sandrivier Commando | ||
| Goudveld Commando | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| Group 41 | (HQ Primrose) | |
| Transvaal | ||
| Transvaal | ||
| Transvaal | ||
| Transvaal | ||
| Germiston Commando | Transvaal | |
| Transvaal | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Unit | Area | Insignia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsorted | |||
| Northern Cape | |||
| South West Karoo | |||
| Western Cape |