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A Commando armed with a Thompson sub machine gun and a machete at the Commando Basic Training Centre, Inverness-shire, 1942 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, 1942 (c).

The Commando Training Centre at Achnacarry near Spean Bridge was established in 1942. New recruits were trained in physical fitness, survival, orienteering, close quarter combat, silent killing, signalling, amphibious and cliff assault, vehicle operation, weapons (including the use of captured enemy arms) and demolition.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1986-01-4-98

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1986-01-4-98

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