Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment
The Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment (CR) (කොමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව) is one of the two Special Operations units of the Sri Lanka Army along with the Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment.The organizational and operational Structure of the Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment is much similar to the British Special Air Service (SAS) unit. Within one of the four Army Commando Regiments there is a 140-man counter-terrorist unit that provides the primary Counter-terrorism response for Sri Lanka. This unit was created in 1980 and is based in Ganemulla, a suburb of Colombo.
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