The German commando course (German: Einzelkämpferlehrgang lit. Lone-fighter course) is a commando course offered by the German Bundeswehr

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The course was established in the early 1980s and it is aimed on testing the physical and mental endurance of participants and to teach special skills and tactics necessary to operate and to survive under stressful conditions.
Until recently the Einzelkämpferlehrgang was a requirement for becoming an officer in the Bundeswehr. However, it became optional for officers and for NCOs.
The course is taught by the German paratrooper school in Altenstadt, Upper Bavaria

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The course is separated into two parts:

Basic course (Grundlehrgang)

• SERE-skills
• Small unit tactics

Advanced course (Leistungslehrgang)

• Instructor for previously acquired skills
• Leader of commando-style unit
• Guerrilla warfare

Sample schedule for basic course

Week 1

• Arrival
• 3000m walk, classroom instruction, receiving firearms, briefing
• Relocating to training area, training in camouflage and firearms, transporting wounded soldiers
• Classroom instruction, navigation exercise in day and night
• 3000m walk, instruction in knots

Week 2

• 3000m walk, obstacle course, ambushing, hand to hand fighting (Krav Maga
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• Rappelling, Zodiac boats, ambushing
• Rappelling, crossing rivers, hand to hand fighting, obstacle course
• Hand to hand fighting, obstacle course

Week 3 "Hungerweek" max. 1 MRE per week

• Camouflage, hand to hand fighting, obstacle course, night navigation exercise, setting up bivouac
• SERE exercise
• 24-hour exercise including transportation of wounded soldiers
• Survival skills, hand to hand fighting
• Hand to hand fighting

Week 4

• Final exercises, 70km march
• Debriefing, awarding of Einzelkämpfer patch by commander

Sample schedule for advanced course

Week 1

• Arrival
• Introduction, initial physical fitness test (obstacle course in less than 1:50 min, 7000m march with 20kg backpack in less than 52min)
• Training in firearms and equipment (ropes, radios,etc.), classroom instruction
• Hand to hand fighting, land navigation, parachute jump
• Hand to hand fighting

Week 2

• Relocation to Sauwald, instruction in handling explosives, instruction in ambushing, map reading
• Rock climbing in Füssen
• Basics of commando actions
• Ambushing
• Commando exercise
• Hand to hand fighting

Week 3

• Rock climbing
• Briefing, relocating to training area
• Infiltration, evasion, reconnaissance, ambushing
• Evasion and escaping, exfiltration, debriefing
• Written test, test for hand to hand combat instructor

Week 4

• Written test, commando warfare, briefing
• Evasion, reconnaissance, ambush
• Evasion, using hideouts and alternative hideouts
• Debriefing
• Hand to hand fighting, urban warfare

Week 5

• Briefing, relocation to training area
• Establishing hideouts, reconnaissance, ambushing
• Debriefing
• Returning equipment
• Awarding of Einzelkämpfer patch, end of course

Einzelkämpferabzeichen

For the successful completion of each part of the course, the Einzelkämpferabzeichen (Lone-warrior badge) patch is awarded.
The patch shows either one (for completion of basic course) or two(for completion of advanced course) dark green oak leaved with light green background.