Most did. According to one website “About 3,450, of the roughly 49,000 Commandos produced were in two-inch “snub” variants …”. (You may Google that quote to find the web page.)
There’s also a Youtube video titled: Snub Nosed .38 Special Colt Commando, WWII Revolver
How Tip is carrying a WWII-era weapon after Afghan-era service is something of a puzzle, though. Perhaps it was a gift from someone else or simply to himself. It is, as he said, a classic, and eminently collectible as well as serviceable.
And not a little kinky. 8-o