US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations Uniforms & Equipment 2000–15

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US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations Uniforms & Equipment 2000–15

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In the age of modern warfare the changing landscape of the 21st century battlefield has demanded a transformation within the US Marine Corps Special Operations. Adapting to a huge range of combat environments, an enormous array of specialist uniforms, protective armour and battlefield electronic devices have been developed to facilitate missions in the most extreme conditions. A special forces operator may now have available to him a dozen distinct types of body armour and two dozen different weapons; never before in American military history has so much been given to so few. Authored by J. Kenneth Eward, professor at the American Military University, and illustrated throughout with photographs and meticulous colour plates, this volume offers the first detailed, authoritative study of the characteristics, and performance in the field, of the most modern combat gear and weapons provided for USMC specialist operators to date.

Table of Contents

Introduction /Specialist combat clothing: camouflage, temperate, desert, cold weather; insignia /Combat equipment ensembles: improvised; CQBE; MLLCE; Ranger ACK; FSBE; FSBE II; Recon ILBE /Special-purpose kits: combat swimmer/diver; parachutist; helicopter infiltration/exfiltration; assault climber; medical & survival /Battlefield optics & electronics: observation & illumination; communications; navigation /Small arms: knives, pistols, rifles, carbines, support weapons; sights, illuminators, suppressors, grips, stocks, magazines, slings; hand grenades and grenade launchers /Conclusions & future developments /Index

Product details

Published 20 Jan 2016
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472806802
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 col
Series Elite
Short code ELI 208
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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J. Kenneth Eward

Kenneth Eward teaches at American Military Univers…

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J. Kenneth Eward

Kenneth Eward teaches at American Military Univers…

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