Автор: John Walter
Название: Guns of the Elite Forces
Издательство: Greenhill Books
Год: 2006
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 286
Язык: English
Размер: 80 MB

The war against terrorism continues. Hardly a day goes by without the report of a new outrage. Foremost in the struggle against terrorism are the Special Forces. Guns of the Elite Forces provides a penetrating account of the weapons that elite fighting troops carry into combat. Such elites have always existed in the armies of the world. During World War II, elite units sprang up in most theatres of conflict - the German Brandenburgers carried out clandestine operations in Poland; in the Western Desert, the Long Range Desert Group and SAS penetrated deep behind enemy lines; for larger-scale raids the British Commandos and the US Rangers and Marine Raiders were formed. From 1945, the Special Forces continued to prove their value, operating as small numbers of highly-trained fighters carrying out precision tasks to maximum effect and minimum cost in human lives.