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Beschreibung

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 were developed to facilitate missions in the most extreme conditions. A special forces operator would now have available to him a dozen distinct types of body armour and two dozen different weapons; never before in American military history had so much equipment 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.

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 were developed to facilitate missions in the most extreme conditions. A special forces operator would now have available to him a dozen distinct types of body armour and two dozen different weapons; never before in American military history had so much equipment 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.

Über den Autor
J. Kenneth Eward, illustrated by J. Kenneth Eward
Zusammenfassung
A companion to Eward's "must have" US Marine Infantry Combat Uniforms and Equipment 2000-12, this volume features a wealth of official and private photographs and detailed color plates that illustrate the evolving appearance of the US Marine special operators in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Elite
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472806789
ISBN-10: 1472806786
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eward, J. Kenneth
Illustrator: Eward, J. Kenneth
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Elite
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 246 x 182 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: J. Kenneth Eward
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2016
Gewicht: 0,214 kg
Artikel-ID: 104807091