J. Kenneth Eward

US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations Uniforms & Equipment 2000-15 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Eward, J. Kenneth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472806802
• Artikelnr.: 44473237

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Eward teaches at American Military University and is president of the Helicopter Conservancy, Ltd., a helicopter museum in the United States. His work has appeared in National Geographic, Time Magazine and numerous other publications.

Inhaltsangabe

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