{"product_id":"us-marine-corps-recon-and-special-operations-uniforms-equipment-200015-9781472806789","title":"US Marine Corps Recon and Special Operations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 armor 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 armor 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 official and private photographs and meticulous color plates, this volume offers the first detailed, authoritative study of the characteristics, and the performance in the field, of the most modern combat gear and weapons provided for USMC specialist operators to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \/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 \u0026amp; survival \/Battlefield optics \u0026amp; electronics: observation \u0026amp; illumination; communications; navigation \/Small arms: knives, pistols, rifles, carbines, support weapons; sights, illuminators, suppressors, grips, stocks, magazines, slings; hand grenades and grenade launchers \/Conclusions \u0026amp; future developments \/Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019907858775,"sku":"9781472806789","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472806789.jpg?v=1750781686","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/us-marine-corps-recon-and-special-operations-uniforms-equipment-200015-9781472806789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}