In the past forty years, the devastating effects of international terror have forced their way into the forefront of world affairs. To counter this new threat to civilisation – and to the safety of ordinary people – a new breed of soldier was created to fight the terrorists on their own terms. They are the world's Special Forces, and Death Before Dishonour tells the inside stories behind these fearsome fighting units. It captures the drama, action, pain and glory of the most striking operations ever undertaken by the world's various Special Forces and for the first time ever reveals the truth behind their bloodiest battles, and gives top secret information about the terrifying techniques and gadgetry they employ.
Оглавление
Nicholas Davies B.. Death Before Dishonour - True Stories of The Special Forces Heroes Who Fight Global Terror
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
THE SPECIAL SOLDIER
DESERT WAR
‘THE LEGION IS OUR COUNTRY’
COUNTERING TERROR
RESCUED
HEROES OF THE SEA
22 SAS
US SPECIAL FORCES
SCUD BUSTERS
AFRICAN INFERNO
THE SOVIETS’ GRAVEYARD
SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING
THE WORLD’S LEADING SPECIAL FORCES. United States
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Russia
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Israel
Egypt
Syria
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
SPECIAL FORCES WEAPONS. Revolvers and Pistols
FN Browning GP-35
CZ-85
Walther P88
Beretta Model 92F Compact
Desert Eagle
Ruger P95
Glock 17
FN Five-seveN
Heckler & Koch USP
Shotguns
Mossberg Model 500 Persuader
Infantry Rifles
M16A2
Beretta AR70/90
Light Automatic Weapons
Beretta M12S
Heckler & Koch MP5A4
Light Machine Guns
Negev
Colt LMG M16A2
INDEX
Copyright
Отрывок из книги
Title Page
Foreword –
.....
However, in 1942 Rommel believed he was on the verge of crushing the British Eighth Army, and he planned, after achieving this, to drive on through Egypt to the Nile and grab the vital link, the Suez Canal. For this campaign he would need skilful Special Forces men. Rommel called the Brandenburg commanders and outlined the tasks he would want the Afrika Kompanie to carry out. Their first task would be to seize the bridges over the Nile and the Suez Canal to prevent their destruction by the British, and then to hold them until Rommel’s Panzer divisions could break through and join up with the Brandenburgers. It was a tough mission but one which never materialised, for General Montgomery would rally his troops, defeat Rommel and his Panzers in the critical battle of El Alamein and then, some three months later, smash the German defences and drive them out of North Africa.
But now, as he faced Montgomery’s Eighth Army, Rommel gave the Afrika Kompanie a new, vitally important but extraordinary task – to locate and trace the route the British were using to supply reinforcements to Montgomery. He had been informed by German Intelligence that the British were landing tanks, guns, small arms, ammunition, spares and other equipment in Nigeria and transporting them across some fifteen hundred miles of rough terrain, as well as the Sahara Desert, to Cairo. Rommel charged the Afrika Kompanie with the task of determining the exact route of this supply line so that it could be harried by German forces and cut.
