The United States Navy Mark 12 Mod 0/1 Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) is a rifle in service with United States Special Operations Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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U.S. Military and South Korean Army launch...
SEOUL – A new round of war games have been launched by South Korea and the United States on Monday involving tens of thousands of troops in a huge show of force against North Korea, which has threatened fiery retaliation by showing their own show of strength last week.
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2 US troops killed by bomb blast in Afghanistan
Two U.S. service members were killed in a roadside bombing in restive southern Afghanistan, where thousands of American troops have been deployed to wrest back control of insurgent strongholds.
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South Korea Detects Abnormal Radiation Near North...
SEOUL, South Korea – Unusually high radiation levels were detected by South Korean scientists near the border between the two Koreas days after North Korea claimed to have mastered a complex technology key to manufacturing a hydrogen bomb, Seoul said Monday.
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Afghans: Insurgency Growing in Southwest
KABUL, Afghanistan – The governing council of a once peaceful province in southwestern Afghanistan has fled to Kabul after the Taliban killed one of their members and threatened the others with death. They fear U.S.-led offensives to the east may simply be pushing insurgents into new areas.
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Taliban Attack Kabul Hotels, Kill 15
KABUL – Taliban bombers equipped with suicide vests and automatic rifles attacked a hotel and a guesthouse in central Kabul Friday, killing at least 15 people, including four Indian nationals, officials said.
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Afghanistan: ambush behind Taliban lines
Channel 4 News Exclusive: in a remarkable close-up account from behind enemy lines in Afghanistan, Channel 4 News video journalist Vaughan Smith joins the Grenadier Guards to reveal how British forces are using ambush strategies to beat the Taliban.
The German Bundeswehr’s Paratrooper Battalion 263 (Fallschirmjägerbataillon 263) is one of the three combat battalions of the German Army’s Airborne Brigade 26, which is a part of the Special Operations Division
The M109 is an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It was upgraded a number of times to today’s M109A6 Paladin
The Swiss Grenadiers are an infantry corps of the Swiss Army specialised in rapid offensive operations, intel gathering and operations in urban areas, open fields and other difficult terrains, capable of acting on short notice
The SG 550 is an assault rifle manufactured by Swiss Arms AG of Neuhausen, Switzerland. SG, as used in the naming of the rifle is an abbreviation for Sturmgewehr, or assault rifle. The SIG SG 550 rifle is based on the earlier 5.56mm SG 540.
3 Commando Brigade is the main commando manoeuvre formation of the Royal Marines. The brigade is made up mainly of Royal Marines, supported by units of Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, The Rifles, and the Fleet Air Arm, together with other Commando Qualified Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen.
The 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade, is a brigade-sized formation of elite Greek light infantry and special operations forces. The formation is more commonly referred to as the Raider Forces, and a soldier belonging to the Brigade a Raider.
The HK21 is a light machine gun powered belt of ammunition, firing rounds of caliber 7.62mm NATO. Designed by German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. The weapon can be fired in a semi-automatic or automatic. The HK21 was developed from the automatic rifle G3
SEOUL – A new round of war games have been launched by South Korea and the United States on Monday involving tens of thousands of troops in a huge show of force against North Korea, which has threatened fiery retaliation by showing their own show of strength last week.
The Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina is an entity of the Chilean Navy special forces which specialises in amphibious assaults and raids. The Chilean Marines are organised into four battalion sized detachments with additional support units.
