US Special Ops - The History, Weapons, and Missions of Elite Military Forces - Fred Pushies

KillForTheThrill
24 giu 2021
Tempo di lettura: 2 min

Army, Marines, OSS/CIA, Navy, Air Force, SOCOM.

Le operazioni speciali storiche più importanti: Opearation Eagle Claw, Rubber Duck, Desert Storm, etc. Le figure delle Forze Speciali ODA (Operational Detachments-Alpha): Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, Intelligence Sergeant, Weapons Sergeants, Medical Sergeants, Engineer Sergeants, Communications Sergeants.

I corsi e test, famosi in tutto il mondo, che avviano alla carriera nelle Forze Speciali: Airborne Training, SFAS (Special Forces Assessment and Selection), SFQC (Special Forces Qualification Course), Robin Sage.

Nel dettaglio, si vedono i corsi d'addestramento relativi ad ogni Forza Speciale, la storia, figure storiche importanti, le armi in uso ad ogni reparto, i mezzi, le insigne e gli inni.

Si inizia col 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne), 160th Special Operations Aviation Command (Airborne) (SOAC) e Regiment (SOAR), Training Battalion (SOATB); Marines: USMC Detachment 1 (US Marines Corps), MARSOC (Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command); OSS Maritime Unit Swimmer & Central Intelligence Agency CIA; Navy: UDT (Underwater Demolitions Teams), SEALs, NSWDG (Naval Special Warfare Development Group), Recon Corpsman Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman (SARC); Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC): Combat Control Training (CCT) for Combat Controller, Pararescue Jumpers (PJs), Special Tactics Officer (STO), Combat Rescue Officer (CRO), Special Operations Weather Teams (SOWT), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP): Joint Special Operation Command (JSOC) e Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs), 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS); SOCOM (Special Operations Command): Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): US Army Delta Froce e US Navy DEVGRU.

Tra le modificazioni balistiche, per Forze Speciali, più importanti si annoverano quelle contraddistinte dall'acronimo SOPMOD (Special Operations Peculiar Modification), come il RIS (Rail Interface System), ACOG (Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight), AN/PEQ-2 Infrared Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser (ITPIAL), AN/PEQ-5 Visible Laser, KAC Quick-Detach Sound Suppressor, AN/PVS-17A Miniature Night Sight, SU-231/PEQ HDS (Holographic Display Sight), EXPS3 e G33 Magnifier, ELCAN SU-230 PVS Sight, Christini AWD (All-Wheel Drive) Motorcycle, LAR (Lung Automatic Rebreather) V Mark 25, FN40GL Grenade Launcher, HK MP5 Rifle, HK416 Assault Rifle, HK417 Rifle, HK M320 40mm Grenade Launcher, HK USP45CT (Compact Tactical) Pistol, HK45 Joint SOF Pistol, HK MP7 Personal Defense Weapon (PDW), M24 SWS (Sniper Weapon System), ILBE (Individual Load Bearing Equipment), Chest Harness/Plate Carrier, Chest Rigs, MICH Helmet (Modular Integrated Communications Helmet), Ops-Core Helmet, Tactical Headsets, AN/PVS-14 Night Vision Device (NVD), AN/PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles (NVG), Ground Panoramic Night Vision Goggle 18 (GPNVG-18).