Special operations forces in Afghanistan:
Intelligence specialist Leigh Neville identifies, describes and illustrates the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the US and other Allied (Coalition) forces committed to the "War on Terror" in Afghanistan since 2001, providing a fascinating insight into specific operations detailing weapo...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Intelligence specialist Leigh Neville identifies, describes and illustrates the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the US and other Allied (Coalition) forces committed to the "War on Terror" in Afghanistan since 2001, providing a fascinating insight into specific operations detailing weapons, equipment and experiences in combat. With a surprising amount of recently unclassified material from government departments that are yet to be published in the mass media, this is a ground-breaking analysis of the largest mobilization of Special Forces in recent history. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 59) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 64 p. ill. (some col.), maps 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781846033100 1846033101 |
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| adam_text | LEIGH NEVILLE is an
Australian intelligence
specialist, currently studying
for a degree In International
Security. He has published
a number of articles on the
subject and has excellent
contacts in the US, UK and
Australian special forces.
RAMIRO BUJEIRO
has
become a frequent and
popular contributor to Osprey
Military s book series since
illustrating Warrior
23,
US
Marine in Vietnam
(1998).
He
is an experienced commercial
artist who lives and works
in his native city of Buenos
Aires, Argentina. His
professional background
includes many commissions
as a figure illustrator and strip
cartoonist for clients all over
Europe and the Americas,
including many years work
for IPC Magazines in Great
Britain. His main interests
are the political and military
history of Europe in the first
half of the 20th century.
FRONT COVER: April
10 2007;
US Special Forces from the
7th Special Forces Group in
an up-armoured GMV provide
overwatch for a British
mounted patrol in WMIK
Land Rovers in Sangin
District, Helmand Province,
Afghanistan (US Army Photo
by Spc Daniel Love).
BACK COVER, TOP RIGHT: A
Ground Mobility Vehicle-an
adapted Humvee-of the
US
3rd
SF Ground. M240B
machine guns are mounted
on the roof and on a swing
arm ahead of the door for
the front seat passenger.
(Dept
of Defense photo).
BACK COVER, BOTTOM RIGHT:
Members of a SF Operational
Detachment Alpha; their
faces have been obscured
for security reasons. Their
armour-carrying vests are
a mixture of SPEAR, Eagle
and Blackhawk models; their
weapons are a mixture of
plain vanilla M16A2s, M4A1s
with ACOG sights, and (cen¬
ter) a collapsible-stock M249
with a 200-round assault
pack. (Photo courtesy JZW ).
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
3
•
Aftermath of the Soviet occupation: the Afghan Arabs
-
the
Taliban
-
September
2001: 9/11 -
Ahmad Shah Masoud
-
the Jawbreaker mission
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
6
•
Operation Crescent Wind
•
SOF
structure: Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force
(Task Force Dagger, TF
K-Bar, TF
Sword)
-
Combined Joint Task
Force, Mountain (TF
64,
TF
58,
TF
Jačana)
-Joint Interagency
Task Force, Counterterrorism (TF Bowie)
-
Coalition Joint
Civil-Military Operations Task Force
OPERATIONS OCTOBER-DECEMBER
2001 11
•
ODA
deployments: the Panjshir Valley
-
the Kandahar raids
-
the Northern Alliance
-
Mazar-e-Sharif
-
Kabul, Konduz
&
Kandahar
• Tora Bora -
Zhawar
Kili
OPERATION ANACONDA ,
2002 20
•
The Shah-e-KhotValley- Takur Ghar
UNITED KINGDOM SPECIAL FORCES
25
•
SAS
-
Operation Trent
•
SBS
-
Qala-ijangi
OTHER COALITION SPECIAL
OPERATIONS FORCES
29
•
Australia
-
Canada
-
Czech Republic
-
Denmark
-
France
-
Germany
-
Italy
-
Lithuania
-
Netherlands
-
New Zealand
-
Norway
-
Poland
-
Romania
SPECIAL OPERATIONS SINCE ANACONDA
42
•
NATO takes over: International Security Assistance Force
•
CJSOTF
-
Task Force
88 -
UK Special Forces
-
the future of
ISAF?
WEAPONS
&
EQUIPMENT
48
•
Small arms
-
support weapons
-
SOF
vehicles
-
air assets
Appendix: Private security contractors
56
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
59
PLATE COMMENTARIES
60
INDEX
64
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