Guns of the Elite Forces
John Walter
- Guns
- of
- the
- Elite
- Forces
- provides
- a
- penetrating
- account
- of
- the
- weapons
- that
- elite
- fighting
- troops
- carry
- into
- combat.
- Such
- elites
- have
- always
- existed
- in
- the
- armies
- of
- the
- world.
- During
- World
- War
- II,
- elite
- units
- sprang
- up
- in
- most
- theatres
- of
- conflict
- the
- German
- Brandenburgers
- carried
- out
- clandestine
- operations
- in
- Poland;
- in
- the
- Western
- Desert,
- the
- Long
- Range
- Desert
- Group
- and
- SAS
- penetrated
- deep
- behind
- enemy
- lines;
- for
- larger-scale
- raids
- the
- British
- Commandos
- and
- the
- US
- Rangers
- and
- Marine
- Raiders
- were formed.
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