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INDEX
Note: Page numbers in bold refer to plates and
Galil assault rifles 50, 50
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
illustrations. All weapons and hardware are US
Garand, John (1888–1974) 6
6, 7, 8
origin unless otherwise stated.
Germany 16–17, 29–30
Northern Ireland 34, 40
Grenada (1983) 68
accessories
grenades 17, 32–33, 48–49, 57
operation and function 26–27
bayonets
15, 31–32, 33
bullet-trap (BT) grenades 32–33, 49
Operation Dragon Rouge (1964) 41–42
magazines
24–25
‘Energa’ grenades 32, 49, 57
optics 22, 25, 28, 28–30, 29, 40, 48,
optics
28, 28–30, 57, 60
‘riot control’ grenades 33
57, 60
rifle grenades 17, 32–33, 48–49, 57
sights
22, 25, 28, 29, 40, 48, 57
Gulf War (1991) 34, 37
Pakistan 51–52
accuracy 75
Guyana 70
penetrative power 70
Aden Emergency (1963–67) 36, 38, 39
Perón, General Juan 18
Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) 28
handguards 14, 16, 17, 17
pistol grips 15, 17
Afghanistan (2006) 38
Haran, Peter 54
AK-47 4–5, 7, 38, 42
Heckler & Koch (H&K) 16, 17, 29, 39, 43, 46,
range 71
ammunition 6–9, 12–13, 69–71, 74
72–73, 73
reliability 71–72
AN/PVS-4 night-vision scopes 60
Hensoldt Optische Werke F-series scopes 29–30,
Rhodesia (1964–1979) 42–46
Angola 46–47
30, 57
RPG-7 anti-tank missiles 49
Arab-Israeli Wars 47–50
Hoare, Colonel ‘Mad Mike’ 42
Argentina 18, 29–30, 56–65, 68, 76
‘Hythe Sight’ 25
SA80 assault rifles 15
Arnold, Dave 43
SAFN ( Saive Automatique, Fabrique Nationale)
AT-3 anti-tank missiles 49
improvements and modifications 22–24
10
Australia 16, 24, 52, 52–55, 67, 77
‘Inch’ pattern 13
Saive, Dieudonné Joseph (1889–1973)
Austria 17, 32
India 20–21, 76
9–10
Individual Weapon Sight (IWS) 60
‘sand cuts’ 23–24
Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio (1901–73) 66
Indo-Pakistani Wars 51–52
SAW, the FAL as a 66–67
bayonets 15, 31–32, 33
Indonesian Confrontation (1962–66) 34, 35
scopes see sights
Belgian Congo 41–42
Indústria de Material Bélico do Brasil (IMBEL)
service 14–21, 24
Benitez, Private Horacio 62–63
18–19, 68
Sight Unit Infantry Trilux (SUIT) 28, 29, 40,
Bingham, Colonel 14
INSAS assault rifles 52, 76
48, 57
bipods 14, 16, 17, 17, 28
Israel 21, 24, 47–50
Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux (SUSAT) 28
Brazil 18–19, 33, 68, 76
sights 22, 25, 28, 28–30, 29, 40, 48,
Britain 15, 31, 34–40, 56–65
Kargil War (1999) 51
57, 60
British Guiana (Guyana) 70
Keegan, John 75
Sri Lanka (1987) 51
Browning, John Moses (1855–1926) 9
Korean War (1950–53) 7, 10, 31, 75
Six Day War (1967) 47, 49
Browning Automatic Rifles 8
snipers 30, 57, 77
Browning Hi-Power pistols 9
La Madrid, 2nd Lieutenant 57
Société Belge d’Optiques et d’Instruments de
Brunei 15
Labalaba, Sergeant Talaisi 39
Précision (OIP) 28
Bush Wars, Rhodesia (1964–1979) 42–46
Lee-Enfield rifles 11, 14, 15, 20, 34, 36, 38,
Somalia (1993) 23, 38
51, 60
South Africa 21, 46
Caçadores Especiais (‘Special Hunters’) 47
Leitz optics 30
South America 18–19, 66–68, 76
Canada 13, 14, 30
length 74–75
Special Air Service (SAS) 34, 36, 37,
carrying handles 15, 17, 28
Libyan Civil War 76
38–39
cartridges see ammunition
Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW) rockets 57
stocks 15, 15, 17, 22, 22–23, 35, 77
Castro, Fidel (1926–) 66–68
Long Tan, Battle of (1966) 53–54
Studler, Colonel René 7, 7–8, 11–12
Cenepa War (1995) 68
Lorie, Major Ricardo 68
Suez Crisis (1956) 23–24, 34, 47
Central America 66–68
SUIT see Sight Unit Infantry Trilux (SUIT)
China 51
M1 Garand rifles 4, 8, 9, 11, 25, 28, 75
comparisons 72–73
M14 rifles 13, 25, 72
T3E2 battle rifles 6
Congo crisis 41–42
M60 GPMG 16, 54
T44 rifles 12
Cuba 66–68
magazines 24–25
T65 cartridges 7, 8
Malayan Emergency (1948–60) 34–35
Tavor TAR-21 rifles 76
desert conditions, problems with 23–24, 50
Marshall, General S.L.A. 47–48, 49, 75
Thompson, Brigadier Julian 64
development 6–33
MECAR BT smoke grenades 33
‘trident’ bayonets 31
mercenaries 42
Tshombe, Moïse (1919–69) 41
Edwards Patrol (1964) 36–38
‘Metric’ pattern 13
Two Sisters, Battle of (1982) 56, 62
EM-2 rifles 8–9, 9, 11–12
MG3 GPMG 16
Esteban, 1st Lieutenant Carlos 63–64
Middle East, the British in the 36–39
United Nations (UN) 32, 42
Mirbat, Battle of (1972) 38–39
Uzi submachine guns 21, 47, 49
F88 Austeyr assault rifles 16
Mitla Pass, Battle for the (1956) 47
Falklands War (1982) 31, 34, 56–65
Mogadishu, Somalia (1993) 23, 38
Venezuela 18
firepower versus accuracy 75
Moore, Major-General Sir Jeremy 56
Vervier, Ernest 10
First Gulf War (1991) 34, 37
Vietnam War 34, 52–55
flash suppressors 17
NATO see North Atlantic Treaty Organization
FN Modèle 1949 semi-automatic rifles 10
(NATO)
weaknesses 74–75
FNC assault rifles 71
Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889–1964) 20
weight 74
folding-stocks 22, 22–23, 77
Netherlands, the 21
wire cutters 17
‘free-recoil’ bayonets 31
New Zealand 16, 52–55, 77
Wireless Ridge, Battle for (1982) 62
Newland, Corporal Steven 60–62
G3 battle rifles 17, 29, 39, 43, 46, 72–73, 73, 74
Nicaraguan Civil War 5
Yom Kippur War (1973) 47
Galil, Yisrael (1923–95) 50
night-vision scopes 60
Young, David 38
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COVER
TITLE PAGE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DEVELOPMENT
USE
IMPACT
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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