Pathfinders in 332, 333, 334
sniper team xxiii, 368-90, 391
Mutay, Operation xvii, xviii, 191, 192, 201-56, 264, 269, 270, 274, 341, 347, 350
NATO 89, 147, 152, 153, 155, 174
night vision goggles (NVGs) 261, 262, 296, 307
Northern Ireland 55-65, 147, 175, 188, 237, 333, 334, 374, 377
Now Zad 173, 177, 178, 187, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 198, 199, 333, 364, 392
anti-aircraft gunner in xx, 298-31, 337, 392
Broken Arrow xix, 258, 259, 260-1, 267-330
District Centre 178, 179, 180, 195, 258, 272, 273, 274, 288, 320
Operation Mutay 190, 191, 192, 193, 198, 199, 201-56
the Shrine 179, 181, 259, 272, 274, 275, 278, 280, 288, 289, 292, 293, 296, 300, 317, 319
Omar, Mullah 146, 153, 154
Pakistan 174, 339
Palmer, Mr 26-7, 31, 42, 43-4, 45-6, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 66, 90
Pike, Major Will 3, 202, 234
Pinzgauer 201, 332
Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) 90, 91, 92, 94
RAF (Royal Air Force) 42, 90, 92-6, 98, 112, 129, 157, 167, 174, 292, 305, 331, 391
Reid, John 132, 154
Restricted Operating Zones (ROZs) 187
Rex, Dan 299, 347, 370
Rooivalk 47
Rules of Engagement (ROE), British Army 3, 8, 107, 165-71, 181, 182, 255, 275, 287, 288, 290, 308, 324, 329, 333, 335, 372
Sangin:
3 Para in 1-12, 258, 259, 261
‘Macy House’ 2, 3, 6, 7, 11
map of xvi
re-supply operation 333-4
Scimitar 332, 353
SFOR (Stabilisation Force) 104
Snakebite, Operation xxii, 337, 338-90, 391
snipers:
in Afghanistan xxiii, 11, 2, 332, 344, 361, 368-90, 391
in Northern Ireland 57, 61, 64, 65, 113
Spartan 332
Striker armoured fighting vehicle 75
Supervisory Forward Air Controller (SupFAC) 92, 148, 149, 198-9, 276, 329
Tactical Operations Cell (TOR) 187
Taliban 128, 145, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 249, 251, 255, 270, 271, 354, 355, 358, 365, 368, 369, 370, 374, 385, 391, 392
ANA/ANP and 146
anti-aircraft (AA) guns 298-31, 392
fighting methods 165, 169
Green Zones and 180
helicopters, approach toward
Allied 2, 12, 153, 258
IEDs 343, 355, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370
informers 298
Musa Qa’leh 337, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 347
Now Zad 178, 180, 203, 204, 205, 274-5, 276, 278, 279, 282, 287, 288, 289, 291, 293, 294, 297, 300, 301, 308, 329, 330, 331, 332
prisoners, treatment of 106
Sangin siege 1-12, 259
snipers 332, 344, 368-90, 391
suicide attacks 153-4
transport 229
weapons 4, 33, 128, 132, 152, 153, 159, 165, 168, 169, 196, 281, 330-1, 335, 338, 343, 344, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380 see also weapons and ammunition
Thompson, Lieutenant Colonel Iain 79, 80, 81-2, 84-5, 86, 96
Thumrait Airfield, Oman 133-43, 234, 324
Tootal, Lieutenant Colonel Stuart 2, 3, 186-7, 194, 234, 241, 296, 337, 339, 357, 359
United Nations 146, 147, 155
War on Terror 104 see also under individual conflict region
Wawn, Andy 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 393
weapons and ammunition:
1BIT 15
50 cal machine guns 4
AK-47 128, 168, 380
Apache helicopter weapons see Apache WAH-64D
anti-aircraft guns (AA) 90, 91, 132-3, 298-31, 392
Chinese 107mm rockets 4, 335, 338, 369
general purpose machine guns (GPMGs) 13, 14, 178
heavy machine guns (HMGs) 132
IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) 343, 355, 358, 359, 361, 366, 368, 370
Javelin anti-tank missiles 4
machine guns (MGs) 132, 334
man-portable, shoulder-launched air defence systems (ManPADS) 94, 132, 176, 253, 254
Milan anti-tank missiles 79
mines 343, 355, 361, 368
mortars 4, 7, 79, 167, 180, 181, 261, 292, 295, 318, 332, 340, 341, 344, 345, 346, 355, 362, 363, 369
recoilless rifles 4, 333
rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) 4, 128, 132, 152, 153, 159, 165, 194, 281, 330-1, 343, 344, 369, 371, 372, 374, 380
small arms (SAs) 132, 165, 332, 344
Stinger missile 94
surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) 94, 126, 132, 195, 224, 228, 232, 253, 254, 256, 331, 371, 372
Tube-launched Optically-tracked Wire-guided (TOW) missiles 46
Wiles, Pat 115, 119, 125, 126, 127, 157, 158, 159, 191, 192, 204, 225, 234, 252, 258, 330, 344, 347, 349, 350, 352, 364, 365, 368, 369, 388
Yellow 14 373, 375
‘zero-zero’ technique 133-4, 183-6
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