Secret Techniques of the Elite Forces is a must-have for anyone interested in the covert world of elite forces; it will provide the key to understanding what makes the specialist soldier so very ‘special’.

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Copyright
• Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Diagrams
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • 1 Origins of Special Operations
  • 2 Selection and Training
    • Selection criteria
    • Skills training
  • 3 Weapons and Equipment
    • Rifles and accessories
    • Sub-machine guns and light machine-guns
    • Shotguns
    • Light support weapons
    • Handguns
    • Knives
    • Explosives
    • Surveillance and communications equipment
    • Other equipment
  • 4 Airborne and Airmobile Operations
  • 5 Amphibious, Combat-Swimmer and Small-Boat Ops
  • 6 Operating in All Types of Terrain
    • Desert
    • Arctic and mountain
    • Jungle
  • 7 Intelligence-Gathering
    • Urban terrain
    • Mountain and arctic terrain
    • Desert
    • Forest
    • Jungle or swamp
  • 8 Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape
    • Survival
    • Evasion
    • Resistance
    • Escape
  • Suggested Reading
  • Index