Behind the Balaclava (DVD)

Newest Review: ... men climb up, as proven by the video they can get dozens of men up in very quick time. The video also explains the difference ... more

... in tactics, for example, American tactics are to pile loads of troops into the compound flooding every room, a tactic which is bound to get the enemy, but could also explain the Americans' huge friendly fire rates (killing one of your own men), and allows more to go wrong. Wheras the SAS and many other forces, prefer to coordinate a strike on the weakest parts of the enemy, often combining the use of snipers, several assault teams using different insertion points, and surprise. The Israeli tactic of moving up dan...more

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Behind the Balaclava (DVD): In depth military documentary (827 words)
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This is an in depth insight into not just the SAS or SBS like many videos, but many of the worlds elite special forces, their hugely varying tactics, and their roles in the modern world. This comes as a double video pack, one video concentrating on elite special forces and their role in anti-terrorism, the second focusing on undoubtedly the world's most battle hardened and proven infantry force, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF). The first video, contains much previously classified footage of the SAS in counter terrorist training, much of this in the SAS 'killing house' based in Hereford, a building used for much of their training in CT ... Read the complete review

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