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UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT
1: D Squadron, 22 SAS; Operation ‘Barras’, Sierra Leone,
2000
He wears issue Combat 95 temperate-pattern DPM uniform, with Adidas GSG9 boots and, unusually for the time, an issue Mk 6 helmet complete with scrim netting and ‘para tape’. Before Operation ‘Telic’ in Iraq in 2003 helmets were still rarely worn on SAS operations; many argued that they impeded hearing and presented a more obvious target, as well as being hot and heavy. He carries a 5.56x45mm M16A1 assault rifle fitted with a 40mm M203 underslung grenade-launcher.
2: A Squadron, 22 SAS; Operation ‘Trent’, Afghanistan
2001
This operator wears an SAS smock in temperate DPM with desert DPM combat trousers; note also the single Blackhawk Industries knee pad, showing the custom of wearing the pad only on the knee used to support a kneeling firing position. His helmet is the American MSA MICH TC-2000, with a field-expedient desert DPM cover. His body armour is the Blackhawk Industries STRIKE plate carrier in black. Plate carriers offer less protection, but, being smaller and lighter than more conventional body armour, they are preferred by special operators. Over it, to carry his magazines and grenades, he wears an olive-drab Eagle chest rig. His weapon is the L119A1 fitted with an Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (ACOG) and a 40mm Heckler & Koch AG-C L17A1 underslung grenade-launcher.
3: Task Force Black/Task Force Knight, 22 SAS; Iraq, 2005
An American-issue Army Combat Uniform (ACU) pattern combat shirt is worn here with American Desert Camouflage Uniform (DCU) trousers. The helmet is a Gentex, with a Selex Assault 700 headset underneath to allow uninhibited communications with fellow assaulters on the objective. His plate carrier is the MSA Paraclete Releasable Assault Vest (RAV) with a mix of Blackhawk Industries pouches, including for his Cougar Racal and CT5 handset; a Petzl headlamp is visible attached directly to the vest beside the pistol holster. Note also the coloured Union flag patch, with a very unofficial ‘F**k al Qaeda’ upper motto, on the front of his Paraclete vest. The tan Oakley assault gloves eventually became an Afghan-specific issue for the British Army as a whole. He carries both a suppressed and accessorized L119A1, and, hanging from a bungee cord, a sawn-off L74A1 shotgun for breaching, with ammo in attached ‘Side Saddles’.
Dopuna: 31 Maj 2022 15:52
UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT
1: Sniper, B Squadron, 22 SAS; Afghanistan, 2010
Illustrated here is an SAS sniper in the cross-legged seated shooting stance, perhaps providing overwatch for an assault team hitting a Taliban compound, and armed with the Canadian PGW Timberwolf sniper rifle in .338 Lapua Magnum. The Timberwolf was selected by the Regiment during the late 2000s after a search for a lighter-weight and more modern rifle in this favoured calibre. This sniper wears an SAS smock in faded temperate-pattern DPM, and Crye G3 MultiCam combat trousers with built-in knee pads. Note the cutaway Oakley gloves, and issue Wiley X sunglasses pushed up onto the top of his head. His plate carrier is the Paraclete Special Operations Hard Plate Carrier (SOHPC).
2: Special Projects Team, 22 SAS; Hereford, 2008
This operator is shown in full CT intervention ‘black kit’. His helmet is an RBR model, and he wears the fire-retardant black Nomex flight suit designed specifically for the unit, with integral knee pads (the original versions worn at the Iranian Embassy in 1980 were tank crew coveralls). The principal weapon is the suppressed Heckler & Koch MP5SD3 sub-machine gun equipped with weapon light, Aimpoint optic and forward grip. His secondary weapon is the SIG Sauer P226 pistol in a drop holster on his right thigh; note also the magazine pouch fixed to the left thigh. The drop holster was another SAS innovation, developed by the Operations Research Unit that worked with the CRW Wing to identify specific needs for the CT operator, which debuted at the Iranian Embassy. The original idea was to allow the operator easy access to the pistol while wearing the heavy assault armour that often included a groin protector, making accessing a traditional waistband holster difficult. The drop holster was also found to be ideal for use when abseiling down a building, as the operator could if necessary draw and fire his pistol while still ‘on the rope’.
3: 22 SAS, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force; Northern Iraq, 2014
As part of the covert UKSF presence in northern Iraq, both providing guidance for Coalition air strikes against Islamic State (ISIL) targets and mentoring Kurdish and Iraqi forces, this operator is shown wearing the now universal Crye MultiCam, with both an Under Body Armour Combat Shirt (UBACS) and Crye G3 combat trousers. The UBACS is a hybrid garment – a moisture-wicking T-shirt with long sleeves of standard combat shirt material – and in Crye versions it includes integrated elbow pads. Note that these items are in US MultiCam rather than the similar, MultiCam-derived British Multi Terrain Pattern (MTP). His plate carrier, also manufactured by Crye, is a MultiCam CAGE (Crye Assault Gear). He wears the Ops Core FAST Helmet with MultiCam cover, and attachment rails on either side that allow a range of lights, cameras and strobes to be mounted. The Ops Core helmet designs combine ballistic coverage with lighter weight and a more slimline profile, mating the convenience of the older non-ballistic ‘skate’ helmet with the heavier ballistic models. His primary weapon is the M6A2 Ultra Compact Individual Weapon (UCIW) with suppressor; Aimpoint Micro optic with swing-out Aimpoint magnifier behind it (allowing the operator to either use the sight in non-magnified CQB situations or as a magnified optic for longer-range shots); SureFire Scout weapon light, and a folding LWRC forward vertical grip.
UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT
1: Marksman, 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, Special Forces Support Group; Afghanistan, 2009
This SFSG operator is equipped for the marksman role within his platoon. He is carrying the 7.62x51mm Heckler & Koch HK417 with Schmidt & Bender scope, vertical forward grip, and SureFire sound suppressor. The HK417, the larger-calibre version of the venerable HK416, was procured specifically for UKSF; the rest of the British Army adopted the semi-automatic 7.62mm L129A1 some years later as their designated marksman rifle. His helmet is the SFSG-issue American MICH with an MSA Sordins radio headset; his uniform is in US-pattern Crye MultiCam, although his hooded SAS smock is of British design. He wears a Paraclete SOHPC plate carrier.
2: C Squadron, SBS; Iraq, 2004
This lightly equipped Special Boat Service operator is typical of the 2003–04 period, when the insurgency in Iraq had yet to fully ignite, and SAS and SBS operators could still move around Baghdad and Basra in Snatch Land Rovers or Defenders. The lack of a helmet and his general appearance are in stark contrast to Plate B3, which shows the level of arms and armour used by Task Force Black only 12 months later.The operator carries a hand-camouflaged L119A1 with a weapon light mounted under the barrel and a magnified ACOG optic, and wears his P226 pistol in an Eagle drop holster. His uniform choice is unusual: the SAS smock is in faded temperate DPM, while his combat trousers in a desert-pattern ‘tiger-stripe’ are commercially acquired. He wears no visible body armour, although UKSF did have access to a number of covert vests. He wears a privately purchased Arktis chest rig, again in faded temperate DPM pattern, and has acquired an olive-drab Claymore mine bag to serve as a carryall and a ‘dump pouch’ for empty magazines.
3: Task Force 42, Z Squadron, SBS; Afghanistan, 2011
This SBS ‘assaulter’ on a kill-or-capture mission wears the Crye UBACS in MultiCam along with a pair of Crye G3 combat trousers. His plate carrier is the Paraclete SOHPC-SKD; note, attached to this, a Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife and a black CAT tourniquet. He sports both a subdued Union flag patch on the chest, and a second, infra-red reflective flag patch on his right sleeve. Open over the Paraclete plate carrier he wears an old DPM load-bearing PLCE assault vest with a CT3 radio handset at the left shoulder. His weapon is a fully accessorized L119A1 with suppressor, ACOG, Grip Pod forward grip/bipod, SureFire light, and PEQ-15 illuminator.
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