.showed a Dispatches programme about a Bravo Company of the USMC in action in Afghanistan.Their particular task was to advance to a small village in a cultivated area (opium poppies, mostly), clear out the Taliban and set up a base. They were almost immediately in contact as soon as they entered the area and soon had 1 dead, one wounded. They reckoned on having engaged between two dozen and forty Taliban. At one stage, they were pinned down from fire from three sides. Eventually, they managed to break the stalemate by advancing along a 700metre track and hitting the Taliban from the flank. They were troubled by a sniper, who, with what appeared to be a WW 1 Mauser, hit four of them from 300 yards (3 WIA, one helmet ricochet) but managed to eventually kill him. They ultimately secured the village and disabled dozens of IEDs and captured weapons, equipment and processed drugs and IED materials.
An amazing programme.
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GttC
An amazing programme.
regards
GttC
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