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HELL ON WHEELS! Special Forces Mobility Operations
29 Dec 2011
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This is another excellent Osprey title, on a very interesting topic. For the most part I found most of the information to highly accurate on Spec Ops mobility operations. I was intimately involved in the Army's Special Forces development of long-range mobility operations. Specifically, I was working on the incorporation of motorcycles and ATV packages, as well as navigational technologies (to include Bagnold sun compass as a backup to the GPS) into the overall mobility program. Other requirements, like expedition load-outs and selection of Desert Mobility Vehicles were left to other tasked teams to develop. In the end of the developmental phase, I participated in providing chapters to the original Army Special Forces Mounted Operations field manual. I say this all because I know my stuff on this topic and the book is for the most part spot on.
The book covers the early history of mobility operations with the coverage of the British and commonwealth Long-Range Desert Group up to Iraq and Afghanistan and into the future of Special Forces mobility operations. The initial US Special Operations Command Desert Mobility Vehicle (DMV "Dumvee") evolved into the Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) both were modified variants of the basic High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV "Hummer") for special operations. The objective of the mobility program was to provide Special Forces with a mobility platform capable of infiltrating and operating in low- or mid-intensity conflicts over varied terrain while significantly improving Special Operations capability to travel unassisted over long distances. The GMV's were designed to employ a multitude of weapons and added increase speed and maneuverability or increase protection spec ops team.
Special Forces mobility operations were initially developed, specifically to carry out deep penetration, covert reconnaissance (read as long-range) patrols and intelligence missions. As time went on the mobility platforms were developed to ferry operators for Direct Action missions with vehicles serving as gun trucks; heavy weapons platforms for supporting fires. Even at this point the vehicles were not armored and remained thin skinned vehicles. Armor packages did not start appearing until things heated up in Iraq/ Afghanistan with the saturation of Improvised Explosives Devices in the areas of operation.
I highly recommend this small but dense book to anyone interested in military history, or are into rough terrain driving for fun or sport.
The book covers the early history of mobility operations with the coverage of the British and commonwealth Long-Range Desert Group up to Iraq and Afghanistan and into the future of Special Forces mobility operations. The initial US Special Operations Command Desert Mobility Vehicle (DMV "Dumvee") evolved into the Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) both were modified variants of the basic High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV "Hummer") for special operations. The objective of the mobility program was to provide Special Forces with a mobility platform capable of infiltrating and operating in low- or mid-intensity conflicts over varied terrain while significantly improving Special Operations capability to travel unassisted over long distances. The GMV's were designed to employ a multitude of weapons and added increase speed and maneuverability or increase protection spec ops team.
Special Forces mobility operations were initially developed, specifically to carry out deep penetration, covert reconnaissance (read as long-range) patrols and intelligence missions. As time went on the mobility platforms were developed to ferry operators for Direct Action missions with vehicles serving as gun trucks; heavy weapons platforms for supporting fires. Even at this point the vehicles were not armored and remained thin skinned vehicles. Armor packages did not start appearing until things heated up in Iraq/ Afghanistan with the saturation of Improvised Explosives Devices in the areas of operation.
I highly recommend this small but dense book to anyone interested in military history, or are into rough terrain driving for fun or sport.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS PATROL VEHICLES: AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
1 May 2012
Format:Paperback
SPECIAL OPERATIONS PATROL VEHICLES: AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
LEIGH NEVILLE
OSPREY PUBLICATIONS, 2011
QUALITY SOFTCOVER, $17.95, 48 PAGES, GLOSSARY, INDEX, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS
Special operations forces around the world are known for their high level of training that prepares them to conduct "irregular" operations utilizing special tactics, equipment, and vehicles. Through history, special operations forces have modified vehicles, weapons, and other equipment to help them meet their tactical and technical requirements. When special operation vehicles are mentioned, most people think about the famous jeep used by U.S. soldiers in the popular TV series 'Rat Patrol', the modified Land Rover commonly called 'Pink Panther' used by the British SAS or, most recently, the modified U.S. Marine HMMWV's used by the U.S. Marine Reconnaissance teams in the HBO series 'Generation Kill'. The complete history of these vehicles would require a sizable book. This book focuses on the design, evolution, and use of special operations patrol vehicles by the coalition forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Images of coalition forces engaged in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are beamed onto TVs around the world everyday. Despite the significant media coverage of both conflicts, information and images of the vehicles used by the special operations forces are hard to come by due to the low profile and classification of their missions.
Chapters include an introduction which gives a brief overview of special operations patrol vehicles used by Britain's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and Special Air Service (SAS) during World War II as well as the famous U.S. "Willy" Jeep. Also discussed is the "mother-ship" concept developed by the LRDG in which SOF vehicles were able to function for extended periods in the desert by using medium and large supply trucks as mobile supply points. Post World War II use of SAS 'Pink Panther', U.S. M-151 Gun Jeeps from Vietnam to Operation JUST CAUSE as well as the Australian Jaguar Perentie LRPV. Finishing out the Introduction is Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM and the cevelopment of the Desert Patrol Vehicles (DPV), Desert Mobility Vehicle (DMV), and Light Strike Vehicle (LSV).
Other chapters address Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and the SOF vehicles used such as Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles, Ground Mobility Vehicles, Quads and Bikes, Pink Panthers, Bushmasters, Perenties, Supacats, Dune Buggies, IFAVws, RSOVs, Strykers, and other coalition SOF vehicles used in Afghanistan. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM covers the Pandurs, Team Tank, the War Pigs, GMV, and covert operations. Finishing out this well-researched and highly photographed book are sub-chapters on the MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle as well as the future of SOF patrol vehicles.
Lt. Colonel Robert A. Lynn, Florida Guard
Orlando, Florida
LEIGH NEVILLE
OSPREY PUBLICATIONS, 2011
QUALITY SOFTCOVER, $17.95, 48 PAGES, GLOSSARY, INDEX, ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS
Special operations forces around the world are known for their high level of training that prepares them to conduct "irregular" operations utilizing special tactics, equipment, and vehicles. Through history, special operations forces have modified vehicles, weapons, and other equipment to help them meet their tactical and technical requirements. When special operation vehicles are mentioned, most people think about the famous jeep used by U.S. soldiers in the popular TV series 'Rat Patrol', the modified Land Rover commonly called 'Pink Panther' used by the British SAS or, most recently, the modified U.S. Marine HMMWV's used by the U.S. Marine Reconnaissance teams in the HBO series 'Generation Kill'. The complete history of these vehicles would require a sizable book. This book focuses on the design, evolution, and use of special operations patrol vehicles by the coalition forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Images of coalition forces engaged in military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are beamed onto TVs around the world everyday. Despite the significant media coverage of both conflicts, information and images of the vehicles used by the special operations forces are hard to come by due to the low profile and classification of their missions.
Chapters include an introduction which gives a brief overview of special operations patrol vehicles used by Britain's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and Special Air Service (SAS) during World War II as well as the famous U.S. "Willy" Jeep. Also discussed is the "mother-ship" concept developed by the LRDG in which SOF vehicles were able to function for extended periods in the desert by using medium and large supply trucks as mobile supply points. Post World War II use of SAS 'Pink Panther', U.S. M-151 Gun Jeeps from Vietnam to Operation JUST CAUSE as well as the Australian Jaguar Perentie LRPV. Finishing out the Introduction is Operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM and the cevelopment of the Desert Patrol Vehicles (DPV), Desert Mobility Vehicle (DMV), and Light Strike Vehicle (LSV).
Other chapters address Operation ENDURING FREEDOM and the SOF vehicles used such as Non-Standard Tactical Vehicles, Ground Mobility Vehicles, Quads and Bikes, Pink Panthers, Bushmasters, Perenties, Supacats, Dune Buggies, IFAVws, RSOVs, Strykers, and other coalition SOF vehicles used in Afghanistan. Operation IRAQI FREEDOM covers the Pandurs, Team Tank, the War Pigs, GMV, and covert operations. Finishing out this well-researched and highly photographed book are sub-chapters on the MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle as well as the future of SOF patrol vehicles.
Lt. Colonel Robert A. Lynn, Florida Guard
Orlando, Florida
Very good overview
20 Dec 2011
Format:Paperback
Special Operations Patrol Vehicles is an example of the best kind of Osprey books. While it's short and covers a relatively obscure topic, the author clearly knows his stuff. The book covers dozens of different vehicles ranging from motorbikes to armoured personnel carriers though its focus is on the four and six wheel drive patrol vehicles used by different units. The allocation of space in the book seems to have been made on the size of the special forces units contributions and the variety of vehicles they've deployed. Accordingly, it's focused on vehicles used by the United States Military and a shorter, but appropriate, amount of space is accorded to the vehicles used by the other national special operations units which have served in the two wars the book covers - this includes a good level of detail on the vehicles used the Australian, British and New Zealand special air service units and brief accounts of the vehicles used by the various European special forces units deployed to Afghanistan. While some of this material seems sensitive at first glance, Neville states in an author's note at the start of the book that it has been sourced from previously published reports. However, I was concerned that in this note he also admits to altering the names of some units and characteristics of some vehicles for security reasons - it seems to me that it would have been preferable to have omitted these details rather than publish inaccuracies. The book is illustrated by many colour photos, including some of very obscure vehicles, and good quality colour drawings. My only quibble with its presentation is that the single two page cutaway drawing depicts a fairly lightly modified Humvee - it would have been more interesting if a specialised special forces vehicle had been depicted instead.
While the 48 pages which is allocated to books in this Osprey series is probably inadequate for topics like this, Neville has done a good job of working within this constraint, and doesn't waste space on describing the technical specifications of the vehicles in detail. Instead, he describes the general characteristics of each of the vehicles and the roles they have been used for. This was a good decision as the technical specifications should be available on the internet (to the extent they're unclassified) and it allowed Neville to 'value add' by providing interesting analysis. The analysis is pretty frank about the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of vehicles, and Neville's conclusion that the wars have illustrated a need for special forces units to have a large pool of vehicles to choose from to meet different goals seems sensible. Given that most of the nations which have been involved in Afghanistan seem to have completely replaced their fleets of special operations vehicles during the war I would have liked to have seen a discussion of the problems with the initial fleets which the war revealed and some figures for the number of vehicles which have been lost in the fighting, but this might be premature given that the war is still ongoing.
While the 48 pages which is allocated to books in this Osprey series is probably inadequate for topics like this, Neville has done a good job of working within this constraint, and doesn't waste space on describing the technical specifications of the vehicles in detail. Instead, he describes the general characteristics of each of the vehicles and the roles they have been used for. This was a good decision as the technical specifications should be available on the internet (to the extent they're unclassified) and it allowed Neville to 'value add' by providing interesting analysis. The analysis is pretty frank about the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of vehicles, and Neville's conclusion that the wars have illustrated a need for special forces units to have a large pool of vehicles to choose from to meet different goals seems sensible. Given that most of the nations which have been involved in Afghanistan seem to have completely replaced their fleets of special operations vehicles during the war I would have liked to have seen a discussion of the problems with the initial fleets which the war revealed and some figures for the number of vehicles which have been lost in the fighting, but this might be premature given that the war is still ongoing.
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