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Weapons of the U.S. Army Rangers

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This is a great book with great pictures. The book provides a look into the past of what weapons past Rangers used. It also provides a view into the tools the present Rangers use. This book gives a very thorough history of the Rangers and how they began. I would defintely recommend this book to all past, present, and future Ranger fans.

Great addition to a book collection of a fan of special forces. The book begins with a breif, detailed and very interesting history of the U.S. Army Rangers from the American Indian war to Afghanistan. The rest of the book is packed with weapons, tactics and gear. The book contains approximately 163 full color action photos that depict the most modern up to date tools of the Army Rangers. The writing is technical but comprehensive and at times very repetitive but that is to be expected with the limited information the U.S.Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office can give an author. I highly recommend this book.

The author, a former Ranger himself, clearly understands the subject. It is well photographed and written, and covers a broad range of subjects beyond the Regiment's weapons. However, though it was only published in 2005, one of the six chapters is entirely outdated. I refer to the Chapter on Ranger support elements. The regiment now has an organic Special Troops Battalion for its needs. When the book was published this unit did not exist. Though no fault of the author's, it does impair the books usefulness. Secondly, a few details of systems, and unit names are outdated, or slipped through with typos. For instance the author writes of Task Force 160, which has been redesignated 160th SOAR, since 1990. Overall, however it is informative and concise.

When I bought this book I was under the impression that it would just cover the individual weapons used by Rangers. The first section goes into detail on the 75th Ranger Regiment and it's history. Individual weapons are covered, including the various M4 configurations. I was pleasantly surprised to see that support weapons and support vehicles (both land and air) are covered as well.

The book arrived on time, in great condition (like new) and at a great price. Excellent job and service to their customers.