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Summary: What a let down...
Review: After reading the first two books by Fred Pushies (U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations), I had high expectations for this title. I could not have been more disappointed. It appears he had no official backing for this title (which is to be expected, it is Delta after all) and the result feels very slapped together in order to cash in on the war on terror. He offers a good profile of the M4 SOPMOD weapon system and a brief, but good profile of communications systems. The rest of the book is just info he apparently lifted from websites or other books. It could have been a handy reference title but very few specifications are included so you basically get a photo with a few lines of text per weapon or piece of hardware. And a lot of that text is incorrect or typos. However, the most unforgiveable transgresion is spending only three paragraphs discussing Delta's handguns when they are the weapon trained with and carried most often. Skip this title and buy CSM Haney's "Inside Delta Force" instead.
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Summary: avoid
Review: AVOID this book. NOTHING MORE THAN A COPY AND PASTE I do appreciate his OTHER books but this is just POS
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Summary: Very good in my opinion
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book from Mr. Pushies. I too read both of his previous books and highly anticipated this release. I think he did a good job putting together a large scope of the weapons and equipment used by such a secretive group. If you read his preface, you'll see where he states he probably didn't get everything they use. I don't think anyone could. While the HK's may no longer be the preferred weapon of choice, they are still part of the Delta arsenal and have their use. Devoting an entire section to something that was so beneficial to Delta's previous success makes sense to me. Besides, who wouldn't want an MP5?
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Summary: What a let down...
Review: Not Just DELTA! This book is a very good reference on some of the newer weapons and equipment in service in the US military (NOT necessarily the newest stuff!). The book states that it did not use any pictures of actual Delta Operators but other Special Forces operators for all the photos. As for the equipment its mostly main stream gear used by SOF, which has also filtered down to the conventional military; like the M4 Sopmod kits and all the components, off the shelf tactical gear from company's like Blackhawk, and the dinosaur PSN-11 (real cutting edge!!). The book is an excellent crash course on the stuff being employed by US troops in Afghanistan, but just do not let the title fool you, you will not find no secret delta patents here or uncover any national secrets.
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Summary: Few weapons, little Delta
Review: Outside of a history and background chapter at the beginning, Delta is completely absent from this work. Weapons entries are poorly organized, lacking in details, and have little to do with what Delta is using. Pistols are especially poorly covered. Most of the weapons information would be more appropriate to USSOCOM or even conventional units. No clue why a whole section is devoted to HK weapons that are little or not at all used by US forces. Equipment section is also lacking in detail and more appropriate to USSOCOM than Delta. Support section was added to fill space and covers Army and AF aviation, etc. As a general USSOCOM reference this book might rate a second star, but I would still recommend giving it a pass and looking elsewhere.
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