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Clint on Vehicle Defense: “Either Drive Or Draw ... not BOTH!” Learn how to defend yourself from inside the car with help from Clint Smith’s Thunder Ranch DVD course. Three Course BONUS Includes: Concealed Carry Options Home Defense Vehicle Defense Two-disc set only $49.95 — Order Today: (800) 628-9818 (M-F 8am-3pm PST) www.americanhandgunner.com/TRvids ANA operation in 4 months, with British troops deploying in support as part of the International Security Assistance Force. The 3-day operation saw Afghan National Army troops clear south through the Yakchal area over several days, with the police following behind to search and clear more than 200 compounds. The Afghan troops detained two key improvised explosive device (IED) facilitators and made safe 44 IEDs. They also found seven bomb-making factories, and discovered over 145 kilograms of homemade explosives, 18 manufactured mines, 18 pressureplate switches and 12 directional fragmentation charges. The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) also found another five weapon caches with mortar barrels and ammunition, five rocketpropelled grenades, long-barreled weapons and grenades. The most exceptional discovery was a Taliban command compound, seeded with deadly IEDs rigged to detonate the building and contents if the compound was raided. British troops from across Task Force Helmand contributed to the operation, but large-scale involvement came from the Queen’s Royal Hussars, 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (1 YORKS), and 2nd Battalion The Rifles (2 RIFLES), who form the Brigade Advisory Group and are permanently attached to the local ANA brigade, as well as armoured infantry troops from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS) in Warrior armoured vehicles. Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (1 PWRR) deployed in their role as advisors to the Afghan police involved in the operation, while the ANA Reconnaissance Tolay (Company) and the Brigade Reconnaissance Force, manned by soldiers from the Queen’s Dragoon Guards and 1 YORKS, struck at insurgent targets to the south of the area of operations, supported by the Warthog armoured vehicle group. Counter-improvised explosive device specialists assisted their Afghan Some of the 1,000 Afghan soldiers prepare to deploy on Operation NOW ROZ (above) to clear Taliban from Southern Afghanistan. Photo: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012. Afghan soldiers (below) deploy on Operation NOW ROZ in an operation involving 1,000 ANA troops and 1,000 British soldiers. Photo: Crown Copyright/MOD 2012 counterparts while engineers from 35 Engineer Regiment mentored Afghan engineers building a new checkpoint to maintain security in the area. The soldiers on the ground were also boosted by search dogs and intelligence and surveillance capabilities, with support from Warrior armoured vehicles. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Wright, the Commanding Officer of 2 RIFLES, said, “This operation is the latest in a series of brigade-level operations planned and led by the ANA. During this winter they have conducted a brigade-level operation every 3 weeks—a quite staggering pace. They have kept us busy just trying to keep up with them. “This operation involved over 800 ANA and 200 AUP and is the most complex, largest and most dangerous that we have done by a huge margin. “That they have the confidence to conceive, plan and lead such a largescale operation into an area the insurgents perceived as their safe haven and had heavily defended is clear proof of their increasing confidence and capability. They have been hugely impressive.” Brigadier General Shah said, “The ANSF is ready to provide security for the Afghan people. Those who are fighting against our government need to come and join the peace process, as this can be the only solution.”—Courtesy MoD 72 WWW.GUNSMAGAZINE.COM • AUGUST 2012
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