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What does a Royal Marine carry?
Royal Marines Commandos are highly trained in the use of the latest weapons systems. This includes rifles, machine guns, mortars and anti-tank weapons.
Do the Royal Marines have a new rifle?
The first new infantry combat rifle to be issued to troops for more than 20 years has arrived in Afghanistan and is being used by Royal Marines from 40 Commando.
What is the Royal Marines knife called?
the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
The Royal Marine Commando Knife, officially known as the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife was invented in Shanghai in the 1930s by the aforementioned William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes, both of whom were members of the Shanghai Military Police.
Did a Royal Marine really use a jetpack to launch himself?
A video from last spring-depicting a Royal Marine using a jetpack to launch himself from a moving boat to land on a nearby patrol boat-started to spread like wildfire across social media this week, leaving people to wonder if any of it was real.
What does the Royal Marine Corps consist of?
It includes personal equipment, small arms, combat vehicles and watercraft. The Royal Marines are a highly specialised and adaptable light infantry force, a part of Her Majesty’s Naval Service.
What kind of equipment do the Royal Marines use?
This is a list of equipment of the Royal Marines currently in use. It includes personal equipment, small arms, combat vehicles and watercraft. The Royal Marines are a highly specialised and adaptable light infantry force, a part of Her Majesty’s Naval Service.
Is this a real Marine boarding a warship with a jetpack?
The Marine isn’t an American Marine, though. A recent viral video depicts a man boarding a warship with a jetpack. The video is real, but the man is a Royal Marine boarding a Royal Navy warship, not a U.S. Marine. The jetpack was also recently used in a NATO search-and-rescue exercise.