SOLDIER OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE 1985 AUG

AUGUST 1985 VOL.10 NO.8

GUNS OF GRENADA
Robert K. Brown
A cornucopia of communist duplicity 25

TURNCOAT TALES
Richard Becker
Was there really a Phantom Blooper? 33

CAZADORES ESPANOLES
Leroy Thompson
Spain’s Special Forces 38

PARA KNIFE
Leroy Thompson
British Parachute Regiment utility knife 40

STRIKER
Brady Ridgway
South Africa’s revolving range gun 42

COPING WITH COUNTERINSURGENCY
Dale Andrade
America’s march toward a COIN capability 46

REDEEMING VIETNAM RELICS
F.C. Brown
Tangible legacies of the war in SEA 52

SOF’s WIDE WORLD OF WAR
SOF Staff
Continuing coverage of world hotspots 54

SOF’s ROGUES’ GALLERY
SOF Staff
Our dedicated professionals 56

M60
Peter G. Kokalis
How we got stuck with a cranky GPMG 58

LIBERTY CITY
Thomas D. Reisinger
SOF’ s POW connection in Laos 66

SOF PROFILES RKB
James L. Pate
The life and times of Robert K. Brown 70

DOUBLECROSS IN THE CONGO
Hugo Merckx
An exclusive interview with a Belgian mere 74

UNDER FIRE IN EL SALVADOR
Bob Poos
SOF 1981 – The Battle of Amitlan Abajo 78
Steve Salisbury
SOF 1985 – Combat in Chalatenango 79

THE EVIL EMPIRE EYES THE BIG ENCHILADA
Col. Rex Applegate
Can the Mexican military cope? 86

MIDDLE EAST MAELSTROM
Jim Morris
SOF 1981 – Our Man in Beirut 90
Ned Kell
SOF 1985 – Lebanon’s Winter Warriors 91

AFRICA IN FLAMES
SOF 1980 – SOF’s Joe Tragger
Rhodesian Fire Fight 96
Stephan Terblanche
SOF 1985 – Squeezing SWAPO from Ovamboland 97

AFGHAN JIHAD
Galen L. Geer
SOF 1980 – More than the Bear Bargained For 102
Mike Winchester
SOF 1985- Hard-Pressed Massoud Holds Panjsher 103