Pathfinder PLatoon - Musa Qaleh

Footage taken from a news report which features glimpses of Pathfinder Platoon troops on patrol in Musa Qaleh, Afghanistan. Note the Diemaco C8 carbines and Sig Sauer P226 pistols carried by the troops. This footage was filmed in late April 2008, during 16 Air Assault Brigade's deployment to Helmand. The Pathfiner Platoon are the Brigade's elite reconnaissance force.

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(BBC newsnight online)