Warfare Operation Urgent Fury (The Invasion of Grenada, 1983)

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An Army Ranger displays Soviet made rifles and a Czech-made Model-52 7.62 mm light machine gun, right, seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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US military personnel guard members of the People's Revolutionary Army captured during Operation URGENT FURY. The serviceman in the foreground is armed with an M16A1 rifle equipped with an M203 grenade launcher.

 

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US military personnel guard Cuban Nationals captured during Operation URGENT FURY. The serviceman on the right is armed with an M16A1 rifle. The serviceman on the left stands behind an M60 machine gun mounted in an M151 jeep. Another M60 is visible to the left.

 

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force participating in Operation URGENT FURY. The soldier in the foreground is armed with a British made 7.62 mm L1A1 rifle.

 

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force participating in Operation URGENT FURY. They are armed with a Belgian made 7.62 mm FN FAL rifles.

 

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An officer of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force participating in Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force gather weapons seized during Operation URGENT FURY. The soldiers are armed with Belgian made 7.62 mm FN FAL rifles. The weapons in the pile are Soviet made AK-47 assault rifles.

 

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Members of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force gather weapons seized during Operation URGENT FURY. The soldiers are armed with Belgian made 7.62 mm FN FAL rifles. The weapons in the pile are Soviet made AK rifles and the barrel attachment to a 7.62 mm machine gun (visible on top of the pile).

 

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Soviet made rifles seized during Operation URGENT FURY. On the top of the pile of weapons is the barrel attachment to a 7.62 mm machine gun.

 

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Soviet rifles seized during Operation URGENT FURY. On the top of the pile of weapons is the barrel attachment to a 7.62 mm machine gun

 

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Soviet made field radio seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Marines sit aboard a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in flight during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A member of the Eastern Caribbean Defense Force displays a Soviet made 82 mm mortar projectile seized during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Marine mans a .50 caliber Browning machine gun mounted in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Marine mans a .50 caliber Browning machine gun mounted in a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Flight deck crewmen hose down a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter upon its landing aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during Operation URGENT FURY. The helicopter's engine was hit by anti-aircraft fire on the island of Grenada.

 

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US Marines armed with M16A1 rifles take defensive positions along a hillside during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Marine aims his M16A1 rifle from a defensive position during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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Marines examine equipment inside an abandoned building during Operation URGENT FURY.

 

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A Marine holds his M16A1 rifle on three suspected members of the People's Revolutionary Army during Operation URGENT FURY.