SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Gripping True Story

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I would also say the book is not a positive advert for Land Rover, and probably should get a mention in the ARRSE thread 'Land Rover Horror Stories'. The book covers the background to and setting up of the Bravo patrols made famous by the two books 'Bravo Two Zero' and 'The One That Got Away' by.

That fiction was followed up by Cobra Gold, an equally compelling tale of global drama and intrigue and shadowy betrayal. In the opening hours of the Gulf War, the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam Hussein’s Scud missiles. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. My grandfather had been in the Second World War, so he was quite a disciplined guy and my father had been in national service, so both of those guys had a background of being in the military. When I first met SAS veteran Des Powell and author Damien Lewis at National Army Museum, I was not looking for a story, I was just enjoying the first public event I managed to get after the lockdown, the launch of their new book SAS BRAVO THREE ZERO.

Both accounts also conflict with SAS's Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) at the time of the patrol, Peter Ratcliffe, in his 2000 memoir, Eye of the Storm.

The account also levelled damning accusations against the army, and the Ministry of Defence went to great lengths to attempt to prevent its publication, which they failed to do, although they were granted all of the book's profits. Co-written with Sunday Times no 1 bestseller Damien Lewis, Des Powell takes readers into the dessert and behind enemy lines.According to McNab, the four captured patrol members (McNab, Pring, MacGown and the wounded Coburn) were moved numerous times, enduring torture and interrogation at each successive location. The men of Bravo One Zero stepped off the chopper, took one look at the flat desert devoid of any cover and decided no way were they deploying into all of that.

The story of Bravo Two Zero’s patrol during the First Gulf War is the stuff of legend, not surprisingly it is less well documented that there were two other ‘Bravo’ patrols. McNab has been criticised for refusing advice from superiors to include vehicles in the mission (to be left at an emergency pickup point) which would have facilitated an easier exfiltration. Peter Ratcliffe (The SAS's Regimental Sergeant Major at the time of the patrol) wrote Eye of the Storm ( ISBN 1930983018), which refers to the controversy surrounding the differing accounts of the patrol in some detail. I liked that the grittiness and raw details of the encounter were not censored, and the nod to the other patrols.In 2002, Channel 4 aired Asher's documentary (which accompanied his book), also titled The Real Bravo Two Zero, directed and produced by Gavin Searle. The book covers the background to and setting up of the Bravo patrols made famous by the two books 'Bravo Two Zero' and 'The One That Got Away' by Andy McNab and Chris Ryan, but as per the title concentrates on B30, the patrol that did actually become successful, despite the difficulties the patrol faced and the soldiers own beliefs. The patrol also had a PRC 319 HF patrol radio carried by Lane, [1] :24 four TACBE communication devices (carried by McNab, [1] :55 Ryan, [1] :55 and two others) to communicate with allied aircraft, a Magellan GPS carried by Coburn, [1] :41 and a KITE night sight carried by MacGown. B20 inserted; was quickly compromised and having no vehicles was forced to withdraw towards Syria on foot.