US Marine Fires a C8 carbine UK SAS

U.S. Marines with Recapture Tactics Team, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, and British Royal Marine instructors with 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group, conduct low-light engagement drills while firing C8 carbine rifles and Glock 17 service pistols during exercise Tartan Eagle Phase II, at Northumbria Police Range, Wallsend, England, Dec. 12, 2021. This range allowed U.S. Marines to work alongside British Royal Marines and orient themselves with the British Royal Marines service weapons, tactics and procedures to further develop their close-quarters engagement capabilities. Exercise Tartan Eagle is a bilateral biyearly training exercise in which the U.S Marines and their British counterparts travel to each other's training facilities to compare close-quarters battle strategy and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Angel Alvarado) L119A1/A2 Special Forces Individual Weapon (SFIW) The L119A1 / L119A2 Special Forces Individual Weapon (SFIW) is a carbine in widespread use by United