In recent years, though, they've been regarded as, you know, light assault troops who go in first, grab whatever needs to be taken, and then give way to more heavily armed forces in the Army.

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It includes ground troops with supporting artillery, amphibious assault vehicles and light armour, plus transport and attack helicopters and perhaps AV-8B Harrier jet fighter-bombers, capable of taking off and landing vertically.

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The man accused of the assault was wearing a light brown jacket, dark trousers and a dark beanie hat.

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It features 3 new weapons: Piranha assault shotgun, Acolyte pistol, and Typhoon light machine gun.

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