Each member of the patrol wore a two-shade Desert DPM uniform, with a World War II era sand-coloured desert smock [REF].
Mitchell,[REF] Phillips,[REF] Ryan,[REF] and Lane[REF] carried M16/M203 assault rifles,[REF] while Pring,[REF] Consiglio,[REF] MacGown,[REF] and Coburn[REF] carried FN Minimi light support machine guns [REF].