The COLT C7 ASSAULT RIFLE: What starts off as a seven-pound bar of solid steel will soon deliver a bullet with deadly accuracy when it becomes the barrel of a Colt C7 assault rifle. In the Gulf War, Rwanda, and Afghanistan, the Colt C7 has served as the standard issued weapon to soldiers around the world – but it’s the incredible story of UN Peacekeepers in Bosnia that put it in the spotlight. The BOMB SUIT: When pieces of hard plastic and bulletproof fabric are molded and stitched together in this Andover, UK factory, they’ll make a suit of armour that’s tailor-made for the most dangerous job in the world. During a tour of duty in Afghanistan, Staff Sargent Karl “Badger” Ley’s steady hands and a cool head have racked up the record for dismantling twice as many IED’s as anybody else. Wearing his bomb suit he has diffused 149 bombs, 42 of them in one village alone. The MORTAR: The Mortar can trace its roots back to the Stokes Mortar first used in the trenches of World War 1. A series of forged steel tubes are honed, milled and assembled to become portable missile launchers. This lightweight muzzle-loading artillery fires explosives that can arc over enemy barricades and land in trenches or bunkers. The modern day M252 Mortar assembles in seconds, can be transported over any terrain, and drops 15 rounds per minute with a range of almost 6 kilometers. The ZODIAC HURRICANE: In 2009’s Operation Atalanta in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, an EU Navy ship lured pirates out to sea by posing as a merchant vessel that was vulnerable to attack. When the pirates got close the ship turned about and launched a coordinated attack of high speed Zodiacs and helicopters to take down the pirate ship and bring the raiders to justice. Pieces of lightweight aluminum are welded together to form this nine-meter structure, and a sharp edge wedge of steel is built to cut through and rise above just about anything the ocean can throw at it. From