What did the Seal's use before the MP5?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - What did the Seal's use before the MP5?

Posted: 2/6/2002 7:06:35 AM EDT

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MP3? Portable CD players? What? This is to settle a dad/son discussion.

Posted: 2/6/2002 7:11:01 AM EDT

[#1]

I believe it was the Sharps .50 cal water buffalo rifle.

Posted: 2/6/2002 7:11:49 AM EDT

[#2]

It varies depending on the task. The CAR15's were used allot to my understanding.

Posted: 2/6/2002 8:02:58 AM EDT

[#3]

They used a number of different things. For subguns, they used MACs, Swede K/Port Said's, Uzi's and I believe the S&W 76 and M3/M3A1 also came into play. Danish Madsens may also have been used - I know the CIA used sterilized Madsens on occasion overseas (a friend of mine has two former CIA Madsens, consecutively serial numbered upon return to the US).

Posted: 2/6/2002 8:15:40 AM EDT

[#4]

The lucky ones got to use Stoner 63's.

-Justin

P.S. I REALLY REALLY want one! No way I'm paying 60k+ for one though.

Posted: 2/6/2002 8:22:51 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
The lucky ones got to use Stoner 63's.

-Justin

P.S. I REALLY REALLY want one! No way I'm paying 60k+ for one though.

Justin,
I was about to post:

Once upon a time in a land far away the SEAL's used cut-down Stoner 63's.

Posted: 2/6/2002 8:23:26 AM EDT

[#6]

I have heard that they also used plain old M1 Carbines.

Posted: 2/6/2002 11:46:49 AM EDT

[#7]

I'm no expert, but I believe I recall from my readings that it was the MAC and Uzi, and even the Thompson back in Viet Nam.

Posted: 2/6/2002 11:57:56 AM EDT

[#8]

Everything on Shaggy's list is correct, and they also used AR15s (before it was adopted as the M16) and Stoner 63 in various forms. I strongly doubt they used M1 Carbines very often if at all. Note that they also used ComBloc weapons, particularly AKs, to prevent the sound of their weapons from giving them away as Americans.

At the time, SEALs had few restrictions on what they could do or carry, but not a lot of money to buy weapons, so they used whatever was available. It wasn't unusual for a 14-person platoon to have 8-10 different types of weapons between them. Weapon standardization didn't come until after the (Vietnam) war.

-Troy

Posted: 2/6/2002 1:25:19 PM EDT

[#9]

What shaggy said was true Even the sterilized madson's, they also used M14's that are still used today.

Posted: 2/6/2002 1:34:06 PM EDT

[#10]

Wrist Rockets with exploding marbles.

Posted: 2/6/2002 1:59:29 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
They used a number of different things. For subguns, they used MACs, Swede K/Port Said's, Uzi's and I believe the S&W 76 and M3/M3A1 also came into play.

They definitely used M3A1 .45acp "Grease Guns"

Posted: 2/6/2002 3:29:58 PM EDT

[#12]

Monel, a rather good book on UDT and Navy SEAL weaponry is Special Weapons, Special Warfare by Kevin Dockery. It covers weapons from pistols to assault rifles.

The part two, Special Weapons, Special Warfare: Radid Fire Weapons of the SEALs and UDT has finally been released it appears, it covers machineguns and possibly other support weapons.

Posted: 2/6/2002 3:39:21 PM EDT

[#13]

Nice story about the Seals in USAToday

www.usatoday.com/news/attack/2002/02/06/usat-frontline.htm

Mike

Posted: 2/6/2002 4:17:12 PM EDT

[#14]

SEALs used MACs while they were manufactured by Ingram. When Cobray bought the rights, quality went down and the SEALs dropped them.

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