"Navy SEALs Sure Like Their Quiet Pistols" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Nov 2014 10:47 p.m. PST |
"The Navy's SEALs are well-known for their exotic guns—everything from machine gun to grenade launchers … and several iconic, quiet handguns. The Navy stood up the Sea Air Lands teams in 1962 and quickly sent them to Vietnam to search out the enemy and work with local forces. The naval operators realized a suppressed pistol would be ideal for many of their most secretive missions. "The value … of suppressed weapons had been noted prior to the teams deploying for combat operations in Vietnam," noted SEAL historian Kevin Dockery writes in his book Special Warfare Special Weapons. "But very few weapons of that type were available during the early years of the war."…"
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Armand |
| Irish Marine | 26 Nov 2014 6:36 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 26 Nov 2014 2:45 p.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!
Good one my good friend!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| goragrad | 27 Nov 2014 2:30 p.m. PST |
Interesting. Although considering that the pistols were mainly used to kill dogs and ducks a High Standard HDM might have been indicated. Not sure what they carry today, but back in 2001 The Marine Corps 1st Force Reconnaissance Company was stated to have 10 -
Not bad for a weapon designed in 1942. |
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