April 28, 2019
How to Make a Navy SEAL Go Stealth (With the Right Gun)
Even more of a threat to America's enemies.
by WarIsBoring
The OSS and their British counterparts ordered a variety of suppressed pistols, submachine guns and rifles during the war, according to a contemporary U.S. Army study. And these weapons lingered on in both military and CIA arsenals well after the conflict ended.
The Navy’s SEALs are well-known for their exotic guns—everything from machines 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.â€
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-make-navy-seal-go-stealth-right-gun-54717
