The M136 AT4CS (Confined Space) is the only anti-armor Navy SEALs weapon able to be fired in confined spaces. A lightweight, disposable, one-user 84mm weapon, it is highly effective in urban warfare and favored by the USSOCOM (United States Special Operations command).
Coming in at 17 pounds and slightly more than three feet long, it is [...]

Navy SEAL Weapons: Mortars

January 13th, 2010

The M224 60mm lightweight mortar is a smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon for close support of ground troops. The M224 system is made up of the cannon, bipod, baseplate and sight unit.
This Navy SEALs weapon system replaced the World War II era M2 and M19 Mortar weapons; it uses new, longer-range ammunition while retaining the [...]

The M203 Grenade Launcher is an underslung attachment to an existing rifle; it is a single shot 40mm grenade launcher originally made for the M16 and variants. In use by U.S. military forces since the early 1970s, it served as a replacement of the stand-alone M79 grenade launcher.
This attachment is a better alternative to the [...]

The Benelli M4 Super 90 Shotgun (or M1014) is the first gas-operated shotgun produced by Benelli, utilizing the ARGO (Auto Regulating Gas Operated) system. It is self-regulating for cartridges of varying length and power levels, with military-style ghost ring sights and Picatinny rails to allow for the additional use of conventional and night-vision sights.
This Navy [...]

Navy SEAL Weapons: Machine Guns

January 13th, 2010

The M60 is a gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed, automatic machine gun firing from the open-bolt position, chambered for the 7.62mm NATO cartridge. During Vietnam, the original version of was used as a squad automatic weapon, with each soldier carrying additional 200 linked rounds of ammunition, a spare barrel or both. The M60E3 Machine Gun is an [...]