Posts tagged ‘navy seals’

The Singapore Special Operations Force, the SOF, is part of the Commandos arm of the Singapore army and consists of highly trained individuals that participate in elite special forces operations. They are trained to deal with strategic special operations, hostage taking and counter terrorism.
Their History
The SOF was formed in 1984 but has only been acknowledged [...]

The special forces of Sri Lanka is part of the Sri Lanka army and is known as the Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment or SF. They are a covert operative force comprised of three regiments.
Their History
The SF have been around since 1985 and were first called a Combat Tracker Team that specialized in carrying [...]

The Thailand Special Forces are called the Royal Thai Navy SEALs and they are part of the military of Thailand. They are comprised of 144 men and are part of the Royal Thai Navy.
Their History
The Royal Thai Navy SEALs were set up in 1956 by the government of the United States, presumably in response to [...]

The special forces in Poland are called GROM and are a division of the Polish Army. The acronym of GROM means thunder in Polish and they are deployed for a variety of special operations, including unconventional warfare.
Their History
GROM was formed in 1990 and is currently part of the Polish Army, although it began under the [...]

The Egyptian Special Forces Unit is also known as Unit 777 or Task Force 777. It was created to counter terrorist activity as well as hijacking of Egyptian aircraft. The special forces unit was created in response to Anwar Sadat expelling Soviet military advisors from the country.
Their History
Unit 777 is also known as Task Force [...]

There are several factions of the Indian Special Forces, all of them elite, with the MARCOS being the most like special forces operations such as the Navy Seals and the SAS. They are a division of the Indian Navy.
Their History
MARCOS is short for Marine Commandos. They began as the Indian Marine Special Force in 1987 [...]

There are three special forces groups in Chili. They fall into three different categories and are designed to protect the country from domestic violence, invasions as well as terrorist attacks. Ever since the attacks of September 11, 2001, most countries have begun a special task force or special forces of their military to deal with [...]

The Brazilian Special Naval Forces is similar to the United States Navy SEALs and is a division of the Brazilian Navy. Brazil has several special forces units that all have a distinct job to do, including offshoots of the army as well as domestic military special forces unit that are used to enforce the peacekeeping [...]

The Bangladesh Special Warfare Diving and Salvage is a specially organized team of highly trained individuals who are equipped and trained using many of the same guidelines as the United States Navy Seals. The team is comprised of the very best individuals in the forces who not only are employed in action in Bangladesh.

Their [...]

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 [...]