ARMORY:SEALs Standard Weapon Loadout

Heckler & Koch MP5 M60 Machine Gun M4 Light Machine Gun M16 Automatic Rifle Colt .45 Sig Sauer 9226 Hekler & Koch P9S Smith & Wesson .357 M203 Grenade Launcher M79 Grenade Launcher MK19 Grenade Launcher M14 Sniper Rifle Shotguns

The Heckler & Koch MP5

Many elite units around the world use the compact submachine gun; this includes the SAS, GSG 9, GEO and the US Navy SEALs. Firing the parabellum 9mm round at 800 rounds per minute. What turns the tide on this automatic machine gun is the unique roller-delayed blowback system, which operates the weapon in a fully locked breach position. Where other auto systems rely on the weight and velocity of the returning breach to seal the chamber the MP5 uses a series of locks and cams to seal off the chamber. This means that the first round is fired from a locked chamber. This gives the user the accuracy on the first shot that can mean the difference between life and death. Capable of single shot fire, three round bursts, or full automatic at 800 rounds per minute. The MP5 is used various purposes in the Teams, but mostly for Close Quarters Combat.

The MP-5 was first used by GSG-9 in action against terrorists who had hijacked a lufthansa aircraft on October 17, 1977 and flown it to Mogadishu, Somalia. It was also prominantly displayed in pictures of the SAS takedown of the terrorist-held Iranian Embassy in 1980. The MP-5 has seen action in US operations such as the grenada and Panama invasion, and has only recently seen it's eventual succesor, the M4 (CAR-15 model 727) come online.

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