Posted on 05/12/2011 9:45:32 AM PDT by PSYCHO-FREEP
Sources say the HK416 rifle was used to kill bin Laden. The biggest secret in the special operations community—what gun did SEALs from "DevGru" kill Osama bin Laden with—has been revealed. Two military gear blogs, citing multiple insider sources, credit the highly reliable HK416 rifle, an M-16 type weapon, with the "double tap" of 5.56 mm bullets to bin Laden's head.
While the military isn't talking about what SEALs from United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, formerly SEAL Team Six, carried in, two sites—Military Times Gear Scout and Soldier Systems—said the gun used was the German made, Delta Force designed Heckler & Koch rifle used by several militaries.
"I've just heard from a SOCOM vet," says Military Times "He tells me the stack of SEAL assaulters from Red team that went through Osama bin Laden's bedroom door were running HK416s."
Soldier Systems adds that bin Laden "was gunned down using German engineering – the HK416 which was my gut feeling from the very beginning."
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My younger son recently built his first “M4gery” so I got an earful of all kinds of tech talk, LOL. Of course he had to use all kinds of fancy parts ($$$) but it turned out nice. Colt barrel, FN upper receiver, Spike’s Tactical bolt group, yada, yada.
Why does our media report stuff like this? Isn’t the biggest advantage, besides being extremely well-trained, always the element of surprise?
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