Special Forces teams

[Dragon]

What side arms are used by the US Special Forces team ? ARMY,NAVY,AIR FORCE,and Marines.

[85FourEyedGT]

I believe SEALS use the Sig 22x series

[gumby]

Glocks are also in use.

[Plisk]

MEUSOCs are used a bit too.

[Günter]

USSOCOM - H&K Mk23 Mod 0: .45 ACP
US Navy SEALs - SIG Sauer P226 (Mk24): 9x19mm
USMC Force Recon - MEU(SOC) 1911: .45 ACP

I guess everyone else in the armed forces uses the: Beretta M9, M9A1 (USMC), M11 (P228), SIG P229R DAK .40 (USCG). I've also heard that there are some folks in the Air Force with Glock 19s.

[Plisk]

HK Mk.23 is no longer in service anywhere. Last ones were the SEALs and they don't have any.

[Günter]

HK Mk.23 is no longer in service anywhere. Last ones were the SEALs and they don't have any.

I thought so too, but than I watched some pretty recent Beretta Ad and saw one at 1:54, maybe they havn't thrown all of them away yet.

[FNH5-7]

Weren't some of these guys using HK45's as well?

[Dragon]

So ,Glock is not so popular with the military.

[Maddog5150]

Towards the end of infantry school I asked my drill sgt what he carried. He is SF and he plainly said, "the M9." I asked why since he could carry anything he wanted. I asked about the Mk23. He laughed and jokingly said, "oh the crew served pistol? That thing is huge. Yeah some guys carry the hk, some carry colts. I just carry the M9. I kill anything I shoot at anyways..." Drill sgt was a crazy/scary dude.

[KillZone45]

Towards the end of infantry school I asked my drill sgt what he carried. He is SF and he plainly said, "the M9." I asked why since he could carry anything he wanted. I asked about the Mk23. He laughed and jokingly said, "oh the crew served pistol? That thing is huge. Yeah some guys carry the hk, some carry colts. I just carry the M9. I kill anything I shoot at anyways..." Drill sgt was a crazy/scary dude.

I kill anything I shoot at anyways...

That is rad, one confident dude.

[Plisk]

I thought so too, but than I watched some pretty recent Beretta Ad and saw one at 1:54, maybe they havn't thrown all of them away yet.

Could easily be old footage. It was in the past 5+ years that it disappeared.

[Günter]

Could easily be old footage. It was in the past 5+ years that it disappeared.

I agree that they may have probably stopped their use just recently. I noticed H&K just recently (3 months ago) discontinued their production for Mark 23s.

[elSquid]

So ,Glock is not so popular with the military.

Don't say this around 1911 enthusiasts, but Delta/CAG/??? supposedly bought a bunch of Glock 22s.



-- Michael

[NiteQwill]

The folks I ran into... Glocks. But I also saw an M9 and several 1911s.