"Designed like a long-sleeved shirt and cargo pants, the uniform had ten pockets, each with a specific purpose," he writes. Uniform and body armor: On the Abbottabad raid, Bissonnette says he wore a Crye Precision Desert Digital Combat Uniform. They cost about $65,000 per pair, the author says. Members carry four-tube night vision goggles rather than the standard two-tube ones, which have a larger field of view. Night-vision goggles: Bissonnette mentions the top-of-the-line night-vision equipment issued to SEAL Team Six. Owen credits the CAD with saving his life on one mission in Afghanistan whenthe dog found an insurgent hiding in a ditch, ready to attack, after his team thought it had cleared the area around them. The "hair missiles," as one of Bissonnette's colleagues describe the dogs, can detect bombs and track and attack people. SEALS also carry what they call the "pirate gun": The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher, nicknamed for its odd resemblance to a blunderbuss.īreaching gear: SEAL Team 6 members like Own would typically carry explosive breaching charges, bolt cutters, and even a sledge hammer, used for gaining entry through locked doors and gates.Ĭombat Assault Dog, or CAD: Cairo, the Belgian Malinois who went on the Osama bin Laden mission, brought national fame to the SEAL Team Six's use of assault dogs. His other guns included another HK 416, this one with a fourteen-inch barrel, which he preferred for long-range shots. Owens went on some missions with a MP7 submachine gun, but says it wasn't as powerful as the HK 416. Weapons: According to the book, SEALs like Bissonnette get a "standard issue" Sig Sauer P226 (he also had an HK 45C), though he says the weapon he used on a daily basis was the HK 416 with a ten inch barrel and suppressor. Knives and tools: Bissonnette says that a Gerber multitool, which includes a knife blade, screwdriver, scissors, and can opener, was provided to each member of Seal Team Six. Here's what Bissonnette often had with him: Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play While total gear would often weigh 60 pounds, the SEAL motto was "light is right," and team members would try to strip down to just the essentials. "Without doubt, DEVGRU had the best tools in the business," he writes. But he does detail the type of gear he would typically bring with him, including on the historic raid. For example, the stealth helicopters used to transport the SEALS are referred to in the book simply as Black Hawks, with no mention of their special capabilities. The book by SEAL Team Six member Matt Bissonnette (who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Owen before his true identity was revealed) also gives a wealth of fascinating information about what the Navy's elite commandos carry along on a mission.īissonnette is clearly careful not to reveal details about classified technology that SEAL Team Six (also called DEVGRU) used. No Easy Day, the controversial first-hand account of the that killed Osama bin Laden, doesn't just provide a minute-by-minute description of the famous May 2011 operation.
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