Bin Laden Dead - which type of gun?

[P-Shooter]

Just saw this over on Kit Up!...

http://kitup.military.com/2011/05/the-weapons-that-killed-bin-laden.html

Colt CM901 carbine chambered in 7.62

Kit Up! also heard from a reliable source that it was Gold Squadron who conducted the primary attack– DEVGRU’s premier assault team — and that operators were also likely carrying the Heckler and Koch MP7 submachine gun chambered in 4.6x30mm.

 

[Bflo]

Military Times Gear Scout says it was a HK416
Military Times Gear Scout

 

[desmodue]

OK. The wild speculation has to stop. I didn't want to reveal the actual gun used to terminate Osama Bin Laden, but the public outcry for this delicate information demands the release.

I have it from a reliable source that the team that went in was supported by Seal Team 6, the actual action was from a very dedicated three-man Rapid Tactical Force from one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas. Apparently the hero of the team took several rounds of .338 Lapua which was deflected by his Home Depot/Hobby Lobby ceramic lawn ornament armor before he was able to pop a cap in the ass of Bin Laden with his Glock 7. Luckily the Glock performed flawlessly after his GI issued Colt .45 jammed, leaving him exposed to withering fire from approximately 300 insurgents armed with AK 47s. By sheer determination, the hero was able to untape the ASP baton from his calf and subdue a few dozen of the insurgents and assemble a one man helicopter from the AK 47s, a riding lawn mower and a battery of ceiling fans to escape capture.

 

[22lr]

OK. The wild speculation has to stop. I didn't want to reveal the actual gun used to terminate Osama Bin Laden, but the public outcry for this delicate information demands the release.

I have it from a reliable source that the team that went in was supported by Seal Team 6, the actual action was from a very dedicated three-man Rapid Tactical Force from one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas. Apparently the hero of the team took several rounds of .338 Lapua which was deflected by his Home Depot/Hobby Lobby ceramic lawn ornament armor before he was able to pop a cap in the ass of Bin Laden with his Glock 7. Luckily the Glock performed flawlessly after his GI issued Colt .45 jammed, leaving him exposed to withering fire from approximately 300 insurgents armed with AK 47s. By sheer determination, the hero was able to untape the ASP baton from his calf and subdue a few dozen of the insurgents and assemble a one man helicopter from the AK 47s, a riding lawn mower and a battery of ceiling fans to escape capture.

Wait, I thought Chuck Norris was retired from spec ops........

 

[P-Shooter]

Military Times Gear Scout says it was a HK416
Military Times Gear Scout

Kit Up has just updated their page with the same info...guess this should pretty much settle it...

http://kitup.military.com/2011/05/the-rifle-that-actually-killed-ubl.html

 

[85t5mcss]

Wait, I thought Chuck Norris was retired from spec ops........

I was thinking MacGyver

 

[desmodue]

Wait, I thought Chuck Norris was retired from spec ops........

I was thinking MacGyver

maybe I should have used purple, but I thought someone would have remembered Gecko45

 

[jsx1043]

OK. The wild speculation has to stop. I didn't want to reveal the actual gun used to terminate Osama Bin Laden, but the public outcry for this delicate information demands the release.

I have it from a reliable source that the team that went in was supported by Seal Team 6, the actual action was from a very dedicated three-man Rapid Tactical Force from one of America’s largest indoor retail shopping areas. Apparently the hero of the team took several rounds of .338 Lapua which was deflected by his Home Depot/Hobby Lobby ceramic lawn ornament armor before he was able to pop a cap in the ass of Bin Laden with his Glock 7. Luckily the Glock performed flawlessly after his GI issued Colt .45 jammed, leaving him exposed to withering fire from approximately 300 insurgents armed with AK 47s. By sheer determination, the hero was able to untape the ASP baton from his calf and subdue a few dozen of the insurgents and assemble a one man helicopter from the AK 47s, a riding lawn mower and a battery of ceiling fans to escape capture.

Dude, seriously repped for some throwback laughs!

 

[tgallmey]

With phasers set to kill

 

[gblank]

I would be fine if they slit him from ear to ear with a bowie knife.

 

[Mordred]

Gun that Killed OBL

This is probably no surprise to most of us here.
The Gun That Killed Osama bin Laden Revealed - US News and World Report

 

[cowboywitek]

pretty interesting thanks. double tap always works!

 

[jdhaines]

I call false. Everyone knows you can only kill someone with a .45. Anything less and they will laugh it off and keep coming. A .45 will cause them to burst into flames.

 

[Wild Deuce]

From the comments section ....

"The HK416 fires .416 caliber round. The round was specially designed for maximum kinetic effect applied to, and slug expansion in target.

The 5.56 does not play into it whatsoever."

I'll bet this Internet Commando is thinking of a Barrett Model 99 (chambered in .416). Can you imagine doing room clearing with this rifle? Better yet, could you imagine a short-barreled AR type rifle chambered in .416 caliber? Those SEALs are tougher than I thought ... and better too, if they got a double tap with such a rifle.

 

[Scotty]

Interesting...I thought the SEAL teams used 9mm rifles..

 

[jd4320t]

"H and K" "German engineering" Why not the MP5?

 

[DustyDawg48]

Great...the HK guys were already snobby now they will be insufferable!

 

[PriestEG]

Most SpecOpps units have most any weapon available to them, depending on that the mission dictates for their load out. I know that MarSoc could pick and choose from a large variety of weapons in the armory.

 

[gunman41mag]

This is probably no surprise to most of us here.
The Gun That Killed Osama bin Laden Revealed - US News and World Report

I want to buy that gun

 

[HandK]

Great...the HK guys were already snobby now they will be insufferable!