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[cousin it]

... with a .50 cal rifle

[Timothy]

Those poor prates are just trying to earn a living. What they did was no different then stealing a twix.

[cousin it]

Those poor prates are just trying to earn a living.

What they did was no different then stealing a twix.

Hmmm, that logic is vaguely familiar... where have I seen it?

[cousin it]

The news is reporting that they were head shots. There couldn't have been much left above the shoulders after one of these things found their mark.

[Timothy]

Head shots with that cal...damn!!

[freedom78]

Can you watermark a bullet?

[cousin it]

Head shots with that cal...damn!!

I assumed that was the cal. because it is a common round for SEAL sniper teams, but the news is reporting that the shots were taken at 30m, so it might have been a .308???

Or, some exotic round.

[cousin it]

Jmack would be the man in the know. What say you sir?

[TAP]

Nice to have a news story with a happy ending for once.

[Mr. Roboto]

I'm not up on this, but they killed those fuckers right?

[cousin it]

Captain freed from Somali pirates

The crew of the Maersk Alabama, who have arrived in Kenya, have called Phillips 'a hero'
A US merchant vessel captain has been freed from captivity and three Somali pirates reportedly shot dead in an operation in the Indian Ocean.

Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama, was freed after an operation against the pirates on Sunday, Laura Tischler, a spokeswoman for the US state department, said.

"I can confirm that Captain Phillips has been safely recovered," she said.

Three of the four pirates holding Phillips were killed in the operation while the fourth was taken into custody, US officials said.

Al Jazeera's correspondent Mohammed Adow said: "US forces are reported to have attacked the lifeboat when the pirates were expecting a diplomatic exchange ... [and] have taken the remaining pirate to one of their ships in these waters."

"The ransom money pirates have been getting is so huge, that many more people have been drawn into the activity.

"It is something that has become a very lucrative trend."

Captain 'a hero'

Barack Obama, the US president, had given authority to use force against the pirates, and a commander acted when he concluded the pirates were about to kill the hostage with machine guns, a US Navy official said.

"They were pointing the AK-47s at the captain," Vice Admiral William Gortney, head of the US Naval Central Command, said in a Pentagon briefing from Bahrain.

"The United States government policy is to not negotiate," he said.

Phillips was taken aboard the USS Bainbridge, one of the two US naval warships involved in the standoff with the pirates, after his safe release, the American news network CNN reported.

The pirates had kept hold of Phillips on board a lifeboat after releasing the Maersk Alabama and its crew. He reportedly jumped from the vessel on Friday in an attempt to escape, but was quickly re-captured.

Relatives said Phillips had volunteered to join the pirates in their lifeboat in exchange for the safety of his crew. The pirates demanded a $2m ransom in exchange for him.

The crew of the Maersk Alabama hailed Phillips a hero after they arrived in Mombasa on board the 17,000-tonne vessel, with one crew member saying: "He saved our lives by giving himself up."


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[PERM BANNED]

If the Navy uses the same round as the Army is was either a .308 or 30-06. The M14 is still used by many and fires the .308 round. Some use a modern version of the 1903 which is calibered in 30-06.

[C0ma]

SEAL sniper teams in shorter range (under 500 meters) and in urban settings use the M25 Sniper Rifle. The M25 is a semiautomatic 7.62mm (.308 Winchester) It is also a sniper support weapon for the spotter in a longer range 50Cal senario.

[Macker]

Jmack would be the man in the know. What say you sir?

SR-25/M-40 7.62/.308 Remy or the new Beretta TRG-42 .338 for w/i 1000 meters with various laser and NV capability. There are a bunch of new rifles out in trials now. It's a matter of taste for certain groups.

This particular sniper team or seal team (NAVSPECWARDEVGRU) is no regular unit per se. They were a compartmentalized team with faux designation when created in 1980, including the numbering. Team 6 and 8 were chosen to make the Russians think that we had more special combat units in the Navy then they knew about. Even after the original members were broken up and the team disbanded hence the name change to DEV GRU's which also included (UDT teams) Underwater Demolition Teams that had been a part of but not SEAL designated or given rite of passage. They were basically disbanded for embarrassing high ranking officials with their being able to insert, infiltrate or basically make US base security look foolish. They once took control of Air Force One while under heavy guard. They were not nice about the way they did things either because the belief was that the bad guys would be worse.... They took orders from the Sec. Nav. only at one point. Sec. Nav was supposedly getting his from all alphabet soup agencies and the white house. Many worked with SAD or SOG (CIA), DIA..etc... This also infuriated the upper crust guys who wore stars instead of scars. Desk Jockey types usually just looking to be promoted and have their portfolio's fattened. Besides showing lack of security, the team was a brutal counter terrorist team. They were given the toughest assignments and wore no tags or flag. If caught you had better be caught dead and you better take as many bad guys as you could along for the ride.

The team from Little Creek, like Delta get all the latest and greatest stuff and It maybe the shooters preference. The team had at one time used more rounds in training then the entire USMC training combined. Most or say 95% of all this particular team's and some of the members who date back to Viet Nam, missions are still black or secret for National Security Reasons. After the TWA hijacking in which a Navy Diver was shot and dumped out of the plane, certain units especially those hidden within, were unleashed against numerous terror states and members. It was a world wide dungaree liberty and his death was cause for some woe to anyone even thinking in a unkind manner. Several countries reached out to the UN and to the US for talks, to calm the storm that some created......Too bad we got a little soft in the late 80's and 90's but there are some highly motivated players out and about.