Which Glock 19 Do the Navy SEALs use?
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Gun Garage Las Vegas shoot the Pistol the Navy SEALs use. The Sig Sauer P226 Mk25 9mm pistol is a proven system that has seen all kinds of terrain and weather conditions. The Glock 19 9mm pistol has proven to be a reliable, accurate simple pistol with many well respected law enforcement agencies using them.
Which sig do Navy SEALs use?
Sig Sauer P226
While the Sig Sauer P226 is used by many militaries and agencies worldwide, one of the most famous users of the pistol is the U.S. Navy SEALs, which used the P226 up until they switched to the Glock 19 around 2015.
Why the Army chose the SIG P320?
The Glock is still a great handgun and will likely still be used by some Army soldiers, but for the most part the Army has made up its mind with the SIG Sauer P320. As explained here, it’s modular design, reliability, short trigger and low cost make it an appealing choice for the Army.
Is the SIG Sauer P228 the Glock 19 for Navy SEALs?
As Naval Special Warfare transitions to the Glock 19, it is important to pay tribute to the legendary Sig Sauer P228. As some people know, SEALs have carried the P226, but on the SWCC side of the house, operators have been carrying the P228 – a smaller and more compact version of the P226.
While the Army, the Marine Corps and even the rest of the Navy toted the Beretta M9 pistol, Navy SEALs carried an entirely different handgun altogether: the Sig Sauer P226. The SEALs put in an initial request for eight hundred P226s and the first pistols, officially named Mk. 25, were fielded in 1989.
Is Glock the new SIG Sauer for naval commandos?
Sig Sauer had a good quarter-century run arming America’s naval commandos, and now the torch is passed to Glock. Kyle Mizokami is a defense and national-security writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in the Diplomat, Foreign Policy, War is Boring and the Daily Beast.
While Mk. 25s will carry on, the SEALs will gradually replace them with newer Glocks. Sig Sauer had a good quarter-century run arming America’s naval commandos, and now the torch is passed to Glock.