Suppressers, which are built into most modern-day weapons, would have also likely been made available to SEAL Team 6. You don't want guys messing with their night vision when they're supposed to be taking out targets.' 'You don't want to just have night vision on the guys' faces, because the changing light conditions could change how you are able to use that. 'All of the rehearsals for this were most likely done at night so target identification would be natural,' said Machowicz. The lookout platform from the Blackhawks is extremely important, as the ground soldiers were most likely not using night-vision goggles. This helps the soldiers on the ground to quickly identify their targets, pick up every threat and take them down fast. Helmet-mounted cameras, which were reportedly worn during the mission to capture bin Laden, also transmitted information to commanders back at base and to the situation room in Washington. In the sky, in-atmosphere satellites (such as predator drones) and space-based satellites convey information to the troops on the ground. 50 caliber rounds, such as the 'Beowolf' for assault rifles, which can penetrate a car engine block from range. Recent advances in weapons systems have even led to the creation of.

45 caliber that allows you to deliver a lot more kinetic energy, and you don't need to worry about overpenetration on the target.' 'There are new weapons systems that fire the. Machowicz speculates those guns used a large bullet type. In the bin Laden scenario, the SEALs would have likely used short-barrel weapons - such as a shortened M4 or AR-15 assault rifle - that allow them to easily maneuver in and out of doors, hallways and vehicles. 'The mission dictates the target, the target dictates the weapons and the weapons dictate how they're used,' Machowicz said. The SEAL's ground weapons were likely highly specialized too. Machowicz told ABC News that when he was a sniper, he essentially had eight different sniper rifles tailored to different scenarios. Those snipers would have available highly customized rifles tailored to that particular battlefield, he said. 'SEALs have developed the ability to send very accurate fire from helicopters,' Machowicz said. The Blackhawk helicopters that carried them to the scene not only hold missiles and large caliber guns but provide a lookout platform. 'If they get it, and they like it, they'll use it.' 'The organizations we're talking about have the resources to get any weapon systems they think are necessary to do the job, and they will bring they think will give them the greatest advantage in that moment,' Richard 'Mac' Machowicz, a former Navy SEAL sniper and the host of Spike TV's 'Deadliest Warrior,' told ABC News. And these 'dogs' carry some serious firepower.Īlthough tactical details of Sunday's mission remain unconfirmed, ABC News spoke with a former Navy SEAL sniper to learn what equipment and tech toys SEAL teams usually use to take down a target. 'The dogs of war were finally turned loose to do what they were designed to do,' Richard Marcinko, a former Navy commander, told ABC News. May 3, 2011— - As Navy SEAL Team 6 closed in on its prey - Osama bin Laden - it likely entered the battle armed with the best weapons and technology available to soldiers anywhere in the world, a military expert and former Navy SEAL fighter told ABC News.

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