On the mission to get bin Laden, the SEALs stripped the stealth helicopter of its seats to save on weight, 鈥渟o we either sat on the floor or on small camp chairs purchased at a local sporting goods store before we left.鈥�
In addition to buying off-the-shelf gear, the SEALs have their own armory. Above the door, Bissonnette reports, is a sign: 鈥淵ou dream, we build.鈥� The custom-built weapons included an M79 grenade-launcher, which was called a pirate gun. SEAL armorers 鈥渃ut the barrel short and modified the stock into a pistol grip.鈥�
Standard-issue SEAL gear worked well, too. The MP7 submachine gun with a silencer 鈥渃ame in handy during ship boarding鈥� or 鈥渋n the jungle.鈥� Several times, he adds, 鈥渨e shot fighters in one room with a suppressed MP7 and their comrades next door didn鈥檛 wake up.鈥�
