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> The US military has pretty rarely used shoulder fired weapons, since they very rarely have to worry about tanks or aircraft. SEALs in particular wouldn't be doing that.

Do you know that, or are you thinking "these are AT weapons so they wouldn't be used"?

I haven't worked with US forces on a tactical level, but I have served in Afghanistan with my own country's SOFs. We used M72s extensively, even though we never engaged any armor.

I wasn't around for this picture, but it illustrates the point:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BwDn4ryCEAApiYS.jpg:large




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