We all know that 90% or even 120% of being an operator is wearing cool guy gear. I mean even Dick Marcinko couldn’t operate with a glow belt on. Don’t dispute me it’s a fact! This article is going to look at a complete loadout for a Seal Team 6 (Naval Special Warfare Development Group, DEVGRU) operator. You will see exactly what kind of gear they are rocking, and exactly how much it all costs, in case you want to impress everyone at the next airsoft tournament.

For the purposes of this article we have restricted ourselves to the type of equipment an assaulter would wear on a direct action mission. They are issued tons of gear for other mission sets which will not be included here. If they wouldn’t wear it on the helo, then it doesn’t get included in this analysis.

If you want a full list and price for each piece of equipment with links to where you can get it, then you can download it here.

Now let’s get into the gear!

Helmet Systems: $45,937.60

These are some of the more expensive pieces of equipment that any operator will be issued, and that makes sense, doctors say your grape is pretty important.

Ops Core Maritime

The Ops Core Maritime is a newer, lighter, version of the older Ops Core high cut helmet. There will typically be several pieces of equipment mounted on it, that are peripheral to the helmets purpose

The next big ticket item mounted on the helmet will be the night vision device. In this case most assaulters are using the GPNVG, quad tube goggle.

GPNVG

These allow the operator to see wider than the the standard 45 degrees that you would see with the dual tube setup, all the way out to almost 100 degrees field of vision.

They are extremely pricey, coming in at nearly $43,000 dollars. That’s really going to put a crimp in the larping budget.

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Plate Carrier and Armor: $10,457.91

Tier 1 guys are issued tons of different carriers and vests because they have a wide variety of missions from direct action, to more covert requirements, like surveillance. As an assaulter there is probably no more popular piece of kit then the LBT 6094.

LBT 6094 in Multi Cam



Of course there are numerous peripheral pieces of equipment that complete the armor sets, most notably the armor plates themselves.

This is one area that is pretty hard to find for good reason. You obviously don’t want to advertise exactly what kind of armor plates you are wearing, which would tell your enemies what kind of round they would need to use to defeat them. So here you will see my best guess on pricing.

Just like our head systems, the majority of the expense is in one item. Here we can see that the standard Harris PRC 153 is very expensive, coming in at roughly $6800 dollars per radio. Better get a bump in that allowance from mom.

Uniform/First Line Gear: $1,818.90

The good news here is that much of the “cool guy factor” comes from the uniform, and most of this stuff doesn’t require you to sell a kidney to afford it, and you can get almost all of it from Amazon.

Crye Precision G3 combat uniforms (Amazon) are by far the most popular uniforms for those looking to operate in style.

Crye G3 Combat Pants



Here is a list of the rest of the first line gear items that these SEALs would be issued.

The first line equipment is by far the most affordable, minus the titanium halligan tool. Yes, yes, I know not everyone would be carrying them, but it is a very common breaching tool, and this one is pretty light weight and bad ass.

The Rifle: $7,117

Most operators in Tier 1 units seem to favor the Heckler and Koch 416 battle rifle. It’s extremely reliable, and rugged, with the only draw back being that it is a bit over gassed, and heavy for it’s size. If you like this rifle then check out this excellent review by Garand Thumb.

Daddy Garand

Here is the additional equipment that is most commonly run on the rifle.

There is going to be a lot of variability here as much of the equipment is going to be shooter’s preference, including barrel length, scopes, and nearly anything else, but this seems to be a very common setup.

The Pistol: $1,357

Here is another area where there is quite a lot of choice in what an operator carries. Some might favor the venerable 1911, where as others might like something a bit more modern such as the Glock 19 gen 5. Here’s another video from Daddy Garand.

Here are the pistol accessories

Total Costs

We’ve now run through the big ticket items that a Devgru Operator would carry for a standard loudout, but how much does this add up to? You might want to sit down first because this totals a whopping $67,856,51 in total costs.

This might seem totally crazy, and maybe it is, but there is some hope for people who aren’t operators, but like to play them on TV. If you subtract the very expensive NVGs, and the radio which you would practically have no use for, then that brings the total down to $18,129.51. That’s still crazy, but if you study hard in your computer science classes, then surely your Google pay check can cover this kind of extreme larping.

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