page_title: Special Service Group (Navy)
section_title: Weaponry
hierarchical_section_title: Special Service Group (Navy) / Appearance and equipment / Weaponry
caption_attribution_description: English: A Steyr AUG A3 Deutsch: Ein Steyr AUG A3
context_page_description: The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group abbreviated SSGN or simply Navy SEALs, is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea, air, and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.
  The command and control of the Special Service Group (Navy) falls under the responsibility of the Naval Strategic Forces Command and its personnel are directly recruited into ISI's Covert Action Division upon their retirements from their military service.
  There is no official report on the actual strength or their military missions since their operational works are subjected to the secrecy by the federal government of Pakistan; knowledge of their works and tactics known in public through the only authorized media works and nonfiction works by the navy veteran.
context_section_description: Pistols
   Austria Glock pistol
  Sub-machine guns
   Germany Heckler & Koch MP5
   Belgium FN P90
  Assault rifles
   USA M4A1 Carbine
   Austria Steyr AUG
  Sniper rifles
   Pakistan H&K/POF PSR-90
   USA Barrett M82
  Light Machine guns
   Belgium FN Minimi
  Air Defence & Rocket Launchers
   Soviet Union RPG7
   USA SMAW
   Pakistan Anza MANPADS
  Helmets
   Pakistan POF Standard Helmet
   USA Light Weight Helmet
  Bullet Proof Jacket/Armor
   Pakistan POF Standard Body Armor
caption: The Austrian-designed Steyr AUG: This is the standard assault rifle for the VBSS Teams only.
exif: {"Image Make": "Kodak", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS Macintosh", "Image DateTime": "2005:04:26 10:09:35", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "194", "Thumbnail ImageWidth": "160", "Thumbnail ImageLength": "104", "Thumbnail BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Thumbnail Compression": "Uncompressed", "Thumbnail PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Thumbnail StripOffsets": "503", "Thumbnail SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Thumbnail RowsPerStrip": "104", "Thumbnail StripByteCounts": "49920", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail PlanarConfiguration": "1", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "548", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "359", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[3, 0, 0, 0]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "284"}