Gear Compared: ARMY RANGER vs NAVY SEAL

Army Rangers or Navy SEALs: who goes to war with better gear? We put America's two most famous special operations units side by side and compare their kit item by item, from rifles and machine guns to rebreathers, mini-submarines, battlefield blood, field rations and FPV drones. In this video: • Why the Rangers are moving to the heavy 6.8 mm M7, while the SEALs keep the short Mk 18 • The machine gun both units carry, and why it has a Navy name even in Ranger hands • A Swedish recoilless gun from 1946 that the Rangers brought into U.S. service • How SEALs swim without a single bubble and ride inside a flooded mini-submarine • The "walking blood bank": Rangers who carry spare blood in their own veins • Ranger School on 2,200 calories a day vs Hell Week on more than 8,000 • The swim with hands and feet tied 0:00 Rangers vs SEALs: two elite units 1:05 Rifle: M4A1 and M7 vs Mk 18 2:10 Machine gun: the shared Mk 48 2:59 Against armor: Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle 3:59 Getting in: low jumps vs Mk 25 rebreather and SDV mini-sub 5:04 First aid: TCCC and the walking blood bank 6:08 Uniform: tan beret vs gold Trident 6:58 Rations: MRE, Ranger School vs Hell Week 7:48 Drones: FPV strike drones 8:40 Training: RASP vs BUD/S 9:42 The verdict Which two units should we compare next? Figures are approximate published values and estimates from U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and Special Operations Command releases, congressional testimony and press reports. Unit sizes and training details change over time. Footage and photos: U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, PEO Soldier) via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. "75th Ranger Regiment Operations" and "75th Ranger Regiment 2nd Battalion Task Force Training": U.S. Army, CC BY 3.0. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. Full list with links in the pinned comment. #ArmyRangers #NavySEALs #GearCompared