So, Navy people shooting guns is dicey. Everyone gets some shooting with a .45 when I was in. Probably 9mm now. There are typically three people standing watch at the top of the brow of every Navy ship in port. One of them, the Petty Officer of the Watch, has a sidearm. They tend to shoot themselves every now and then. I have never, ever, heard of one shooting any bad person.
There is a slightly better trained flying squad that has a bit more arms training. They usually have shotguns. One does NOT shoot a projectile inside the steel confines of a ship. But a shotgun will definitely clear a passageway.
Most Navy ships are not very susceptible to having problems with people boarding them. The can go from zero to 25 knots (about the same as the fastest small boat) pretty quickly and maneuver on a dime. Only at choke points or in port are they vulnerable. Most also have .50 Cal or better and that is pretty damn effective. Some have a Vulcan Phalanx anti missile gun that can be depressed to fire at boats. It fires 4500 rounds per minute of 20MM projectiles. Sounds like a chain saw. It will shoot 50 rounds at a time. REALLY effective.
In port they would use fire hoses to repel boarders along with whatever was laying around to shoot.
Personally, I had a lot more training. My wife at the time was a competition level pistol shooter so we played at the range. And I once had the opportunity to play with the special forces in Kuwait shooting all their cool stuff at trucks that the Iraqi's had left behind (just at the end of Desert Storm).
Navy types don't typically know enough about small arms to cause much trouble.
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Date: 2025-03-26 17:43 (UTC)There is a slightly better trained flying squad that has a bit more arms training. They usually have shotguns. One does NOT shoot a projectile inside the steel confines of a ship. But a shotgun will definitely clear a passageway.
Most Navy ships are not very susceptible to having problems with people boarding them. The can go from zero to 25 knots (about the same as the fastest small boat) pretty quickly and maneuver on a dime. Only at choke points or in port are they vulnerable. Most also have .50 Cal or better and that is pretty damn effective. Some have a Vulcan Phalanx anti missile gun that can be depressed to fire at boats. It fires 4500 rounds per minute of 20MM projectiles. Sounds like a chain saw. It will shoot 50 rounds at a time. REALLY effective.
In port they would use fire hoses to repel boarders along with whatever was laying around to shoot.
Personally, I had a lot more training. My wife at the time was a competition level pistol shooter so we played at the range. And I once had the opportunity to play with the special forces in Kuwait shooting all their cool stuff at trucks that the Iraqi's had left behind (just at the end of Desert Storm).
Navy types don't typically know enough about small arms to cause much trouble.