The Guns of Special Ops: Lioness
Every firearm from Special Ops: Lioness — Joe McNamara's CIA ground team and the SIG MCX-SPEAR, HK G28, and Knight's carbines they run — each mapped to a current production model you can actually build, with the LPVO or red dot from the screen build where we stock it. Researched from public sources; not affiliated with the series.
The CIA's deniable team — every rifle chosen for the job.
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Quick answers
- What rifle does Joe use in Special Ops: Lioness?
- Joe McNamara's team runs SIG MCX-SPEAR LT and Knight's carbines; the team's marksman gun is a suppressed HK G28 wearing a SIG TANGO6 LPVO, and the Delta attachment runs an M4 URG-I under a Vortex Razor LPVO.
- What pistol does the Lioness team carry?
- Optics-ready 9mms — Joe carries a Glock 48 with a Holosun micro red dot, and the QRF runs ZEV/Glock-pattern pistols with red dots.
Related: The Terminal List · SEAL Team · Yellowstone
Pistols
- Glock 48Joe (Zoe Saldaña)
Joe's slim 9mm concealment pistol, run with a slide-mounted micro red dot.
On screen: a Holosun 507K micro red dot.
Build it: Glock 48 MOS → — the Glock 48 MOS adds the optic cut for the screen gun's micro red dot
- ZEV OZ9Lioness QRF / CIA
The quick-reaction and Agency operators' optic-ready 9mm, run with a red dot and a weapon light.
On screen: a Holosun 507C red dot.
Build it: Glock 17 Gen5 MOS → — the ZEV OZ9 is a modular Glock-pattern 9mm — the optics-ready Glock 17 MOS is the closest production base
Rifles & carbines
- SIG MCX-SPEAR LTJoe (Zoe Saldaña)
Joe's primary on the ground team — a suppressed SIG MCX-SPEAR LT, the show's halo gun and the rifle that drives most of its tactical look.
Build it: SIG MCX-SPEAR LT → — the production MCX-SPEAR LT is the exact platform
- HK G28Bobby (Jill Wagner)
Bobby's suppressed designated-marksman rifle — a 7.62 HK G28 used to overwatch the team.
On screen: a SIG TANGO6 1–6× LPVO.
Build it: HK MR762 A4 → — the HK MR762 A4 is the civilian semi-auto of the G28/417 — HK's production 7.62 DMR
- Colt M4A1 URG-ICody Spears (Taylor Sheridan)
The Delta operator's URG-I carbine — a SOCOM-pattern upper on a flat-top M4 lower.
On screen: a Vortex Razor HD Gen II 1–6× LPVO.
Build it: Geissele Super Duty (MOD1) → — the Geissele Super Duty is the commercial URG-I — the same SOCOM upper the screen gun is built on
- Knight's Armament SR-16 CQBSAC assault team
The Special Activities crew's short Knight's carbines on the team's direct-action hits.
On screen: an EOTech EXPS2 holographic sight with a G43 flip-to-side magnifier.
Build it: Knight's Armament SR-15 M4 → — Knight's production SR-15 M4 is the civilian-legal SR-16
- Heckler & Koch HK416 D10RSGround team
The short 10.4″ HK416s the team runs in the close-quarters gunfights — red dots, IR lasers, suppressors.
Build it: HK MR556 A4 → — HK's civilian 416 — the MR556 — is the production equivalent
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