Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:40:51 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: English Police Officers Message-ID: <xzpwufgak24.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030620101200.GA14047@iconoplex.co.uk> (Paul Robinson's message of "Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:12:00 %2B0100") References: <3EEF00E4.9000908@freebsd.mheller.org> <20030617.060806.42773474.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030618023138.GE93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20030617.204100.122615446.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030618034838.GJ93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EF0331A.2F2CF1DB@mindspring.com> <20030619003054.GC93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EF17471.36CC59B9@mindspring.com> <20030619090332.GO93137@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3EF29286.99CF131D@mindspring.com> <20030620101200.GA14047@iconoplex.co.uk>
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Paul Robinson <paul@iconoplex.co.uk> writes: > Oh, and in Manchester, some specially trained police have been walking > around with MP5 machine guns, on and off, for at least the last 10 years > that I remember. Something to do with a couple of Irish lads who keep on > trying to kill loads of civilians in offices and shopping malls. But let's > not get into that (5,000 dead so far), the point is, they have the same guns > the British Army carry. And they're scary. Unless I'm very mistaken, the bulk of the British Army carries the Enfield L85 assault rifles, not the H&K MP5 submachine gun. SMGs aren't appropriate for general field use; they are deployed by special forces, SWAT teams and other units that are mostly involved in short close-quarters engagments. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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