Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:26:32 +0100 From: Peter McGarvey <fbsd-x@packet.org.uk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Subject: Re: English Police Officers Message-ID: <20030620192632.GA82131@packet.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200306201631.h5KGVRHh040809@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <xzpwufgak24.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <200306201631.h5KGVRHh040809@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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* Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> [2003-06-20 17:42:45 BST]: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > > 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. > > Correct, but they call it SA80 or SA80A. Or, more often, useless piece of junk. But IIRC, the SAS do use HK MP5s. > > M > -- > Mark Murray > iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- TTFN, FNORD Peter McGarvey Freelance FreeBSD Hacker (will work for bandwidth)
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