Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:31:27 +0100 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: English Police Officers Message-ID: <200306201631.h5KGVRHh040809@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Jun 2003 16:40:51 %2B0200." <xzpwufgak24.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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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. M -- Mark Murray iumop ap!sdn w,I idlaH
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