From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 20 12:26:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 309C137B405 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:26:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailgate.packet.org.uk (public2-with1-3-cust50.bagu.broadband.ntl.com [80.5.52.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A4243FBD for ; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:26:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd-x@packet.org.uk) Received: from xaphod by mailgate.packet.org.uk with local (Exim 4.20) id 19TRWq-000LQw-M0; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:26:32 +0000 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 20:26:32 +0100 From: Peter McGarvey To: Mark Murray Message-ID: <20030620192632.GA82131@packet.org.uk> References: <200306201631.h5KGVRHh040809@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200306201631.h5KGVRHh040809@grimreaper.grondar.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Subject: Re: English Police Officers X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:26:44 -0000 * Mark Murray [2003-06-20 17:42:45 BST]: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: > > Paul Robinson 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)