Todays Daily Mail had an article about the guns the Met Police are using to fight Terrorism.
This is what it said
Weapons In The War On TerrorGlock 17
Made:Austria
Cost:£400
Weight:9.87oz
(bit f**king light that, isn't it?)Total length:7.32ins
Calibre:9mm
Range:50ft
Magazine:17/19rounds
Entry level police firearm, issued to officers in Scotland Yard's SO19 armed response vehicles-the first on the scene in an incident.
Smith & Wesson .38 Model 10
Made:US
Cost:£300
Weight:2.2lbs
Total length:9ins
Calibre 0.38mm
(bit f**king small that, isn't it?)Range:60ft
Magazine:6 rounds
(never f**king heard of a revolver having a magazine before, have you?)Alternative to the Glock 17.
Described as 'the most successful revolver ever produced'. Used by 80 per cent of U.S. law enforcement agencies.
(well maybe 30 f**king years ago)Heckler & Koch HK33 SG1
Made:Germany
Cost:£800
Weight:8.6lbs
Total length:36ins
Calibre:5.56mm
Range:650yds
Magazine:30rounds
Sniper version of standard issue assault rifle. can be used in seige situations.
Heckler £ Koch MP5K PDW
Made:Germany
Cost:£900
Weight:6lbs
Total length:14.5ins
(bit f**king longer than that with the stock extended, as the pic shows)Personal defense weapon, likely to be used by undercover officers because its folding stock makes for easy concealment.
AW50 Heavy Sniper Rifle
Made:US
(eh? first I've f**king heard of this)Cost:£7,000
Weight:33lbs
(bit f**king heavy that, isn't it?)Total length:56ins
Calibre:.50BMG (Browning Machine Gun)
(Are they sure they actually f**king have these?)Range:2,200yds
Magazine:5 rounds
Sniper rifle, light and compact, used by police marksman.
(Now, I may be mistaken, but I don't f**king consider 56ins and 33lbs to be light and compact, do you?)7.62 Lee Enfield Enforcer
Made:UK
Cost:N/A
(I'm not f**king surprised as they don't even make these anymore, do they?)Weight:10.5lbs
Range:3,000yds
Magazine:10 rounds
Large calibre sniper rifle used by police marksman in long range situations. Very powerful and can also take out vehicles.
Again, I must be f**king mistaken as I thought they didn't use these antiquated things anymore, but there again as the article states, the 7.62 round has 800yds more range than the .50BMG and can take out vehicles, I'm not surprised they've retained them The article then goes on to say that as well as SO19, there are up to 1,000 "authorised shots" who undergo 2 weeks training-including target practise and basic tactics-before being handed a Glock 17.
However, it can only be taken outside the station with the permission of senior officers.
(F**king good job too, with that level of training)SO19 officers undergo a further 3 weeks training on top of the 2 week basic.
(anyone feeling safer now??)Even more highly rated are SO19 SFO (Specialist Firearms Officers), the "elite" who undergo "SAS style training".
Usually dressed in uniform, including body armour, they carry Heckler and Kock submachine guns and are trained to be deadly with a single shot.
Their weapons cannot be switched to fire a stream of bullets. Wow, a single shot Machine Gun.
They undergo as much as 3 days training every 6 weeksWhy can't the newspapers just ask a proper firearms expert for info. And NO, I don't mean f**king Mike Yardley
That's all
Mark