Yeah, I've heard a lot about how much Brazil's gun laws suck. Is gun use really "abolished", though? I've heard some types of weapons can still be owned with a permit, but I don't stay current, and I'm sure things have changed since I last did any reading.

I do know how heavily armed Brazil's drug gangs are, though. I remember watching the documentary "Lessons from a Personal War" (which is a bonus feature on the "City of God" DVD), and they have gang members showing off weapons, and also a police depot for confiscated weapons. I remember seeing full-auto AK-47s and M16s, plus things like RPGs and grenades, the same kind of armament that the cartels in Mexico have been using. And this was back in the 1990s that this documentary was made...

The Guns the Brazilian Gangs use come mostly from Bolivia. Most drugs come from Bolivia also. What is funny about Bolivian drugs, is that Bolivian drug dealers don't sell them here in Brazil. They come here to export them to European Countries and to the United States since Bolivia is a Landlocked country.

Anyway, most Gangs today use old as shit FN FALs. Metric ones, mostly from corrupt Bolivian Army personnel. Most AKMs, Type 56s, AK-74s, Even Galils and AR-15 type guns come from Bolivia. On the other hand, the Military Police is more well armed than the Gangs. Hell, BOPE alone are more well armed than the fucking Brazilian Army:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalh%...iais_Especiais

And that's not all their equipment. They got Imbel MD97s and APCs. They are hardcore.

The BOPE looks well armed and well trained.

Yeah, the BOPE is considered one of the most experienced urban combat units in the world, due to the nature of what they do. A lot of the tactics they pioneered have long since been adopted in Mexico, and many other Latin American countries dealing with heavily armed drug dealers.

I remember in "News from a Personal War", a BOPE officer was showing off an HK21 light machine gun, which is a weapon they've deployed on several occasions (HKPRO also has a photo of one of them with this gun). He pointed out that it's not a weapon that any American or European SWAT unit would ever use.

Not including the Rainbow Six team, you mean. ;)

I heard all SWAT teams will only have 3 members from now on due to rainbow's effectiveness

Whenever I play Rainbow, I find it's easier to work alone. Maybe they should have one man SWAT teams. As long as they are armed with a vast arsenal of H&K guns and a ridiculous amount of spare magazines. :D