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Originally Posted by k9870
All my friends in the miulitary have pistols, just standard berettas. Where are you getting this "most troops dont carry pistols cause theyll think your an officer" crap?
Pistols also are a defensive weapon, there used to get you to a better weapon if something happens to your primary. Nobody will take on a squad of trops with a handgun. As for SMGs, usually only special ops use them due to them being easier to silence
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Most troops aren't issue a pistol. It isn't my opinion it is a fact. Period. If you don't believe me go to any military board and ask. Pistols aren't priority in the military.
You can go to militaryvideos.net and check out todays pics threads. You will notice that most military personnel does not carry a pistol.
I'm sure that most operators has move away from SMG since the mid 1990s. There might be elements in the US military that are trained in the use of SMG but those are rare case.
BTW SMGLEE got a chance to take pictures inside SEAL ARMORY. They did have MP5SD but he pointed out that SEAL aren't trained to use it.
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...d.php?t=140311
While I'm not an expert of UK police armament. From what I understand in order for an UK police to be armed he/she has to be trained and in a special unit. Someone has posted on another forum that the MP5 that most polices carry are semi-auto version.