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Old 09-22-2010, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by MT2008 View Post
Are those guys BOPE (I can't tell)? If so, I would have expected them to have better weapons. It's one thing for rank-and-file city police to have to buy their own shit, but I've always understood that BOPE is very well-funded and well-equipped (by South American standards). If I recall, they were one of the first customers for the FN P90.
They´re not from the Bope (they don´t wear urban camo uniforms), they´re from the Military Police (gendarmerie, not part of the armed forces).

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but I've always understood that BOPE is very well-funded and well-equipped (by South American standards)
This is our GEOF from the Federal Police, sometimes they´re better armed than the army: