Dude, this is simply awesome...

[Mandolin1]

Ok, that's just awesome. Even though: A, it should me in a museum, and B, you'd think they could afford better weapons. The drug lords have gold weapon, the cops have 100-year-old machine guns. Awesome.

[BurtReynoldsMoustache]

Originally Posted by Mandolin1

Ok, that's just awesome. Even though: A, it should me in a museum, and B, you'd think they could afford better weapons. The drug lords have gold weapon, the cops have 100-year-old machine guns. Awesome.

Invisible hand of the free market in action.

[Nyles]

Holy christ, that's awesome.

I wonder if I can talk the commandant of my branch school into letting me mount one of the display Lewis guns on a G Wagon...

[k9870]

Wow i spaced on the mag, it blends in at a quick look. Whats in his holster though? It looks like a sub compact.

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by k9870

Wow i spaced on the mag, it blends in at a quick look. Whats in his holster though? It looks like a sub compact.

I didn't see it at first either

[Markost]

Originally Posted by Mandolin1

B, you'd think they could afford better weapons. The drug lords have gold weapon, the cops have 100-year-old machine guns. Awesome.

For me it´s awesome due to its age. I mean, you don´t see a 100 year-old MG used against gangs everyday. Also, they can´t afford better weapons, in fact, in most south-american police forces, you must buy your uniform, gear and weapons by yourself, with your own money.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by Markost

For me it´s awesome due to its age. I mean, you don´t see a 100 year-old MG used against gangs everyday. Also, they can´t afford better weapons, in fact, in most south-american police forces, you must buy your uniform, gear and weapons by yourself, with your own money.

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.

[BurtReynoldsMoustache]

Does that one shirtless dude have his wallet tucked into his pants?

[Markost]

Originally Posted by MT2008

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).

PS:

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:

[BurtReynoldsMoustache]

None of this would be necessary if drugs were legal.