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Old 04-20-2013, 05:11 AM
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Default The guns of Boston

I've been watching the news and seeing what Boston PD and the other agencies brought out for the hunt.

This article showed a lot of more, mostly ARs

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...oston-bombers/
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Old 04-20-2013, 02:43 PM
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I've been watching the news and seeing what Boston PD and the other agencies brought out for the hunt.

This article showed a lot of more, mostly ARs

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...oston-bombers/
im wondering what te bad guys used
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Old 04-20-2013, 02:59 PM
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I've been watching the news and seeing what Boston PD and the other agencies brought out for the hunt.

This article showed a lot of more, mostly ARs

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/201...oston-bombers/
I was watching the local news and besides the ARs you mentioned I also remember at least one UMP.
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Old 04-20-2013, 04:22 PM
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This is one of the first times I've seen FBI HRT agents with their HK416s (painted the same way as SOF weapons). I also remember seeing one BPD SWAT officer with an MP5, and thinking, "Wow, can't remember the last time I saw one of those in action."

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im wondering what te bad guys used
They took a handgun (Glock?) from the campus police officer that they killed. I saw a bunch of news reports claiming that they also had some type of assault rifle (which they used in the shootout that led to Tamerlan Tsarnaev's death), but haven't seen a confirmation so far.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/19/us/gal...nce/index.html

Here's the CNN gallery. What stuck out for me was the variety of camouflage used. Most of them are in the standard black, but you've also got OD, UCP, woodland MARPAT, urban MARPAT, and Multicam. It also looks like the Army gave some of its surplus armored Humvees to the police.
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This is one of the first times I've seen FBI HRT agents with their HK416s (painted the same way as SOF weapons)
You sure it was a 416 in camo? Several other shots looked like an AR because of the front sight post.
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So the latest CNN update says that they used a rifle (singular) and handguns (plural), as well as six bombs, during the big firefight. The handguns were both found at the scene, which is why the police reported that they thought Dzhokar Tsarnaev was still armed with the rifle. Again, nobody seems to know the make/model of any of the guns so far.

Also, like everyone else, I have followed the new developments on Twitter, and I'm subscribed to many military bloggers and gun-related channels. I'm waiting for one of them to hear something about the weapons and Tweet about it.

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You sure it was a 416 in camo? Several other shots looked like an AR because of the front sight post.
Looked like a 416 to me because of the hand guard. That, and the fact that HRT is a well-known user of the 416.
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You sure it was a 416 in camo? Several other shots looked like an AR because of the front sight post.
There's a few legit 416s in there; mostly from the guys in Woodland MARPAT.
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Old 04-20-2013, 05:53 PM
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There's a few legit 416s in there; mostly from the guys in Woodland MARPAT.
Weren't those guys local SWAT? So they have 416s, too? The guys with the 416s that I've seen have all been FBI HRT, and they are recognizable because they all wear MultiCam pants and combat shirts, just like SOF.
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Weren't those guys local SWAT? So they have 416s, too? The guys with the 416s that I've seen have all been FBI HRT, and they are recognizable because they all wear MultiCam pants and combat shirts, just like SOF.
There's a very good shot of a guy in Multicam, but he had a State Police patch on his shoulder and a camo M4A1. I wish I was able to link to individual pictures in the CNN gallery, but it's all Java.
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