BRITISH ARMY GET GLOCK 17'S

[DuncaninFrance]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/1 ... ck-pistols

[Aughnanure]

Quotes from the Guardian article,

The 9mm Glock is lighter and tougher than the Browning but above all much easier to fire – advantages that have already attracted US law enforcement agencies, including police forces, to the weapon. It can be removed from its holster and fired within a second. With the Browning it would take four seconds or more.

That is pure bull

"If I'm getting it out in under a second, I'm going to win it," said Marine Sergeant Steve Long, who has been deployed twice to Afghanistan as well as to Iraq and Sierra Leone. He tested the Glock in the heat of Brunei.

Speaking at Woolwich Arsenal in south-east London, where journalists and officials were invited to test the pistol, he described the decision to equip British troops with the weapon as a "massive step forward". He explained that with the Browning, a soldier had to undo the holster flap, flick the safety catch and draw a bullet from the magazine before firing a shot.

Which has got nothing to do with the pistol but all to do with outdated holsters and incorrect procedure and understanding of the mechanism of the Browning pistol, which is perfectly safe to carry cocked and loaded.

That said, good luck to the troops.

[DuncaninFrance]

What do you expect from the Guardian Eoin

Which has got nothing to do with the pistol but all to do with outdated holsters and incorrect procedure and understanding of the mechanism of the Browning pistol, which is perfectly safe to carry cocked and loaded.

Well I think the main reason is ano domini and the perceived need for the MOD to update an old weapon, no matter how good it is. I'll take one of the Brownings off their hands

[Aughnanure]

I'd take one or two myself, especially a Mk I.

The NSW Police were offered Brownings by the Govt. when they were getting rid of their revolvers (retrograde step) but knocked them back in favour of the Glock; said that the Browning didn't do as well as the Glock in the mud test.

The police need a mud test?????

A few NSW police have been shot mishandling their Glocks!!