British Army gets Glock 17!!

[Scratcher]

Never thought I'd see the day they would get rid of the old Browning as general issue side arm
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...AF.html#ooid=dydG9hODp_xZFPgUACxBegBEg-5izy42

 

[k.leonard]

Never thought I'd see the day they would get rid of the old Browning as general issue side arm
Glock 17 to be issued to British Army, Royal Navy and RAF | The Sun |News|Campaigns|Our Boys

looks like they're stepping up in the world, lol. finally giving up ol' faithful.

 

[Kagnew]

Why does that rate an exclamation mark? The Brits have made mistakes before.

 

[f'nstar]

Must have been low bid!!!!

 

[Glockowner]

Good move.

 

[kawtech87]

But they have scary hi-cap clips. Piers Morgan will not approve.

 

[balzack2]

They probably got all the left over 10 round mags from after 2004. Heck of a good deal you know.

 

[BlueEagle]

They probably got all the left over 10 round mags from after 2004. Heck of a good deal you know.

And its obviously been proven that you only ever need 10 rounds anyway, right? Carrying those additional 7 is just extra weight.

 

[Disposable Heart]

Huh... so they are moving away completely from the Hi Power (which I am sure are beginning to age, frame crack and other issues I've heard of with very high round count guns, not your average shooter situation) to the G17. Wonder what they are going to do with all their Sig 226s? (numbered with some L-blah blah blah number lol)

 

[Bluedragon]

It's to bad they couldn't send those Hi Powers our way....just saying...

 

[Excalibur]

A couple questions for the British military. What is the point of the cord besides the obvious? It takes 4 seconds to fire a target with a Browning and 2 seconds for a Glock?

So, is it standard practice for a British Marine to not have his gun already loaded. It seems like there's a lot of procedures in just showing the Glock and how it is better...

 

[jve153]

too bad they cant afford their subjects the same luxury

 

[Colt556]

I'd take the HP any day of the week.

 

[Scratcher]

A couple questions for the British military. What is the point of the cord besides the obvious?

Um.............The obvious.

So, is it standard practice for a British Marine to not have his gun already loaded. It seems like there's a lot of procedures in just showing the Glock and how it is better...

At the beginning of the video he was facing the press for a photo shoot. Obviously the weapon had to be clear and safe. After that he turned downrange for a live fire demonstration which would have necessitated the need to load. On OPs the weapon would be loaded and chambered.

 

[Bushwookie]

Glock will be even farther behind now.

 

[Fordtough25]

Glock will be even farther behind now.

I was just thinking the same thing, or they have already been producing them for this contract and that's why they are behind now.

 

[.452browning]

Someone should let him know that handgun is shooting low left. Or he is buggering up his trigger pull since UK folk aren't allowed to have handguns.

 

[Scratcher]

Someone should let him know that handgun is shooting low left. Or he is buggering up his trigger pull since UK folk aren't allowed to have handguns.

It's possible those shots were deliberate. Majority of Military personel in modern Armies are wearing body armor of some sort to protect center mass. Next best large mass area is the lower region. Low hits in these areas produce good blood loss with the added bonus of hits to the femoral artery.

 

[solution_zero]

It's to bad they couldn't send those Hi Powers our way....just saying...

They'll probably be at the bottom of the English Channel, or melted down.

 

[Bluedragon]