From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Pattern Room collection does not include the APC
equipped to spool hundreds of feet of thin wire around
and through a crowd and then send a tazer like electrical
shock through it. Semi-lethal is the term one commentator
made about it as the fat
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Steve's recollections are probably based on the
implementation of the 'Riot Act' provisions by military
units, this was generally superceded in the 1970's with
the realisation that it could never be applied again in
the UK (even in Northern Ireland)
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I bet most of it was originally developed for use
against the less civilised areas of our one time
Empire. Remember machine guns were first issued to
British troops only to be used againstthe heathen
tribes not our European opponents (and stamped a
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>In the UK use of 'lethal force', in this case the .22
>rifle, against rioters would most likely be illegal
>except in the most extreme circumstances even if the
>intention was not to kill. Most police forces balk
>at deploying baton rounds and CS gas in t
From: "Hugh Bellars", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whilst we are on the subject of the Israeli's approach to riot control, does
anyone know the purpose of the muzzle attachment seen on some of the Israeli
M16s?
My guess is that it is either a muzzle-loading launch tube for the Israeli
'mouse ball' rubber
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, JPHowells
In the UK use of 'lethal force', in this case the .22
rifle, against rioters would most likely be illegal
except in the most extreme circumstances even if the
intention was not to kill. Most police forces balk
at deploying baton rounds and CS gas in the ma
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Perhaps more interesting is that exactly such a scenario was detailed in the
writings of Jeff Cooper in his book "To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the
Truth." It's in a chapter called "The Rimfire in Riot Control". Read it,
and then read the account giv
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>ISRAELI snipers using specialised rifles fitted with
>silencers yesterday picked off high-profile Palestinian
>rioters in Ramallah in an apparent bid to "take out"
IIRC, it was Col Cooper who reccomended using silenced .22 rimfires to deal
with rioters. The argument w
