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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
Didn't he hate those too?
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I wasn't aware, which is a weird oversight for me, considering I read his autobiography not that long a go.
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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
I think the focus of Army SF is on weapons relevant to cadre training of allied irregulars. Marine Gunners are subject matter experts for all the weapons in the battalion. So it is a pretty different job.
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No doubt very different, but both are trained to use siderarms. Army SF have been training Afghan police, for example, and that includes teaching them to use pistols.
Incindentally, which pistol would be likeliest to feel comfortable to use for a 5'6" woman weighing less than 110 lbs. (hand size normal for her height and weight); a standard M9, a Glock 17 available to the teams guys or an M11 borrowed from some of the plain-clothes personnel associated with the Project*?
I've fired a Glock and a SIG P229, but never a P228 or a Beretta. The Glock felt clumsy and bulky, whereas the SIG felt perfect in my hand. I don't know if the P228 grip feels as comfortable as the P229 and the Beretta looks huge, but I don't know how it feels to hold in comparison.
*Army Counterintelligence, DARPA, DIA, what have you.
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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
MPs on firmbases in the US look more-or-less like civilian police, except in military uniforms, they wear pistols and tasers, drive interceptors and so on.
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Fair enough.