Glocks to replace Browning HP for British troops in Afghanistan

Bad move, it's not that Glocks are bad, i just feel they are not suited for military use. Two Reasons:

1. You have to pull the trigger to disassemble the weapon
2. For the Gen3.5 (do not know about Gen 4), without the butt plug, you can get sand and dirt into the sear location and prevent the gun from firing by stopping trigger travel - see Item 1
 
TheTooner said:
You thought wrong. We are not bad because our forces still use the Browning Hi-Power.
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I was implying our less than stellar reputation for replacing old equipment. Like for example how the government went to try and replace the WWII ear Lee Enfields last year with a bolt-action .308/7.62 rifle and botched it because nobody bid. It's hard to screw up a replacement project like that considering that anybody with a license could walk into any gun store in Canada and buy that exact type of rifle. Apparently, requiring the winning submission to give their proprietary design specifications to a competitor that doesn't manufacturer bolt-action rifles didn't fly over well with the other gun manufacturers. But hey, defense procurement is about "pork" and "jobs" and "political PR", not about getting the equipment or military needs.

Btw, the CF is looking at replacing the Browning-HPs in 2015. They started the process in 2011. It only takes 4 years to decide what pistol they need apparently. That's assuming this project doesn't go the same way as the Sea King, FWSAR, Lee Enfield, JSS, Arctic OPV, Chinook, Iroquois Destroyers, etc.
 
ezbeatz said:
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Btw, the CF is looking at replacing the Browning-HPs in 2015. They started the process in 2011. It only takes 4 years to decide what pistol they need apparently. That's assuming this project doesn't go the same way as the Sea King, FWSAR, Lee Enfield, JSS, Arctic OPV, Chinook, Iroquois Destroyers, etc.
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It's 2013. Haven't they cancelled or at least postponed that replacement program yet?
 
Why not? We bought their crapped out submarines. Do you think our procurement policy has got any smarter? Can't count on the Brits to protect us from ourselves. I don't want the Inglis replaced until I figure out how to acquire one.
 
Dude in G.P. said:
Bad move, it's not that Glocks are bad, i just feel they are not suited for military use. Two Reasons:

1. You have to pull the trigger to disassemble the weapon
2. For the Gen3.5 (do not know about Gen 4), without the butt plug, you can get sand and dirt into the sear location and prevent the gun from firing by stopping trigger travel - see Item 1
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Really?
Here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock

Click on it and scroll down to the part where you see all the flags...seems like a lot of military organizations use it.

Wow, there must be a lot of ND's and gummed up triggers with the service pistols of a large portion of the world's military forces eh??
 
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