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The British L1A1 semiautomatic only rifle was seen being used by London Special Response Units to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed 'Special Response units' in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower. | The British L1A1 semiautomatic only rifle was seen being used by London Special Response Units to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed 'Special Response units' in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower. | ||
[[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|500px|British L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) - 7.62x51mm]] | [[Image:L1A1-SLR.jpg|thumb|none|500px|British L1A1 SLR (Self Loading Rifle) - 7.62x51mm]] | ||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1MagazineA.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Metropolitan police constable loads up his magazine with 7.62x51mm Full metal jacket rounds.]] | [[Image:AAWIL-L1A1MagazineA.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A Metropolitan police constable loads up his magazine with 7.62x51mm Full metal jacket rounds. One can see clearly by the front of the magazine that is is an "inch pattern" FAL magazine (which is correct for the L1A1 SLR) and not a metric pattern magazine.]] | ||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1PoliceVanA.jpg |thumb|none|500px|A Metro Special Response team calmly loads their L1A1 SLRs (Self loading rifles) in their tactical van - 7.62x51mm]] | [[Image:AAWIL-L1A1PoliceVanA.jpg |thumb|none|500px|A Metro Special Response team calmly loads their L1A1 SLRs (Self loading rifles) in their tactical van - 7.62x51mm]] | ||
[[Image:AAWIL-L1A1Squad.jpg |thumb|none|500px|British Special Armed Response officers take positions while other constables try to hold back the crowd. Of course one wonders why a crowd would be so keen on rushing towards a rampaging werewolf?]] | [[Image:AAWIL-L1A1Squad.jpg |thumb|none|500px|British Special Armed Response officers take positions while other constables try to hold back the crowd. Of course one wonders why a crowd would be so keen on rushing towards a rampaging werewolf?]] |
Revision as of 22:29, 17 February 2009
The Following guns were used in the movie:
L1A1 Rifle
The British L1A1 semiautomatic only rifle was seen being used by London Special Response Units to deal with a rampaging werewolf. Contrary to popular myth that British police of the period were unarmed, there were actually many roving armed 'Special Response units' in the British equivalent of SWAT Vans that were ready to meet threats with military firepower.