Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Providing a gun they can handle is common sense rather than one size fits all. Wearing body armour OTOH seems perfectly sensible provided it fits!
One-size-fits all is the essential point of that particular 'compo' case.
When buying in bulk there is a significant cost saving (contracts, spares, maintenance) by providing only one handgun. To wit, we now have only 2 frontline RAF FJ types, as opposed to approx 10 in the early '90s.
If we dished out guns depending on body size/shape, then why don't all WAAFs carry dainty SMGs? No. They qualify on the L85A2 like the men do.
Also, if those female coppers carrying a different gun to the men run out of rounds when under sustained fire, will they be able to share rounds with male AFOs? (qenuine question for those in the know...)