Originally Posted by Iron City
And good luck to them regardless of the type of weapon they carry, with their budget I'm suprised it isn't cutlasses and Navy Colt revolvers.
Just to put this into some kind of perspective, the USCG is now actually larger than the RN in terms of personnel at least (43,000 vs 38,000, IIRC). Plus the USCG is undergoing the major 'Deepwater' recapitalisation programme, including the provision of Bell 'EagleEye' tiltrotor and Global Hawk UAV's, systems the RN can only dream of.