Quote: The Walther came in after a coupe of Falklands war ejectees left them behind after the weight of the Browning broke the weedy strap of the holster. Someone though it better to buy new guns than buy stronger holsters. The first unit to get the James Bond toy was 1 Sqn. They all turned up to the range to do thier training wearing DJs
Er, not true. The pilots concerned merely stuffed the pistol into the leg pocket of the immersion suits. They landed, surprise surprise, minus immersion suit leg pockets. I suspect the same would happen to a lighter gun.
The third RAF pilot to be shot down strapped the holster on under his mae west, and it stayed with him.