Someone must have had the same thought at Lyneham, hence the mod to add a L85 rack to the K!

One reason for arming aircrew in the cold war was to guard the jet rather than fight off 3rd SA.

Arming a Nimrod crew with 9mm pistols was hardly going to scare a Sverdlovsk cruiser or capture an SSN.

I wrote up the case to put secure lockers in to the Nimrod to hold 4xSMG with 4 mags each purely for armed guarding. Fair old weight to be added down the back end. I left shortly after so don't know if it ever happened.

Makes sense I suppose, but surely aircraft protection could be done by a survival pistol! .357 Makes a bigger bang amongst other things. Plus, if I went down somewhere like Alaska or Africa i'd want something bigger than 9mil.



Edited to add this YouTube - Bear Attack Easton Bowhunting TV for the more bored members out there, and note I put this up very tongue in cheek!