From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I bet most of it was originally developed for use
against the less civilised areas of our one time
Empire. Remember machine guns were first issued to
British troops only to be used againstthe heathen
tribes not our European opponents (and stamped as such).
The British were not squeamish about using very
draconian measures in riot control in the 'colonies' -
grape shot was one extreme I believe and the Riot Act
was invoked (abroad) right into the 1960's possibly
the 1970's.
More recently British firms have developed some very
impressive riot control and riot suppression equipment.
However, the Home Office is very wary of allowing most
of it to be tested by British police let alone issued.
Regards
Jerry
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Most of it looked like it had been developed for use
in Northern Ireland from what I recall of the Pattern
Room collection.
Steve.
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