Perhaps. In America the two cops would have their 9mms. Against three trained men with with autofire AKs wearing body armor.
Obviously, it’s better to be underarmed than unarmed, but such a confrontation here would probably not have turned out all that differently. At least so far as the consequences to the cops go.
I did not know the Terrs had body armor.
Do we know this? The Terrs got away, at least at first.
Automatic fire in small arms is vastly overrated.