That Enfield is still one of the best battle weapons ever fielded provided it's in properly trained hands.
And just for the record, the Indian Ishapore Enfield is NOT chambered in .303. It's chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO round.
once this type of operations goes down, the local force needs to get the mindset that their are not any hostages left,
Bingo. Since Columbine a lot of US PD's are training for the 'active shooter' scenario using an entirely different doctrine.
Pre-Columbine the doctrine was to wait until sufficient firepower could be brought to bear. That thinking has, thankfully, been changed.
Now the police in many Departments are being trained to immediately attempt to engage the shooter(s) in order to minimize the damage. I have my doubts that this change in doctrine will be succesfully implemented.
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“And just for the record, the Indian Ishapore Enfield is NOT chambered in .303. It’s chambered for the 7.62 mm NATO round.”
Is it? I didn’t know that I simply assumed they were old .303’s left over from when the Brits left, I wonder why they upgraded the ammunition but retained the old style rifle?
Can we get a double bingo for the fools who think any automatic weapon that is not bipod or tripod mounted is better than a proven weapon?
If you have ever been to a live fire range w/ fully automatic weapons, as say the M-16 or AK-47 (or 74 which is the same goddamn weapon, but in a 5.55mm round instead of a 7.62) and seen the tracers fly over the hill top like a Star Wars movie, you'd understand, fully auto hand held weapons are useless. Now the 3 round burst is pretty effective, but in the instance of what India just went through, give me an Enfield.