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Submachine Gun as a Support Weapon for the Escort Team
Submachine Gun as a Support Weapon for the Escort Team

Author(s): Paweł Pajorski, Rafał Jarosz
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Security and defense
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: Support weapon; escort team; sub-machine gun; PDW;

Summary/Abstract: Sub-machine gun, next to classic pistol, is a regular support weapon in an escort team. This type of weapon is issued in the case of elevated level of threat for the protected person. It is used as the main weapon to equip at least one of the protection employees in an escort team. The task of a protection employee equipped with this type of weapon is to “pin down” the assailant(s) and enable evacuation of the protected person from the danger zone to a safe place. In order to allow it, the sub-machine gun has to meet the criteria, among others those concerning reliability. To put it shortly, it has to be a good sub-machine gun.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 152-167
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English