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Did the PDF ever use suppressed ("silenced") weapons?

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  • 28-09-2012 7:50pm
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    harmoniums
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    I just picked up a re-production of a Delisle Carbine (a silenced 45 caliber mag fed Lee-Enfield)
    They were made to take out sentries/guard dogs etc quietly, invented during the second world war.
    Its very very quiet, most of the sound is the firing pin dropping.
    I got to wondering if there was ever an official suppressed firearm used by the PDF?


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    Captain Chaos
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    All suppressed .45 weapons are very effective as the .45 round is subsonic so no ballistic crack from the round. A suppressed 9mm is louder than a .45 unless subsonic 9mm rounds are used that have a side effect of not cycling the action reliably due to the lower pressure.


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    Praetorian Saighdiuir
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    Regular PDF personnel do not use any suppressed weapons, the ARW use certain suppressed weapons.


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    Witcher
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    There's a few pics of the ARW using suppressed rifles in a sniping role.


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    Rockey01
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    PDF don't use suppressed weapons..


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    amurph0
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    Rockey01 wrote: »
    PDF don't use suppressed weapons..

    somali_1104661t.jpg


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    DipStick McSwindler
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    amurph0
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    IrishFeeney92 wrote: »
    Thats a pose picture... What do you expect?

    Your point?


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    Crann na Beatha
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    Witcher
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    How about this then? From the time of the Queen's visit.

    416_cp24_queen_security_110517.jpg


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    harmoniums
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    BTW here's my Delisle

    8017486290_c48f4107bf_b.jpg
    Untitled by harmoniums, on Flickr


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    Rockey01
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Rockey01


    amurph0 wrote: »
    somali_1104661t.jpg

    Except for those of course.


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    Mr. Tezza
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Mr. Tezza


    amurph0 wrote: »
    somali_1104661t.jpg
    Blay wrote: »
    How about this then? From the time of the Queen's visit.

    416_cp24_queen_security_110517.jpg


    They're ARW personnel, the heli pic is a pose picture, they commonly use H&K weapons like the 416 as an assault rifle and the 417 (seen in first pic), dunno what the weapon in the 2nd pic is but it ain't the AI the PDF use...

    Cud be another 417 with a different sight and bi-pod legs...


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    Witcher
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    Mr. Tezza wrote: »
    They're ARW personnel, the heli pic is a pose picture, they commonly use H&K weapons like the 416 as an assault rifle and the 417 (seen in first pic), dunno what the weapon in the 2nd pic is but it ain't the AI the PDF use...

    Cud be another 417 with a different sight and bi-pod legs...

    Never said they were regular PDF..I stated in my previous post that the ARW use them in a sniping role.

    It is a HK417, it has the same transparent mag as the other pic, same stock and rail system, the scope and the bipod are obvious situation specific changes.

    Another posed pic with the same rifle setup as they used in the pic from the Queen's visit:

    98542055.jpg


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    Mr. Tezza
    Registered Users Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Mr. Tezza


    Blay wrote: »
    Never said they were regular PDF..I stated in my previous post that the ARW use them in a sniping role.

    It is a HK417, it has the same transparent mag as the other pic, same stock and rail system, the scope and the bipod are obvious situation specific changes.

    Another posed pic with the same rifle setup as they used in the pic from the Queen's visit:

    98542055.jpg

    Oh rite sry, ur last post sounded like u were making a point agreeing with yer man that PDF were using them during the Queens visit...

    Cheers for the info about the pic, cudn't make out the rifle but suspected it to be a H&K 417 alrite,


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