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Originally Posted by Ninja  No, I was not aware that this was universal. Clearly it isn't - sailors in the German Navy are issued the fully-automatic Walther P99 and the polycarbonate Kalashnikov  |
Why?
I can't think of many places on earth where issuing small arms to the crew makes less sense than onboard a modern naval vessel.
If it comes down to hand to hand combat, the ship is already compromised.
This story, while it may be true, makes like
no sense to me.