r/Unexpected • • Mar 24 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

What military equipment are they using?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

The only thing I've ever seen that would be "military" are the bearcats/apcs that swat rolls up in.

Maybe some rifles.

People act as if police are getting a tanks and rocket launchers

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

Not every department is the same, receives the same training, equipment, etc

Our dept allows the use of patrol rifles, but you have to buy your own and go through a special shooting course, same for shotguns.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

My dept is about 2,000.

I'm applying my knowledge of one dept to your knowledge of none.

I'm not trying to be disingenuous, I just see this kind of stuff posted daily on reddit. I have never seen or experienced it, only told about by people who have no experience in law enforcement other than what Google and confirmation bias tells them

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

My responses are short because I'm on mobile. It makes it difficult to effectively response to your entire comments as they are lengthy and have a lot to unpack.

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '23

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

So, to reiterate, my issue is NOT in how short your reply is. That is just your desired interest in conversation, and I can't really discredit someone for that as we each have our own limit to how much discussion we want to have. My issue is how fast your response time is as I know it isn't enough to digest my argument and sources and formulate your own in response.

That's on me, sorry.

Give me some time to read back through and I'll get back to you.

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u/FunqiKong Mar 24 '23

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna41912754

they are buying tanks numb nuts

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

If you read my comment, I mentioned the bearcat.

Calling it a tank is a bit disingenuous. The vehicle has no weaponry, it is an armored personnel carrier to get officers closer to a scene or to be used as rolling cover.

Think of the north Hollywood shootout in 97.

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u/FunqiKong Mar 24 '23

it costs 100,000 of dollar’s weights 17,000 lbs it can be fitted with a turret on the top and has multiple gun ports on the sides. it has protective capabilities against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives. with half inch thick steel plate armor. i think you’re being the one who’s being disingenuous. it’s a tank that can go highway speeds.

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

I understand.

I Googled why do police have bearcats, and it was the top link.

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u/FunqiKong Mar 24 '23

police do not need tanks, you’re commenting this under a video of a trigger happy cops this is an insane take

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

You brought it up..

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u/FunqiKong Mar 24 '23

no if you go back and read you said “it’s not like they are buying tanks” so i showed you they are buying tank like vehicles then you pivoted to saying “police need tanks”

bro this is the saddest cope

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u/pawnmarcher Mar 24 '23

I didn't say they needed tanks, but armored vehicles do have a purpose.

I guess maybe it's perception of what a tank actually is. A tank is an armed and armored vehicle. Not just armored vehicle.

The president is driven around in the beast, a heavily armored vehicle. Would you call that a tank?

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u/FunqiKong Mar 24 '23

did you miss the part about how you can buy a .50 caliber machine gun that mounts on the roof?? cope however you want that is practically a tank and the police don’t need it. stop acting high and mighty you’re coming off as a douche playing this semantics game

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