WHO DARES SWIMS

Gun works underwater

- ISOBEL DICKINSON

SPECIAL Boat Service frogmen have been issued with a pistol which can kill enemy divers underwater from more than 30m.

It is believed to be the first time that British special forces have been equipped with such a weapon.

The virtually silent Heckler and Koch P11 pistol can also be used to take out hostile forces above water.

During one counter-terrorist reconnaissance mission in Syria, a four-man SBS team fired the weapon, right, after stealthily emerging from the water.