WHO DARES SWIMS
Daily Star Sunday|October 31, 2021
Gun works underwater
ISOBEL DICKINSON
WHO DARES SWIMS

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.

This story is from the October 31, 2021 edition of Daily Star Sunday.

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