British Para-Military Police

[RN7]

Ministry of Defence Police
Function: Armed guard & counter terrorism, general policing and training
HQ: Wethersfield, Essex
Personnel: 3,500 officers
Locations: Aldermaston, Burghfield, Coulport, and other locations across Britain including MOD bases and military establishments, arsenals, storage depots, naval dockyards and bases, and formerly the royal ordinance factories. Also detachments in Cyprus and Gibraltar.
Vehicles: Land Rovers, and police vans and 4x4s. Some patrol boats.
Weapons: SA-80 Rifles, HK MP5's & MP7's, Sig 229 & Browning 9mm pistols.

Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary
Function: Law enforcement and security at nuclear power stations, and transit of nuclear materials
HQ: Culham, Oxfordshire
Personnel: 750 officers
Locations: Nuclear power stations and facilities
Vehicles: Land Rovers, and police vans and 4x4s.
Weapons: HK MP5's, Sig 229 & Browning 9mm pistols.

[Tackleberry]

Add L7A2 GPMG's to the British Nuclear Constabulary as well. For defending their larger boats.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Not sure if you want to add the RUC/PSNI to this, but their standard weapons are;

Glock 17, MP-5, HK33, G3 (marksmans rifle).

In a T2K timeline they would probably have been in the process of upgrading their weapons (can't remember the exact dates of the weapon changes) but they probably would still have a lot of the older weapons in storage;

Ruger Security Six revolvers, Mini 14 carbines, Sterling SMG's, Ingram M10's, L42A1, SLR (border patrol only)

There may even still have been some old M1 carbines in storage, although these were retired in the mid 1980's. Vehicle wise the primary vehicles are armoured landrovers and standard police cars, some armoured, some softskin. There are also a large number of armoured unmarked cars.

[RN7]

In T2K the distinction between the RUC and the Territorial Army UDR Regiment might have blurred a bit, with some RUC units even becoming part of the UDR. I could see the RUC using a lot standard second line 1990's British weapons and maybe some heavier stuff such as GPMG's and Carl Gustav's.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Quick clarification - the UDR weren't a TA unit, they were a regular and part time unit of the army, the largest regiment in the British army iirc. Unlike the TA a lot of them were full time soldiers, along with a part time element, but the unit was only ever to be deployed in Northern Ireland. When the UDR was replaced by the Royal Irish Regiment there were two distinct types of troops, regular battalions which replaced the Royal Irish Rangers, and Home Service battalions which replaced the UDR. Although the unit has a chequered history (in many ways like the RUC) and was involved with a number of terrible actions, it should be noted that the majority of its members served their country and both sides of the community, despite being heavily targetted by the paramilitaries, again like the RUC.

For anyone with an interest in the RUC or the UDR id recommend 'RUC : A force under fire' and 'UDR : An instrument of peace' , both by Chris Ryder.

I have to say I would agree that the distinctions between police and army here would rapidly disappear - especially units like the DMSU and HQMSU who were trained by the army, and in some cases the SAS.

[RN7]

Originally Posted by TiggerCCW UK

Quick clarification - the UDR weren't a TA unit, they were a regular and part time unit of the army, the largest regiment in the British army iirc. Unlike the TA a lot of them were full time soldiers, along with a part time element, but the unit was only ever to be deployed in Northern Ireland. When the UDR was replaced by the Royal Irish Regiment there were two distinct types of troops, regular battalions which replaced the Royal Irish Rangers, and Home Service battalions which replaced the UDR. Although the unit has a chequered history (in many ways like the RUC) and was involved with a number of terrible actions, it should be noted that the majority of its members served their country and both sides of the community, despite being heavily targetted by the paramilitaries, again like the RUC.

For anyone with an interest in the RUC or the UDR id recommend 'RUC : A force under fire' and 'UDR : An instrument of peace' , both by Chris Ryder.

I have to say I would agree that the distinctions between police and army here would rapidly disappear - especially units like the DMSU and HQMSU who were trained by the army, and in some cases the SAS.

Well the UDR where officially "regulars", but it was formed to replaced the para-military and very secterian Ulster Special Constabulary. UDR were also formed as other British territorials and equipped to the same standard, and were deployed only in Ulster. Up until 1976 they were also maibly part-time volunteers.