Greek prison guards still armed with revolvers

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My question would be, how often are they required to shoot people? And in those instances, have the revolvers proven to be inadequate? In other words, do they 'need' semi-autos or do they just want them because they want them.
 
I saw guards from an area state prison bringing a prisoner out of our hospital about 3 years ago. They were armed with what looked like a Ruger GP100 from what I could see sticking out of the holster. This is in Pennsylvania
 
After 190 years of successful use “wheel guns” are obsolete?! If the first 4 rounds of Woop Ass can’t slow down the populace, consider “two fisting”. 12 rounds of .32 will make an indelible impression on the survivors.
 
Speedo66 said:
It's possible the "external" guards may have to transport prisoners, in which case they could possibly be up against better armed assailants trying to break free their buddies.

While a revolver can be effective, it's also limited.

This also answers a question from another thread: "Are any agencies still using revolvers?"
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I recently saw Chicago cops with S&W revolvers at Midway airport.
 
One very real issue prison guards risk is weapons retention.
Do you want a prisoner to get his mitts on a pistol with 18 rounds in the magazine or a revolver with 6 rounds in a cylinder?
Just a thought.
 
There’s some people here who would consider the Greeks are better armed thus if they had “plastic fantastic bottom feeders”.
 
I would think a revolver would be just the right thing. Imagine a riot & prisoners got a hold of a glock or a rifle? Might be better security to use the revolver in the cell block/prisoner areas & save the heavy hitting stuff for the perimeter.
 
Paul7 said:
I recently saw Chicago cops with S&W revolvers at Midway airport.
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i recently saw some rather broadbeamed ladycops of some vaguely uniformed sort at philly airport riding around in golf carts carrying s&w m10 revolvers. by the look of them their revolvers seemed to be “badges of authority” to demand respect rather than weapons needed to destroy whatever criminals might lurk inside a sterile secured area.

perhaps the greek authorities can find some barely used semiauto pistols on sale in kabul. i heard that a whole bunch were found there recently.
 
Isn't Greece under EU austerity measures because of their crippling national debt and awful economic condition?

I would guess it is just a matter of finances. When your country is practically bankrupt there is a big difference between WANT and NEED! My parents taught me this when I was like 6yo. Uncontrolled government spending with no GNP to back it up is what got them into their current economic peril.
 
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MikeInOr said:
Isn't Greece under EU austerity measures because of their crippling national debt and awful economic condition?
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The austerity measures are pretty much over, since they now have a favorable credit rating. In fact, they have recently embarked of a substantial rearmament program, buying six warships and a bunch of Rafale fighter planes from France. The domestically-produced G3 rifles are being phased out and replaced with M16 / M4's. All the police you see have modern pistols. That's what makes this story about the prison guards stand out as an anomaly.
 
I am sure that Canik would sell them few thousand of their fine autos at exceptionally good price in the name of traditional friendship between two countries
 
Greece and Turkey were both producing the G3 family of weapons under license from H&K. Reminds me of the days when Sir Basil Zaharoff, as sales agent for Vickers-Armstrong, was playing them off against each other.
 
Bcwitt said:
I would think a revolver would be just the right thing. Imagine a riot & prisoners got a hold of a glock or a rifle? Might be better security to use the revolver in the cell block/prisoner areas & save the heavy hitting stuff for the perimeter.
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This is why in the Greek prisons the interior guards are unarmed. The issue is about the perimeter guards, who are currently armed with revolvers and want something more modern. Note also that these are the guns that are issued to them personally, and that they get to take home. They have rifles, SMG's, etc., that are for issue / use on the premises. (Greek police are routinely seen on patrol with SMG's, something that you never see here in the U.S.)
 
If I were one of the Greek CO's I would be much more worried about the terrible holster then the revolver in it, as long as the weapon is still in good functional condition, which I would be suspect of if those weapons are really over 100 years old and have been knocking around with state employees for that entire time, it will work just fine, but those holsters are awful.
 
When I landed at Heathrow in the 1980's, a FV101 Scorpion light tank drove by the plane. I don't know what sidearm, if any, the crew had with them.
 
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