Article contentEDMONTON — Police in the small southern Alberta town of Taber are in the market for new carbines — a short rifle used on patrol — as their old ones wore out from too much use. Even so, it has its own police force of 15 officers, one of the only small towns in Alberta with its own police. Try refreshing your browser, or Taber, Alberta, police to get new guns after old ones wear out from 'excessive use' Back to videoSince 2009, officers in Taber have used four Heckler & Koch 416 patrol rifles, a variant of which was reportedly used by U.S. Navy Seal Team Six to kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011. The guns, which the Taber Municipal Police Commission calls “one of the best patrol carbine platforms in existence,” began to wear out in 2017. They were kept going with replacement parts, until recently, when an armorer in Calgary said they’d worn out from “excessive use.”

Source: National Post July 13, 2020 21:45 UTC