Weapons and Equipment
Myanmar Police Force uses wide range of weapons and ammunitions, ranging from Second World War vintage to modern sophisticated weapons. Most of the weapons are either seized from ethnic、wars and narco-insugents or locally produced copies of the G3 and other weapons phased out of their army.
SWAT battalions are armed with relatively modern small arms and members of MPF who are stationed in local police stations within States and Divisional Police Forces and those providing general guards duties at various government establishments and public places such as airport, train and bus stations, along with officers and detectives,are issued with Second World War vintage weapons.
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