Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command

The Specialist Firearms Command (SCO19) is the guns unit of the Metropolitan Police Service. They are responsible for responding with guns if needed, helping the rest of the service which are not usually armed.

They are full-time units whose members do not do any other duties. Sometimes, they have been referred to as the "blue berets", as they used to wear these. Today they are more likely to wear either blue baseball caps or special fighting helmets.

Guns

As of April 2019, the following guns are used by the Specialist Firearms Command:

Make	Model	Origin	Cartridge	Image
Glock	17, 17M, 19, 19M, 26	Austria	9×19mm
Heckler & Koch	MP5A2, MP5A3, MP5K	Germany	9×19mm
Heckler & Koch	G36C	Germany	5.56×45mm
SIG Sauer	SIG516, SIG716	Germany	5.56×45mm, 7.62x51mm
SIG Sauer	SIG MCX, SIG MCX Rattler	Germany	5.56×45mm
Heckler & Koch	G3K	Germany	7.62x51mm
Accuracy International	Arctic Warfare, Arctic Warfare Magnum	United Kingdom	7.62x51mm, .338 Lapua Magnum
Benelli	M3	Italy	12-gauge
Heckler & Koch	HK69A1	Germany	40 mm grenade

Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command Media

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  A BMW X5 armed response vehicle of the Metropolitan Police

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  CO19 officers on a training exercise

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  CT-SFO identification patch

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  H&K G36C standard issue