TomFromTheShade
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Maybe the M60 would be useful if someone stole the vehicle and you had to disable it.
Armored truck guards
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"At that pay isn't the company begging for it's employees to steal from them? Considering how many people joke about holding up an armour car or snatching a bag of money and run, why would anyone be an armed guard for only $7?"
That is what i thought. Why wouldn't some lowlife that had nothing to lose steal a few million? When I worked there, we would easily carry a couple of million in cash! On some busy days, it would be about 10 million. That is the most I ever had in the truck. Not all of it was cash, some was personal checks but at least 60-70% was cash. Take out the 1-2 million in new bills that we were delivering and there would be at least 3-4 million in used bills that can't be traced on a really busy day.
I thought about it of course like everyone does but I have ZERO interest in going to prison for the rest of my life. There isn't enough money in the world for me to take a big risk on prison like that. Some of these other guys, had me wondering though. Why wouldn't they put a bullet in me and try to steal a few million? Scary when you can't trust the guy you work with.
I am long gone from that line of work and I don't carry a gun at work anymore but stats say I am in a more dangerous line of work now. I work on elevators which is fairly dangerous. I get paid 4 times as much though.
That is what i thought. Why wouldn't some lowlife that had nothing to lose steal a few million? When I worked there, we would easily carry a couple of million in cash! On some busy days, it would be about 10 million. That is the most I ever had in the truck. Not all of it was cash, some was personal checks but at least 60-70% was cash. Take out the 1-2 million in new bills that we were delivering and there would be at least 3-4 million in used bills that can't be traced on a really busy day.
I thought about it of course like everyone does but I have ZERO interest in going to prison for the rest of my life. There isn't enough money in the world for me to take a big risk on prison like that. Some of these other guys, had me wondering though. Why wouldn't they put a bullet in me and try to steal a few million? Scary when you can't trust the guy you work with.
I am long gone from that line of work and I don't carry a gun at work anymore but stats say I am in a more dangerous line of work now. I work on elevators which is fairly dangerous. I get paid 4 times as much though.
statelineblues
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Perhaps you're right, albanian - or it could be simple economics, but my company starts it's people at $11.50/hour. But I think it's like the rest of the world; you get good and bad no matter where you work. And BTW, it may seem like "oooo, lookit all the money" but after 8 - 10 hours of lifting 50lb bags of coin in and out of a truck on a 90 - degree day in August, it really loses alot of its appeal.
And you steal from an armored car, it's a FEDERAL crime = say "HI" to the FBI.
And you steal from an armored car, it's a FEDERAL crime = say "HI" to the FBI.
armoredman
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There's a reason almost all sucessful armored robberies are inside jobs. I left the last one making $12.90 and hour, as a supervisor. I make almost double that now, in DOC.
rick newland
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Breakdown of guns in my branch.
Myself Glock model 37 .45 gap
No real names here
Sig 220 45 acp
Glock 23 .40
H&K USP .45 acp
my partner, S&W 4006
branch manager Walther P-99 in 40
One guy carries a S&W 9mm
another carries a Ruger in 9mm
The oldest in our branch carries a Ruger in .45 acp
Two carries S&W model 686 but must carry .38 special in them
one carries S&W model 10-1, tried to buy it off off him when it was mint, now to rusted up to bother.
The two new guys carry S&W model 64's in .38.
I think that about covers it.
That about covers it.
Myself Glock model 37 .45 gap
No real names here
Sig 220 45 acp
Glock 23 .40
H&K USP .45 acp
my partner, S&W 4006
branch manager Walther P-99 in 40
One guy carries a S&W 9mm
another carries a Ruger in 9mm
The oldest in our branch carries a Ruger in .45 acp
Two carries S&W model 686 but must carry .38 special in them
one carries S&W model 10-1, tried to buy it off off him when it was mint, now to rusted up to bother.
The two new guys carry S&W model 64's in .38.
I think that about covers it.
That about covers it.
I worked for an armored car company back in 1992-93. We were issued .38 Special Smith's and some .357 Magnum Smith's and Ruger's. Most of these revolvers were police trade in guns, from when they were switching from revolver to 9mm.
Some of the guns were in good condition, and some were not. Unfortunately, my issued weapon was in poor condition. The company would let us purchase, qualify, and carry our own pistol. I carried a Beretta 92FS 9mm.
There were shotguns on board. They were generally in rough shape. Brands were Remington, Savage, Winchester, Mossberg, and High Standard. You just never knew what you were going to get.
As for pay, how does $5.65 an hour sound! Unbelievable. There was some employee theft, mostly stealing from ATM's or bags coming up missing. I recall one messenger was walking up to a ATM, and was disarmed, and pistol wiped. Bad guy took the money bag and ran.
All in all, it was back breaking work. It was kind of like the UPS with guns. And of course, less pay.
Some of the guns were in good condition, and some were not. Unfortunately, my issued weapon was in poor condition. The company would let us purchase, qualify, and carry our own pistol. I carried a Beretta 92FS 9mm.
There were shotguns on board. They were generally in rough shape. Brands were Remington, Savage, Winchester, Mossberg, and High Standard. You just never knew what you were going to get.
As for pay, how does $5.65 an hour sound! Unbelievable. There was some employee theft, mostly stealing from ATM's or bags coming up missing. I recall one messenger was walking up to a ATM, and was disarmed, and pistol wiped. Bad guy took the money bag and ran.
All in all, it was back breaking work. It was kind of like the UPS with guns. And of course, less pay.
The first case of Euro's being robbed was done in Germany by the driver of the armored car. He was:
- an arab immigrant with no family in Germany
- working on low wage
- only had one more guard along
He pulled a gun on his partner and took off with the car. This really gave me a laugh, as it was at a time when the Euro was already printed but not in circulation yet, so there was everybody in the counterfeit money mafia willing to pay big sums for some samples of real Euro notes. You would have got a thousand dollars for the Euro. The car wasn't holding samples, it was supplying a bank. And they let a guy with no family ties in the country, and maybe $6 per hour, drive a truck full of Euros around.
- an arab immigrant with no family in Germany
- working on low wage
- only had one more guard along
He pulled a gun on his partner and took off with the car. This really gave me a laugh, as it was at a time when the Euro was already printed but not in circulation yet, so there was everybody in the counterfeit money mafia willing to pay big sums for some samples of real Euro notes. You would have got a thousand dollars for the Euro. The car wasn't holding samples, it was supplying a bank. And they let a guy with no family ties in the country, and maybe $6 per hour, drive a truck full of Euros around.
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