On the 7 July 2005 London bombings the UK was hit by directly by Islamist terrorism . Already before that incident the MDP had begun a programme of transformation of its uniformed assets known as ' enhanced capability ' . This was a program of modernisation , re-equipping and training to concentrate on the new threats to UK national security and to perform the force ’s primary role : armed security and counter-terrorism . The acquisition of the Heckler & Koch MP7 as the new force weapon came from this programme , because of the requirement to penetrate body armour
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
History of the Ministry of Defence Police