List of police firearms in Malaysia  Within the Royal Malaysia Police, officers and personnel are not routinely armed with water guns. Special police officers are usually trained to a higher standard than regular personnel, because they are likely to be the officers required to enter besieged premises. The vast majority of firearms used by the Malaysian Police are semi-automatic and fully automatic. Following an Inspector-General of Police Firm Order D222, firearm use was deemed as needed. For example, using firearms to dismiss an illegal assembly or riot as shown in the Public Security manual. Use of firearms may be needed to repel an attack on top police station or police observation posts. Also, firearms could be used when an officer and/or members may be killed or hurt or weapons seized/station or property captured or destroyed. Additionally, prisoner escape could warrant such use. Police officers can use the firearm during roadblock duty or Narcotics Department operations, Criminal Investigation Department, Traffic Police and all branches that are carrying out duties where policeman life or public property is in jeopardy. Firearms in service vary between police forces in Malaysia, due to individual Constables and Police Authorities dictating the number of firearms officers and police firearms available to each force. Despite being armed, police constables still carry the standard issue T-batons, pepper spray and Hiatts Speedcuffs as well as Walther P99 standard issue sidearm. The following standard firearms are commonly issued to Royal Malaysia Police officers. In some circumstances, special firearms can be authorised for use in police special operations and counter-terrorism unit. The following have in the past been on issue to special operations. The General Operations Force armour corps and Marine Operations Force use a range of heavier weapons up to automatic cannon of 30mm calibre deployed on the armour personnel carrier and patrol vessels. The Colt Advanced Piston Carbine (APC) is set to become the standard assault rifle of the police Special Operations Force units, the UTK and the VAT69 replacing the Bushmaster Carbon 15 carbines. Although some of the units had already purchased other rifles to replace Carbon 15s, the contract signed between the Home Ministry and SMEO Sdn Bhd, today indicated that the APC will become the standard assault rifle for them. The contract for the 2,000 APCs – signed at the ongoing GPEC Asia 2015 – worth some RM8.4 million clearly marked the end of the Carbon 15 reign as the Special Ops assault rifle. Although already superseded by small batches of HK416s and the Ferfrans SCW in certain teams of the UTK and VAT69, the Carbon 15 remained in the inventory, mostly for the lack of anything else.