Simple, stay at a distance and shoot him, his pistol has the accuracy of a down syndrome child with a missing eye. Or use teamwork and shoot at him with infantry, if that doesn't kill him the cavalryman about to put a saber up his distracted arse will. It's called teamwork. I think you're forgetting the pistol's laughable inaccuracy. And to call an officer a moving machine gun is a hilariously inaccurate description, I've seen .22 pistols with more damage than the pistols in game and the accuracy is horrid. I've never once had a problem with taking down an officer, even without teamwork, nor have I ever seen these "moving machine guns" you speak of. They're pathetically inaccurate, have pitiful damage, and if you're at a distance they're not a threat at all unless they're unbelievably lucky.