S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics)
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Published 2022-10-27
The History of SWAT.
Within the world of special forces, a unique place is held by Police Tactical Units. A specialized unit within a police force, they more often resemble tactically equipped soldiers rather than a normal street police officer. These units are trained to handle situations beyond the capabilities of standard police departments. Using military grade weaponry and equipment, these tactical units are able to tackle counterterrorism operations, hostage situations, dangerous search and arrest warrants, and other dangerous situations that are threatening public order.
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A small correction would be: GSG9 is not just a "regular" SWAT team. They are the tier-1 domestic counter-terrorism unit of Germany which most closely resembles a mix between the FBI HRT (due to being the federal polices tactical team) and the SAS (due to their equipment and training). The regular SWAT teams in Germany are called SEK (Spezialeinsatzkommando)
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My father is retired swat from Seattle in the late 90s and early 2000s. The stories he tells me could be written down in a book and made into a movie. Thing is, I know that every single one of them is true to a fault.
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Big thanks to the old Swat games such as: Police Quest: Swat Police Quest: Swat 2 For having extensive info on the history and tactics of D-Platoon. Very Memorable games. Swat 3: Close Quarters Battle Swat 4 Two solid games that take the fight to first person. Swat 3 was the last Swat game that is based around D-Platoon before S4 focused on the fictional side of America. Now, we have Ready Or Not to keep the spirit of 3 and 4 alive. Even saw a few nods to it in this video.
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Some facts : Some SWAT teams during 1960s, 1970s and 1980s were also issued with M3 Grease gun and M1 Thompson for close quarter combat, other than the M16.
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I am so glad that Brazilian's BOPE was mentioned. It means Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Translating to Police Special Operations Batallion), and is a very well trained force, albeit no longer wearing their famous black uniforms for better camouflage, the symbol is still a symbol of force and tactical power for all forces here in Brazil
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It's amazing to think that being a cop in the 60s was that dangerous. I never would have figured
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I love how some of the scenes are based on Ready or Not.
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Never thought that I'd be learning so much about the history of SWAT units today. But yet here I am and I'm thankful for Simple History doing great stuff like this.
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Trivia: they are also extremely effective against Twitch gamers
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As someone who is enthusiastic about military uniforms and weaponry, these unit highlight videos are what I love! I really like observing the the amount of details in the equipment, clothing and firearms used for each unit and faction showcased in these videos along with the tactics and history of each varying units. Awesome work!
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I love how the locker room is from the game Ready Or Not, a SWAT game
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Love LAPD SWAT. Those guys are phenomenally trained. Small in number but they’re the only police force that trains with delta force and other special forces
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A few years ago I talked to a gentleman who was one of the first swat members of the city of Miami PD. One thing that I remember was their first SMGs where Resing submachineguns from wwii
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6:55 I can not express how CLEAN that was
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There was also the North Hollywood shootout in 1997 that brought LAPD SWAT back into the limelight, due to their procurement/commandeering of weaponry capable of defeating improvised heavy body armor capable of stopping low-velocity rounds from shotguns and handguns (what most police were armed with on the scene).
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The AR-15 platform was preferred over the MP5 because is more flexible (more accessories, range/weight/caliber performance are more balanced), not because "the 9mm has low stopping power". With double tapping and modern ammunition the 9mm is still extremely valid.
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I was a hostage at a training scenario for the Norwegian variant - Deltagruppen. It was silent for hours until suddenly the power was cut, we heard loud bangs and short bursts of gunfire and 40 seconds later the "terrorist" that was guarding us were "gunned" down and we were freed. You do not mess with these guys!
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It's amazing to see how these units came to be and how they operate. I feel safe knowing these groups exist.
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My highschool once had a SWAT team leader who was a student of the school showing his unit tactics and hostage rescue drill during the field days That was like the very first time I heard a C2 charge going off and having a helicopter flying so low and close to me
