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SWAT Commandos details, history, weapons, training, purpose
Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) History, Training, Weapons, Purpose
SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) first created in the 1960s to handle riot control confrontation with a criminal. It is a designated law enforcement team whose member is recruited. The induction of women will begin the Recruitment of the new batch of personnel in the force.
The Delhi police will induct women into SWAT team first time this team highly trained and well equipped they can spring from deep sleep to action, fully armed, within a minute of an alarm. Some other countries have developed their own paramilitary police units that are also described as or compared to SWAY forces.
SWAT team use equipment designed for a variety of specialist situation like SWAT personnel wear similar utility uniform to tactical worn by military and they use WWII-surplus steel helmets and fire retardant balaclava are often used to protect the face while a wide variety of weapons are used by SWAT team like submachine guns, carbines.
This team deals with terror operations and high profile armed criminals. The purpose of this unit was to react quickly and decisively to bank robberies while they were in progress, by utilizing a large number of specially trained officers who had at their disposal a great amount of firepower.
