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M4 carabine by bobeer CC-BY

This model was created using clothing adn tactical pieces shared by:ErhanMatur, Bzovius, SrGeneroso, shedmon, Albin and Mayess. Thank you!

In the United States, a SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is generic term for a law enforcement unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to handle riot control or violent confrontations with criminals, the number and usage of SWAT teams increased in the 1980s and 1990s during the War on Drugs and later in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. In the United States as of 2005, SWAT teams were deployed 50,000 times every year, almost 80% of the time to serve search warrants, most often for narcotics.