SWAT Magazine: Weapons, Tactics, Training

S.W.A.T. has been celebrating all year long, but now it’s official: this is our 25th anniversary issue! And instead of “celebrating” by taking the month off and doing an issue full of reprints, we’re proud to present a brand-new expanded issue, 116 pages worth of what you’ve come to expect from S.W.A.T.

This issue is packed with six firearm/gear evaluations and six reports on training courses. Additionally there is an article on how to use Airsoft guns at home to increase your chances of survival in a deadly force encounter, and another on how to trap animals in a survival situation for food. How’s that for versatility?

In addition, bundled with the November issue is our first-ever S.W.A.T. calendar: 14 months to bring you through the rest of 2006 and all of 2007. Let people know where you stand by proudly displaying your S.W.A.T. calendar!

The Briefing Room:

25 Years … And You Made It Happen

by Denny Hansen

Street Smarts:

Interlimb Interaction Is Intense!

by Brent T. Wheat

Against All Odds:

Survival Trapping

by Ron Hood

Enemy At The Gate:

What’s in a Name

by Claire Wolfe

Frontline Debriefs:

Buy a Gun and Get Away With It

by Scott Reitz

Training & Tactics:

Motel Hell

by Louis Awerbuck

Mail Room:

Letters from our Readers

Staff

Lawful Carry:

BlackHawk CQC Tactical SERPA Holster

Flint Hansen

Long Guns:

PK-AS/B.A.R.S. Red Dot Sight: Choice of the Russian Spetsnaz

Leroy Thompson

Offbeat:

5.11 Tactical HRT Watch

Eugene Nielsen

The Cutting Edge:

Texas Tactical Supply’s Infidel

Eugene Nielsen

Gear Locker:

New Products and Accessories

Staff

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SUMMIT AMMUNITION: Small Company, Large Caliber Summit Ammunition is making a name for itself with its .50-caliber ammunition. Go inside the company to see how focusing on quality has led to their current success.
by Jeff Randall

HIGH-TECH CARBINE: FN’S FS2000 Fifty years after FN Herstal set a world standard with their trademark battle rifle, the FAL, FN is trying again with a 5.56mm bullpup. What’s the verdict? Our detailed T&E gives you all the pros and cons.
by Ed Lawrence

OPERATOR’S DIAGNOSTIC COURSE Opportunity to Enhance Performance How do firearms work and how much do you really need to know on this topic? Armorer instructor Dean Caputo has designed a course that will give you what you need to know to increase your efficiency and reduce your frustration.
by Patrick A. Rogers


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S.W.A.T. MAGAZINE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS Looking Back, Thinking Ahead In the cutthroat world of magazine publishing, merely surviving 25 years is an accomplishment. But for S.W.A.T., it’s been 25 years of growth and improvement. Take a look back at how far we’ve come.
by Denny Hansen

YAVAPAI FIREARMS ACADEMY TACTICAL CARBINE COURSE Gunhandling, Marksmanship, and Tactics Author McKee takes a “you are there” approach to bring you into the action at one of YFA’s signature courses. A blow-by-blow of just what happens in this three-day course and why students of YFA’s Louis Awerbuck keep coming back for more.
by Tiger McKee

PARA ORDNANCE LITE HAWG Sub-Compact Powerhouse How does Para Ordnance’s latest sub-compact pistol measure up in terms of accuracy, reliability and concealability?
by Denny Hansen

HELL ON WHEELS Olive Security Training Center’s Personal Security Driving Course Although the instructors insist it’s not a racing course, participants still get to drive 110 miles an hour, and have the opportunity to learn and practice every offensive and defensive driving tactic known to man. Ride along with the speed demons at OSTC.
by Bob Pilgrim

HILL COUNTRY RIFLES Accurate, Rugged, Light Demonstrating once again that S.W.A.T.’s authors are no mere desk jockeys, Greg Rodriguez designs a rifle package for law enforcement snipers, and Hill Country Rifles builds it. This article takes us step by step through the entire process.
by Greg Rodriguez

INTENSIVE CLOSE PROTECTION COURSE
Canadian Recondo Group Bodyguard Training
The Canadian Recondo Group was formed to offer Canadian law enforcement, military, private security and interested citizens a chance to receive top-flight tactical training in Canada. The group’s motto is, “Train to Fight, Fight to Train.” S.W.A.T. author Thompson was invited to be one of the principal instructors at Canadian Recondo 2006. This is his firsthand report.

by Leroy Thompson

GERMANY’S GSG9
Setting the Standard for Counter Terrorism
In spirit a follow-up to S.W.A.T.’s two-part article on the massacre at the Munich Olympics in 1972 (S.W.A.T. September and October 2006). As a result of that catastrophe, Germany formed GSG9, which has become one of the world’s top counter terrorist units. This article reviews this elite unit closely, and describes in detail its structure, tasks, training methods, weaponry, equipment and operational deployment.

by Eitan Meyr

REALISTIC USE OF THE SCOPED RIFLE
Thunder Ranch Urban Precision Rifle
For the law enforcement officer or the military sniper working in an urban environment, the need to make quick, precise shots, from compacted distances, in unconventional positions, is often a critical necessity. Unfortunately, this aspect of precision riflecraft is often ignored at firearms training schools. But not at Thunder Ranch. Read all about this course, described by Thunder Ranch’s own Clint Smith as a fusion of his very popular Urban Rifle and Precision Rifle courses.

by Mike Lazarus

HOME ON THE RANGE The Problem With Indoor Ranges (And Urban Living) What do you do if you live in an urban or suburban area with only indoor ranges nearby, with no convenient access to more flexible and unrestricted outdoor shooting ranges? Author Tan gives readers one way to prevent shooting skills from stagnating.
by Michael Tan