Punjab Police SWAT Team
| Punjab Police SWAT Team | |
|---|---|
| Active | 2011–present |
| Country | India |
| Agency | Punjab Police (India) |
| Operations jurisdiction | The state of Punjab |
The Punjab Police SWAT Team is the Police Tactical Unit of the Punjab Police.
Overview
Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) was formed in 2011.[1] They are usually tasked with protection duties.[1] They are highly trained on the lines of National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad[2][3] through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government.[4] All the commandos are under 28 years of age, thus making them fit and capable of tasks meant for commandos. Their main work is to fight against any terrorist attack if it occurs in Punjab State. They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.[5]
Equipment
The SWAT is provided with:
- Bullet-ressistant transport
- Light weight bullet-ressistant jackets and helmets
- Hands-free radio sets
- Complete anti-trauma body suit with level-2 protection
- Riot control helmet
- Gas masks
- Shock shields
- Laser weapons
- Gas guns and
- Pepper gun launcher
Weapons
- Glock 17 pistol
- Brugger & Thomet MP9 sub machine gun
- Heckler & Koch MP5 sub machine gun
- MTAR 21 X95 assault rifle
- SIG 552 assault rifle
- AK-47 assault rifle
- IMI Negev LMG
- FN Minimi LMG
- Steyr SSG 69 sniper rifle
- CornerShot
- Night vision device
Major operation
- 2015 Gurdaspur attack - Punjab SWAT very efficiently handled counter-terrorism operation at Dina Nagar[6] Police Station in 2015 Gurdaspur attack[7][8] by killing all 3 suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.[9]
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