Posted September 25, 2017 3:00 pm by Comments

By Daniel Terrill

The ATF gave Guns.com a look at some of its guns and gear used by the agency’s Special Response Team last Thursday at the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office just outside of Washington, D.C. The agency uses a variety of equipment that ranges from guns to less lethal items like Taser. With five SRT teams covering the entire country, the ATF deploys them some 200 times a year.
An SRT agent shows one of the attendants how to hold and shoot the ATF issued Glock 22 .40-caliber pistol. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
The Glock 22 handgun issued to ATF SRT agents. The .40-caliber pistol is equipped with a SureFire light. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
ATF SRT agents demonstrate how to breach a door with explosives. The explosive device is essentially detonation cord sandwiched between a water bottle and an IV bag. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
The breach bomb is designed to do just enough damage to open the door. SRT agents practice on a variety of doors in order to understand the science and art of breaching. (Photo: Daniel Terrill/Guns.com)
Each ATF SRT agent carries a franken-gun. Their carbines are equipped with a Heckler & K0ch 416 upper capable of select-fire options and a Colt lower receiver. (Photo: Daniel

Source: Guns.com

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