What are some weapons used by SWAT? Mostly SMG's, Shotguns, and non lethal weapons, but any would be helpful.?

Question

Hello all. I'm currently working on a short story which revolves around a SWAT operation in which a Swat team encounters multiple suspects and frees a hostage in a house (which means close quarters combat, hence the smg's and shotguns) I'd love to have accurate weapons SWAT is know to use in real life to give it a realistic feel. Thank you so much.

Answer 1

Google the southern california hollywood bank robbery where the shooters had an advantage over the police because the used body armor and metal piercing bullets.  It is an informative account how the SWAT in California use a modified M-16 with 2 clips that are taped back to back along with armor piercing bullets. Also they use bang-blast grenades, armor proof vehicles and have all the good stuff that ordinary citizens can not legally have here in California.  Good Luck with your paper.

Answer 2

SWAT usually uses the MP5 (SMG) idk about the shotguns

Answer 3

Most SWAT teams use MP5's (an smg) and the Remington 870 (a shotgun).