SWAT (magazine)

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| title = SWAT

| image_file = SWATMagazineFebruary2011.jpg

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| editor = Denny Hansen

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| frequency = Monthly

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| publisher = LFP, Inc

| founded = 1981

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| country = United States

| based = Boynton Beach, Florida

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| oclc = 25541930

| website = {{URL|www.swatmag.com/}}

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SWAT (special weapons & tactics for the prepared American) is a monthly magazine dedicated to firearms, law enforcement and other tactical-related activities in the United States with a special focus on SWAT police officers.{{cite book|last=Haynes|first=Richard A.|title=THE SWAT CYCLOPEDIA: A Handy Desk Reference of Terms, Techniques, and Strategies Associated with the Police Special Weapons and Tactics Function|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOCsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA114|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Charles C Thomas Publisher|isbn=978-0-398-08343-4|page=114}}

The magazine primarily offers reviews on guns, ammunition, tactics, training, shooting gear; as well as self-defense and alerts on firearm rights. In addition to those departments, each issue contains featured articles and personality profiles of people in the tactical industry as well as press releases of new products.{{cite book|last=Ayoob|first=Massad|title=Deadly Force - Understanding Your Right to Self Defense|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vANiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT77|date=25 November 2014|publisher=F+W Media|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=978-1-4402-4067-6|page=77}}

SWAT staff writers include Massad Ayoob, Scott Reitz, Lewis Awerbuck, Leroy Thompson, Chuck Taylor, Claire Wolfe and Denny Hansen.{{cite book|last=Wolfe|first=Claire|title=Bad Attitude Guide to Good Citizenship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIPKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|date=1 October 2010|publisher=Paladin Press|location=Boulder, Colorado|isbn=978-1-61004-732-6|page=6}}{{cite book|last=Spaulding|first=Dave|title=Handgun Combatives - 2nd Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn-6M9r2vDUC&pg=PR6|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Looseleaf Law Publications|isbn=978-1-60885-024-2|page=6}}