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How come police swat teams do not use tanks? |
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Tanks are slow. Their swat vans get to the scene quicker. Plus, can you imagine the pandamonium if a tank came rolling down a public road? People would think WW3 started. Tanks are also more expensive to opperate, it would be a bad financial decision for any police department to use them when they are not cost effective.
Also, tanks aren't effective in urban environments, which are the major area of operations for most SWAT-type teams. Armies, quite aside from police, have found armoured operations limited in urban and built-up areas. Armour is more suited to open countryside.
First answer by Lkysmy. Last edit by Fred17. Contributor trust: 1 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 60 [recommend question]
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