Special Duties Unit - Equipment & Weapons

Equipment & Weapons

The Special Duties Unit has been known to be armed or formerly armed with the following weapons and equipment:

Pistol
Smith & Wesson Model 10 (Early 1970s - late 1970s)
Browning Mk3 (Late 1970s - early 1990s)
Glock 17 (Early 1990s - present)

Submachine Guns
Sterling submachine gun (Early 1970s - late70s)
MP5 series(Early 1980s - present)(A3/A5/SD3/SD5/SD6/K/K-PDW/N)

Assault Rifle
AR-15 (Early 1970s - early 1980s)
XM-177 (1982–2000)
MC-51 (1992–1996)
M4A1 (2001–present)
G36KV (2001–present)
M16A1/A2 (2001–present)
Steyr AUG A1 (2001–present)

Shotguns
Remington 870 (Early 1980s - present)
Benelli M1 Super 90 (Early 1980s - present)

Sniper Rifles
G3SG-1 (Early 1980s - early 1990s)
PSG-1 (Late 1980s - 2005)
L42A1 (Early 1980s - 1990s)
L96A1 (Early 1990s - present)
SR-25 (Late 1990s - present)
SSG-3000 (Early 1990s - present)

Vehicles
Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5000 armoured personnel carrier (2008–present)

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