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31: 75: 138:. The most effective use of this round is with a "stand-off breacher" attached to the muzzle of a specially converted shotgun. The stand-off is held on the surface of the door and vents gases to prevent overpressure. The British SAS also use these breaching rounds in their shotguns- most commonly the Remington pump action 148:
Royal Arms has made the TESAR round for over 25 years using a frangible copper slug of various weights and configurations, with different loads for different applications. It is used by many military and law enforcement agencies around the
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material, often metal powder in a binder such as wax, which can destroy a lock or hinge and then immediately disperse. They are used by military and
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Though designed not to endanger people behind or around a door, a breaching round is easily lethal if fired directly at a human target.
30: 326: 331: 198:-inch (70 mm) frangible slug named the door breaching cartridge. The slug consists of copper and tin powder. 54:. It is typically fired at a range of 6 inches (15 cm) or less, aimed at the hinges or the area between the 257:"FY 2008 Global War On Terror Budget Estimate Submission Cost Adjustment, PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY" 87: 59: 170:-inch (70 mm) shell that uses a 40-gram (1.4 oz) projectile made of powdered steel, bound with 181:
shell that uses a 43-gram (1.5 oz) frangible projectile, consisting of a high-density wax binder.
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brand of cosmetics which was sold door-to-door. Ideally, breaching rounds may be used in a standard
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teams to quickly force entry into a locked room. Amongst police, these rounds are nicknamed "
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The Clucas Method of Entry Hatton round is a 12-gauge, 3-inch (76 mm)
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One brand of breaching round, made by Royal Arms, uses the brand name
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A British police team member using shotgun Hatton rounds in training
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or by flying on at lethal speed through the door, as traditional
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A US Marine practices shotgun door-breaching techniques
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Hatton rounds

shotgun shell
door breaching
doorknob
lock
doorjamb

deadbolts
locks
hinges
ricocheting
buckshot
frangible rounds
sintered
SWAT
master keys
Avon
combat shotgun
riot shotgun
KAC Masterkey
M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System
gauge
wax
magnum
"The Shotgun Approach"
the original
"FY 2008 Global War On Terror Budget Estimate Submission Cost Adjustment, PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY"
the original
"Miscellaneous Questions #17"

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