<p>Officers from the BFE, Germany&#8217;s special police unit, modelled their elaborate gear at a special press conference in the city.</p> 
<p>Haenel assault rifles, heavy-duty ballistic protection helmets and body armour are items amongst the long-list of equipment that at least 70 police officers received to use in the event of a terrorist attack.</p> 
<p>According to the German news website <a href="http://ndr.de/" type="external">NDR.de</a>, the decision to equip the police force with the expensive heavy-duty equipment was due to the ongoing threat posed by Islamic State.</p> 
<p>The Survivor 1 armoured personal carrier, which will be used for anti-terror police operations, can deal with chemical, nuclear and biological warfare agents in order to protect officers inside the vehicle from exposure.</p> 
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<p>The heavy-duty SK4 rated protection gear can even stop a round fired from an AK-47 rifle.</p> 
<p>Germany splashed the cash on the Hamburg&#8217;s police unit a few weeks after ISIS claimed responsibility for the stabbing of two people in Hamburg on October 16.</p> 
<p>A few days later, German police officers were called to raid refugee centres and homes in Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia to find suspects who were involved in organised criminal actives such as bodily harm, blackmail, illegal restraint and harassment.</p> The heavy-duty SK4 rated protection gear can even stop a round fired from an AK-47 rifle 
<p>Germany splashed the cash on the Hamburg&#8217;s police unit a few weeks after ISIS claimed responsibility for the stabbing of two people in Hamburg on October 16.</p> The armour can deal with chemical, nuclear and biological warfare agents 
<p>A few days later, German police officers were called to raid refugee centres and homes in Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia to find suspects who were involved in organised criminal actives such as bodily harm, blackmail, illegal restraint and harassment.</p> Only 70 police officers from Hamburg will have access to the new equipment
German police unveil new anti-terrorist gear in the wake of deadly Islamist attacks