page_title: Federal Police Special Units
section_title: Weapons
hierarchical_section_title: Federal Police Special Units / Weapons
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Toyota Land Cruiser du CGSU lors du défilé du 21 juillet 2013
context_page_description: The Directorate of special units is the police tactical unit of the Belgian Federal Police. In total, DSU consists of about 500 highly trained police officers. The centralized 50 operator small assault team of the intervention unit of the DSU is deployed in cases of terrorism, kidnappings, hostage taking and other forms of serious crime. DSU performs emergency responses, high-risk arrests and searches, observation operations, undercover operations and more.
  Chief commissioner Eric Liévin, one of the DSU's former commanders, states that "a criminal dealing with the DSU, has a better chance of surviving than another; they try to use a minimal level of violence/force, and yet try to attain a maximum level of efficiency."
context_section_description: Weapons in use include, among others:
  Accuracy International Arctic Warfare
  FN 303
  FN P90
  FN SCAR
  Glock 17
  Five-seven
  Heckler & Koch HK69
  Heckler & Koch MP5
  Heckler & Koch HK417
  Heckler & Koch UMP
  Remington 870
  Sako TRG-21
caption: DSU operators on a parade armed with FN SCARs on a Toyota Land Cruiser assault vehicle.
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