Door breaching
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Door breaching is a process used by military, police, or emergency services to force open closed or locked doors. A wide range of methods are available depending on the door's opening direction, const
A U.S. Marine performs a ballistic breach of a padlocked door using a combat shotgun
Back kicking a door
US Marines breach a door using a sledgehammer
U.S. Army Rangers shotgun breach a door in Afghanistan
Enforcer (battering ram)
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Enforcer is the term given to a specially designed manual battering ram manufactured by Sigma Security Devices Ltd and currently used by British police and armed forces, fire services and other agenci
Door breaching
…bar, Denver tool, Kelly tool, claw tool, or "the pig", can be used to lever a door open. Other tools, like sledgehammers or battering rams (like the enforcer), concentrate a large amount of kinetic force on the door to defeat the locking mechanism. Padlocks and similar barriers can also be removed with bolt…
An Enforcer ram of the West Midlands Police in use during Operation Intrusive, 2013