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Captain38 · July 3, 2005, 12:41 AM

Someone has just posted the familiar, several years old, comical version of SWAT hand signals on another forum. This prompted someone else to ask for a source of the typical signals actually used by various SWAT Units.

This got my interest but searching the web I found only a couple of very limited examples of hand and arm signals used by the U.S. Army in WWII.
I did, however, find most of what I was looking for in a little quick help manual I already owned entitled The Pocket Partner written by Evers, Miller and Glover and published by Blue Willow, Inc.

Beginning on page 25, under a SWAT HAND SIGNALS heading, there are three pages of captioned illustrations attributed to the "...courtesy of SWAT magazine". If this is correct, can you provide additional information on a site where I could read your original article?

July 3, 2005, 12:41 AM	#1
Captain38 Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2004 Posts: 170	SWAT Hand Signals Someone has just posted the familiar, several years old, comical version of SWAT hand signals on another forum. This prompted someone else to ask for a source of the typical signals actually used by various SWAT Units. This got my interest but searching the web I found only a couple of very limited examples of hand and arm signals used by the U.S. Army in WWII. I did, however, find most of what I was looking for in a little quick help manual I already owned entitled The Pocket Partner written by Evers, Miller and Glover and published by Blue Willow, Inc. Beginning on page 25, under a SWAT HAND SIGNALS heading, there are three pages of captioned illustrations attributed to the "...courtesy of SWAT magazine". If this is correct, can you provide additional information on a site where I could read your original article?