The Brigade anti-terrorisme, commonly abbreviated BAT is the Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

n Police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

's elite anti-Terrorism tactical

Tactical

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 Special Operations

Special forces

Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...

  unit with more manpower and equipment. It is the National Police's primary anti-terrorism unit and the counterpart of the USGN

Unité Spéciale - Garde Nationale

The National Guard Special Unit, commonly abbreviated USGN , is the Tunisian National Guard's elite counter-terrorism paramilitary tactical unit...

 of the Garde Nationale

Tunisian National Guard

The Tunisian National Guard is a separate military force of Tunisia. It is not part of the Tunisian Armed Forces, due to its specific role as a counterbalance to the regular military. It serves both as defence force against external threats and as a security force against internal threats.It is...

.. BAT is trained to rescue citizens and allies who are held by a hostile force foreign or domestically, either terrorist or criminal.

BAT’s purpose is to serve as the Tunisian governments premier counter-terrorism unit, offering a tactical resolution option in hostage

Hostage crisis

A hostage crisis develops when one or more terrorists or criminals hold people against their will and try to hold off the authorities by force, threatening to kill the hostages if provoked or attacked....

 and high-risk law enforcement situations. USGN functions as a national SWAT

SWAT

A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...

team in highly sensitive or dangerous situations.

Training

• Weapons Handling
• Combat shooting and marksmanship training
• Airborne courses, such as HALO or HAHO jumps, paragliding, and heliborne insertions.
• Combat/Underwater swimming, diving and assault of ships.
• Hand to Hand combat training
• Undercover surveillance and stalking (support in investigating cases)
• Infiltration and escape techniques
• Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and NRBC devices neutralization
• Survival and warfare in tropical, arctic, mountain and desert environments.
• Diplomacy skills, such as negotiating.