Foundry SWAT Troopers 03

For my third and final look at the Foundry 28mm scale SWAT Teams I'll be reviewing set SV056 SWAT Team Shadow and the bonus figure, Sergeant Hall, whom I received for ordering the "Into the Streets Collection" when they were first launched in the 1990's.

You'll immediately see that I've done something different with this set - they are all wearing black uniforms and black armour. These are not police SWAT troopers but FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) officers. Their function is broadly similar to that of SWAT but they often get involved in higher-profile operations across a much wider geographic area. HRT are headquartered in Quantico, Virginia, and maintains nine tactical teams spread across the United States.

 At the far left of my two photos above is Bomber (names supplied by the Foundry team) who is firing a .45 Springfield M1911-A1 Bureau Pistol (standard issue for HRT and LAPD SWAT). He has a 5.56mm Steyr AUG Assault Carbine slung over his right shoulder (this is not standard issue).
To the left of him is Tweedy, a female operative, who is armed with the 9mm Heckler and Koch MP5KA5 Machine Pistol. She also has a .45 Springfield Bureau Pistol in a holster on her right hip.
The big guy in the centre of the group is Bone (stupid name!), who is armed with the 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, which, as I have commented on before, would never be issued to any SWAT Team or police force. This is a weapon for military operations and would only be issued to military personnel.
Next in line is Del'Orto, who is supposed to be female but who could be mistaken for a short male. She is armed with a 10mm Heckler and Koch MP5/10A3 Sub-Machine Gun, which is standard issue amongst FBI SWAT teams and is a slightly larger calibre than normal SWAT Teams' 9mm MP5A SMGs. His back-up weapon is the .45 Springfield Bureau Pistol.
The final figure in this group is Roddy, and he too, is armed with the MP5/10A3 SMG and .45 Springfield Bureau Pistol. He is posed in a firing position.

The final figure that I want to show you from the Foundry Street Violence SWAT Teams range is Sergeant Kevin Hall. This figure came as a freebie if you ordered the first eight sets from this range, but sadly he is no longer available. Still, I show him just for completeness, plus, some of you may be lucky enough to own him. His primary weapon is the 12 Gauge Ithaca Model 37 Pump-Action Shotgun, to which he has fitted an underslung tactical torch. If he is from NYPD SWAT, his back-up pistol will be a 9mm Glock 19, but if he is from LAPD, it will be a .45 Kimber Custom II Pistol (similar to the .45 Colt Government Pistol). I can't remember why I painted the word "POLICE" on his back, as I didn't on any of my other Foundry SWAT Teams.

If you like the previous Foundry SWAT Teams that I've reviewed recently, you'll surely like these. Of course, there's no reason why you couldn't paint them all in the same uniform colours to make a very large force of 25 figures (26 if you include Sergeant Hall). I just wanted to do something different with set SV056 SWAT Team Shadow, which is why I decided to paint them up as FBI HRT operatives. This set retails for £10.00 for all five figures. 

I was asked recently how many police figures I own and I wasn't too sure but I knew it was more than 100. So I counted them all and the total came to 160. Here is the breakdown -

U.K. and U.S. Detectives = 48

U.K. Street Cops = 15

U.S. Street Cops = 32

SWAT Troopers = 48

HRT Troopers = 17

That's more than enough for my needs but I wouldn't bet against me adding to those numbers!