Anti-Terrorism:

Weapons & Tactics

Cast & Crew

Featuring: Keith Claymore and Peter Eliot

Director: Mark Schulze

Writer & Editor: Patty Mooney

Studio: New & Unique Videos

VHS Release Date: 1987

Run Time: 27 minutes

IMDB

Description

Produced and released in 1987, Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics remains a groundbreaking informational video that offers a rare and gripping look into the high-stakes world of counter-terrorism. This timeless classic from New & Unique Videos takes viewers inside Delta Firearms, Ltd. in the United Kingdom—one of Europe’s premier training facilities—to witness the techniques and tools that were once exclusive to elite forces like the SAS (Special Air Service).

A Masterclass in Anti-Terrorism

Led by the renowned expert Peter Eliot, this video provides unparalleled insight into the methods used to combat terrorism. Eliot and his team of specially trained students demonstrate critical tactics and weapons, showcasing their effectiveness in high-pressure, life-or-death scenarios.

Why This Video Is Essential:

Exclusive Techniques Revealed: Learn the principles of quick decision-making, precise firearm handling, and room-entry tactics that are vital for hostage rescues and counter-terrorism operations.
Powerful Demonstrations: See live ammunition and plastic explosives in action, providing a vivid and authentic understanding of these tools’ effects.
Practical Travel Safety Tips: Gain actionable insights into personal safety while traveling—knowledge that’s as relevant today as it was in 1985.

Riveting and Informative

With expert narration by Keith Claymore, the video combines thrilling demonstrations with clear explanations, exploring the strengths and limitations of specialized weapons, ammunition, and explosives. From tactical handguns to stun grenades, every detail is meticulously covered to inform and engage viewers.

A Timeless Resource

Although Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics is not intended as a training manual, its informational content remains invaluable. It offers viewers a unique perspective on the tactics and mindset required to navigate the dangerous realities of counter-terrorism.

Join the Celebration

As we commemorate 40 years of this iconic video, there’s no better time to bring Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics to a new generation of viewers. Its blend of historical significance, tactical expertise, and practical insights ensures it will resonate with audiences seeking both education and excitement.

Original Soundtrack by Candace Love

Candace Love’s original score for Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics is a taut, suspense-driven musical journey that underscores the gravity and urgency of the subject matter. Composed specifically for this hard-hitting instructional film, the soundtrack fuses electronic tension with militaristic precision, blending deep synth pulses, ominous drones, and sharp percussive strikes.

The score is atmospheric yet deliberate, guiding viewers through training segments with a tone that is both foreboding and resolute. Candace Love’s instinct for dramatic pacing and cinematic flair turns the soundtrack into more than just background—it becomes an essential character in the film, heightening awareness and focus for both trainees and viewers.

This soundtrack showcases Candace Love’s versatility as a composer, revealing a darker, more technical side of her musical range while maintaining her signature elegance and attention to emotional texture.

Filmed on location at Delta Firearms, Ltd., (United Kingdom) this 30-minute video begins with a class shooting at turning targets to sharpen their reflexes. Peter Eliot, one of the world’s top antiterrorism weapons and tactics experts, gives the viewer an insight into the training of an antiterrorist team. You will see how the students are taught to fire from all positions, especially awkward ones. The quality of this video is excellent and the information is organized.

S.W.A.T.

Although spokespersons at New & Unique Videos, San Diego, California, state that the videotape, “Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics,” is not a training tool per se, it is important viewing for those officers assigned to counterterrorism duty. The imparted information includes SAS-style, room-entry techniques, tactical employment of suppressed weaponry and special ammunition such as Glaser rounds, live-fire training drills and the careful application of low-lethality munitions such as plastic explosives and stun grenades. Police tacticians should direct close attention to the hostage rescue scenes since this type of strategic deployment must be implemented to seriously battle terrorism here in the U.S.

Law Enforcement Technology

The realism of this tape is outstanding. This is not a collection of set-pieces. These are all live scenes, although well-rehearsed. One notable feature is the use of whatever technique that works, not a promotion of somebody’s pet doctrine… The value of this tape to tactical team instructors is that it shows methods from across the Atlantic. They do some things differently over there, and they’re worth seeing. Some of the techniques will be worth incorporating into training programs. All told, a good buy for the price!

Police Marksman

This video pulls no punches. This special video contains actual footage of selected terrorist scenarios taken behind the scenes at one of Europe’s leading training facilities. Peter Eliot, one of the world’s leading anti-terrorist weapons and tactics experts, reviews special weapons tactics and secrets that up until now were only available to the world famous S.A.S. and other special-interest groups. This video is both entertaining and quite educational.

New Breed

“Anti-Terrorism: Weapons and Tactics” is a training tape designed to provide basic information for members of Special Weapons and Tactics teams involved in anti-terrorist paramilitary operations. We see students being trained on the firing range, learning to use their weapons in firing from various positions. The emphasis the school places on realistic training is stressed. The tape provides a variety of useful information concerning anti-terrorist weapons and tactics.

Garrett A. Wilson

Ocean County (NJ) Sheriff, The Tactical Edge

“Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics” transports you, the viewer, to one of Europe’s leading training facilities – Delta Firearms, Ltd., U.K. In this powerful feature, Peter Eliot, one of the world’s top anti-terrorism experts, shows you how and why these special weapons and tactics work so well. “Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics” includes essential anti-terrorist travel tips that could save your life! This video is a must for anyone interested in anti-terrorism weapons and tactics.

Combat Handguns

“Anti-Terrorism: Weapons & Tactics” catapults the viewer into several terrorist scenarios in which quick wit and a ready handgun pay off in keeping the viewer alive. In the video you’ll see exciting hostage releases using live ammunition, plastic explosives and daring room entry tactics. You’ll observe the powerful effects of plastic explosives, stun grenades, special weapons and ammunition on an array of targets. You can see anti-terrorist teams boldly gain access into dangerous rooms using tactical handgun and positive controlled room-entry techniques.

The New Gun Week

This 30-minute tape shows anti-terrorist training methods as employed at a private firing range and training ground in the United Kingdom. Although it’s not designed strictly as a training tape, it provides a cross-sectdion of training techniques used to instruct anti-terrorist agents and bodyguards. Basic firing practice is a vital part of training. Students learn to fire under stress, drawing from a concealed carry, because this is the likely situation. Because in real life there can be an urgent need to shoot from any position, the emphasis is on firing from awkward positions.

Tony Lesce

Associate Technical Editor