Swat or SWAT may refer to:

  • SWAT (special weapons and tactics), a paramilitary unit in law-enforcement agencies

Police tactical units

  • SWAT (Regina), a tactical unit of the Regina Police Service
  • SWAT (Bangladesh), a tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police
  • Beijing Special Weapons and Tactics Unit, a tactical unit of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
  • Punjab Police SWAT Team, a tactical unit of the Punjab Police

Places

  • Swat (princely state), a former princely state in the present-day Swat and other surrounding districts
  • Sultanate of Swat
  • Swat District, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
  • Swat River, a river in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
  • Swat Valley, valley in Pakistan
  • Somerset West and Taunton, a former district of Somerset, England

Film and television

  • S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series), an American action crime series about a SWAT team
  • S.W.A.T. (2003 film), a film based on the series
  • S.W.A.T. (soundtrack), the film's soundtrack album
  • S.W.A.T.: Firefight, a 2011 direct-to-video sequel to the film
  • S.W.A.T.: Under Siege, a third film in the series, released direct-to-video in 2017
  • S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series), a series based on the 1975 television series and 2003 feature film
  • S.W.A.T. (2019 film), a Mandarin-language Chinese film

Video games

  • SWAT, a 1984 arcade game developed by Coreland
  • SWAT subseries of the Police Quest series, composed of:
  • Police Quest: SWAT, a 1995 game
  • Police Quest: SWAT 2, a 1998 game
  • SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle, a 1999 game
  • SWAT: Global Strike Team, a 2003 game
  • SWAT 4, a 2005 game
  • SWAT Force, a 2006 game
  • SWAT: Target Liberty, a 2007 game
  • SWAT Elite Troops, a 2007 game

Other uses

  • Swat, to bat away a nuisance, as with a fly swatter
  • Block (basketball) or swat, a defensive play
  • SWAT (magazine), an American firearms and law enforcement monthly
  • Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
  • Samoan SWAT Team, a former pro wrestling tag team and its different variations
  • SWAT model (Soil & Water Assessment Tool), a river basin scale model

See also

  • Akhund of Swat, a prominent religious Mullah or priest, and Emir of the former Yusufzai State of Swat
  • Swatting, a hoax intended to provoke a response from SWAT or other emergency personnel
  • SWATS (Southwest Atlanta, too strong), a term referencing Atlanta hip hop culture
  • Swot (disambiguation)
  • Swati (disambiguation)
  • Battle of Swat (disambiguation)