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In a "hot" ambush—where the suspect is waiting with a rifle behind a refrigerator—the six will take casualties within the first 2.5 seconds. The ten have the external angle. They can put suppression fire through drywall (calculating the backstop) to give the six the 4 seconds needed to drag a downed operator to cover.

6:10 is not an offensive ratio. It is a survival ratio. The hardest part of the 6:10 dynamic is the "Handshake." The moment the six clear the last room and radio "Secure," the dynamic flips. The six become evidence preservers, and the ten become the detainee handlers. swat 6 10

If the 6:10 model fails, it fails in the transition. If the six start cuffing suspects, they aren't watching the window. If the ten rush inside to "help," the perimeter collapses, and the suspect who was hiding in the attic drops down and walks out the front door. In a "hot" ambush—where the suspect is waiting