Want to see the (real) face of SWAT Brazil ? John and I went on a trip to Brazil very recently, and joined the team for a paintball battle and an excellent post-war dinner at Braz – arguably the best chain of pizzerias on the planet. This post is mostly pictures, putting a face on the Brazilian SWAT team. You may have seen the movie “Elite Squad”, or “Tropa de Elite” as it is known in Brazil. The contestants in the epic paint-ball battle in Morumbi were certainly inspired by the movie…
(Following soon – SWAT South Africa in pictures)
Before the battle ... Miguel, Tadeu, Rafael, John
Jacques and Roberto
Red team crying after losing...Tadeu, John, Felippo
Renato and Rafael - ready to give their all
BOPE...Otavio and Jacques
Winning team member - Dani Valentin
True grit - Felippo and Renato
His sorrows are drowning him...Felippo
@Braz - Rafael, Otavio, Jacques, Dani, Renato, Katie
@Braz - John, Hein, Katie, Roberto, Tadeu, Miguel, Rafael, Otavio, Jacques, Dani, Renato
October 27th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
It was a tie!
October 28th, 2008 at 6:10 am
I also think it was a tie…whats this with the yellow team being the victors…. ?
October 28th, 2008 at 8:27 am
@John @Tadeu ….pen and sword and all that. But i will admit – the red team won SOME of the battles. 50% of them, if you absolutely insist on extreme numerical accuracy.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Yellow win… we even participated in the after event, precision shooting.. no reds were there… it was WO