Lenco BearCats have been credited with saving the lives of officers in armed confrontations on numerous occasions . In 2010 in Athens , Texas an armed offender fired more than 35 rounds from a semi-automatic AK-74 rifle at tactical police . Not one round penetrated the Bearcat . In June 2012 a BearCat , belonging to the Central Bucks Emergency Response Team , took 28 rounds from a " high-powered rifle " during a siege with no rounds penetrating the vehicle . In November 2015 , a BearCat was used by police to rescue civilians during the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting . The Oklahoma County Sheriff 's Office Bearcat was shot between four and seven times with a rifle during an incident on December 29 , 2015 . Sheriff Whetsel was quoted as saying the Bearcat saved the Deputies ' lives . On June 12 , 2016 , a Bearcat was used to breach Pulse nightclub after a gunman shot and killed 49 clubgoers and injured 53 others
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
Lenco BearCat