KTW

KTW refers to a family of specialty projectiles developed in the late 1960s by Paul Kopsch, Daniel Turcus, and Donald Ward for law enforcement use against hard intermediate barriers. These rounds are characterized by solid brass or steel bullets, frequently finished with a green PTFE coating intended to reduce barrel wear when firing non-jacketed hard projectiles. Their development reflects a period of experimentation in handgun ammunition design focused on improving performance through auto glass and light vehicle structures rather than on soft targets.

This category includes examples across several handgun and carbine calibers, such as .22, .25 ACP, .30 Carbine, .32, and .357 Magnum, along with loose rounds, empty cases, truncated variants, and boxed material. Differences in projectile form, coating, headstamps, and packaging document both experimental iterations and limited production runs. Collectively, these items illustrate the technical approach behind KTW ammunition and its place within late twentieth century law enforcement and specialty ammunition history.