* Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives commonly referred to as " the ATF ", a law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice

* " ATF Theme ", a song by The Toadies released on the album Feeler

It also requires an uncommon type of automatic transmission fluid and is not clearly labeled as such, leading many owners to use the more common Dexron II rather than the specified " Mopar ATF + 3 ", resulting in transmission damage and eventual failure.

Theo Rehak, the current owner of most ATF equipment and author of the definitive treatise " Practical Typecasting ", explains that the Bentons demanded that any deviation in machining or casting be within two ten thousands of an inch.

Ammerman disputes the view that Koresh's followers were " hostages ", noting that some of them left their Mount Carmel Center between the initial ATF raid and the last day of the standoff.

Four typewritten notes, attacking the ATF and the FBI for the 1993 Waco Siege, criticizing local law enforcement, and signed " Sons of the Gestapo ", were found near the scene of the crash, indicating that the train had been sabotaged.

It concluded that seventy-five percent of ATF prosecutions were " constitutionally improper ", especially on Second Amendment issues.

*" FBI, ATF address domestic terrorism ", by Terry Frieden, CNN, May 19, 2005

The name " Branch Davidian " is most widely known for the Waco Siege of 1993 on their property ( known as the Mount Carmel Center ) near Waco, Texas, by the ATF, FBI, and Texas National Guard, which resulted in the deaths of their leader, David Koresh, as well as 82 other Branch Davidians and four ATF agents.

For example, the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) supports the United States ' International Traffic in Arms Regulations ( ITAR ) program " to aggressively enforce this mission and reduce the number of weapons that are illegally trafficked worldwide from the United States and used to commit acts of international terrorism, to subvert restrictions imposed by other nations on their residents, and to organized crime and narcotics-related activities.

In the United States, Molotov cocktails are considered " destructive devices " under the National Firearms Act and regulated by the ATF.

During the 1993 Waco Siege of the Branch Davidians, elements of the Alabama and Texas Army National Guard were called in to assist the ATF and the follow on effort by the FBI ; the National Guard's involvement was limited to several specific areas ; surveillance and reconnaissance, transport, maintenance and repairs, training and instruction, helicopters, unarmed tactical ground vehicles.

* ATF ( 1988 video game ), a computer game released by Digital Integration

Many of the agency's missions were later taken over by subsequent agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ), and Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ).

The Unimog also serves as a technical platform for armored vehicles like the ATF Dingo, a mine-protected utility and reconnaissance vehicle used by the German Forces in international missions.

Armoured vehicles developed in Germany using Unimog chassis are the UR-416, the Sonderwagen 4 and Condor 1 in Police service, and the ATF Dingo used by the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan.

Muzzle brakes were ruled " legal " by the ATF in the United States a short time after the now defunct Federal Assault Weapons Ban went into effect in 1994.

This meant, in practice, muzzle brakes had to be certified by the ATF to prevent end-users from accidentally violating the law and installing a device that could later be found to be defined legally as being more of a flash suppressor than a muzzle brake, even if marketed and sold as a muzzle brake, if incidental flash suppression was deemed to be ' significant ' by the ATF.

After investigation by the ATF, Skagit County Fire Marshall and the Skagit County Sheriff's office, officials determined that arson was the cause of the blaze.

But when he arrived, Genovese was surprised by local police, the FBI and the ATF.

A roll of foam confiscated from the basement of the nightclub after the fire was removed by the ATF but the testing done on that specific foam was never released to the public.

* The 2010 Times Square SUV bomb was referred to as a " Rube Goldberg contraption " by James Cavanaugh, a former ATF agent working with New York City to investigate the attempted terrorist act.

The NFA also requires that transport of NFA firearms across state lines by the owner must be reported to the ATF.

" ATF machinegun technology letters written between 1980 and 1996 by Edward M. Owen – the then-chief of the ATF technology division defined “ solely and exclusively ” in all of his published and unpublished machinegun rulings with specific non-ambiguous language.

This addition is required by the ATF to prevent easy conversion of Title I firearms into machine guns.

A permanent transfer, even if tax-free, must be approved by the ATF.

ATF was released from court supervision in 1936 and in 1938 a sales study was made making the following observations: the Kelly press was obsolete, body type was now the exclusive province of line-casters and display type would have to be the mainstay of type production, almost half of what ATF was selling was other manufacturers products that could easily be made in their own facilities, the acquisition of or merger with another firm in the letterpress industry would be desirable, as offset was a rising technology ATF needed to invest in that business.

In the years since the bombing, scientists, security experts, and the ATF have called on Congress to develop legislation that would require customers to produce identification when purchasing ammonium nitrate fertilizer, and for sellers to maintain records of its sale.

ATF Dingo, an infantry mobility vehicle of the German Army based on the Unimog U 5000 chassis

NOVEMBER 8, 2011 Large numbers of Federal Law Enforcement ATF Agents move in on Armed drug dealing gangs.

During the Waco Siege, the FBI and ATF conducted psychological operations on the men, women and children inside the Mount Carmel complex.

During the period of the federal ban, ATF would issue rulings as to whether attachment of a given muzzle device on a post-ban rifle was permissible because it acted only as a brake, or impermissible because it acted as a flash suppressor.

" ... " They've got a big target on there, ATF.

The request to transfer ownership of an NFA item is made on an ATF Form 4.

The ATF does, however, recommend filing tax-free transfer paperwork on all such temporary transfers, to confer an extra layer of legal protection on both the owner and the gunsmith.

Muzzle brakes, on the other hand, were ruled " legal " by the ATF.

The ATF was preceded at 03: 30 by nine pathfinder teams ; only three teams, all from the 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade, landed on the correct DZs.

The versions imported from China were built on new semi-auto only frames ; ATF treats them under the law as new guns and not under Curio & Relic exemption.

The ATF proposed that they be recognised as synonyms in Notice of Proposed Rulemaking No. 941, published in the Federal Register on 10 April 2002, but a decision on RIN 1513 – AA32 ( formerly RIN 1512-AC65 ) appears to be postponed indefinitely, probably because the new regulation is tied up in the trade dispute that would see the TTB recognise Primitivo as a synonym for Zinfandel.

By late 1984, ATF requirements had settled on a fighter with a maximum takeoff weight of, a mission radius of, supercruise speed of Mach 1. 4-1. 5 and the ability to use a runway.

Because of the added weight for thrust vectoring / reversing nozzles and related systems on the F-15 S / MTD research aircraft, the Air Force changed the runway length requirement to and removed the thrust reversers on the ATF in late 1987.

* Alfred " Paul " Metz, chief test pilot of the Northrop / McDonnell Douglas Advanced Tactical Fighter YF-23A Black Widow II, receiving the Iven C. Kincheloe Award for his work on the ATF, and later chief test pilot of the first Lockheed / Boeing / General Dynamics F-22 Raptor ( Raptor 4001 ), piloting the first flight of each.