Meet the angel-faced 12-year-old girl with a deadly talent - she can assemble a rifle faster than police.

Salisa Yasuwat learned how to handle dozens of weapons - including M16 assault rifles and Smith and Wessons - when she was just nine years old.

The pint-sized pig-tailed youngster can dismantle, clean and reassemble the arms with incredible precision that normally takes decades to master.

Twelve-year-old weapons expert Salisa Yasuwat is so fast as assembling guns that she teaches police officers in Thailand how to be more efficient with their weapons handling

Incredible footage shows the girl taking apart assault rifles and hand guns with such precision she stuns local police officers

She now spends her free time working with her gunsmith father Prajak, 51, in his mobile weapons repair van travelling around Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Incredible footage shows the youngster even teaching cops how to take apart and reassemble their own weapons.

She begins with a shiny silver Smith and Wesson 686 Magnum .357 - taking just ten minutes - before moving on to giant weapons including pump-action shotguns that are almost as big as her.

Chiang Mai police constable Damrong Saenduangdee, who has his guns serviced regularly by Salisa, said: 'I've never seen a young girl like this. I cannot do what she does. She is much, much faster than me and has a greater knowledge of firearms. She is very, very good.'

Police constable Damrong Saenduangdee said: 'I've never seen a young girl like this. I cannot do what she does. She is much, much faster than me and has a greater knowledge of firearms. She is very, very good.'

Salisa began weapons handing when she was only nine-years-old and was taught by her gunsmith father. Now the youngster spends her time in her father's mobile weapons repair van travelling around Chiang Mai, Thailand

Salisa said that her father taught her about guns and that she can work on 'revolvers, shotguns, war weapons, M16s and rifles.'

She added: 'I like helping my father with the guns. My favourite is the Magnum. I can do take it apart, clean every part of the machinery, and assemble it again in ten minutes. Sometimes quicker, but I am careful.'

Proud dad Prajak said he became an gun smith eight years ago and says his children have always been around a lot of guns.

He said: 'For me, it is very safe for my daughter to be around guns. She is very sensible and shows a lot of respect to them. She knows how to handle them and knows how dangerous they can be.

'My daughter enjoys helping me with my business, and we have a lot of customers who are police and soldiers that need their weapons cleaning.

'None of them are able to handle the weapons as well as Salisa. She is an expert and she enjoys it a lot.'