diff --git a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/index.tsx b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/index.tsx
index 3a7e0f19c4cd..ff1c5fabf01f 100644
--- a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import isEqual from 'lodash/isEqual';
-import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from 'react';
+import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState} from 'react';
 import type {ListRenderItemInfo} from 'react-native';
-import {FlatList, Keyboard, PixelRatio, View} from 'react-native';
+import {Keyboard, PixelRatio, View} from 'react-native';
+import {Gesture, GestureDetector} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import Animated, {scrollTo, useAnimatedRef} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
 import type {Attachment, AttachmentSource} from '@components/Attachments/types';
 import BlockingView from '@components/BlockingViews/BlockingView';
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import variables from '@styles/variables';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import ONYXKEYS from '@src/ONYXKEYS';
-import AttachmentCarouselCellRenderer from './AttachmentCarouselCellRenderer';
+import useWindowDimensions from '@hooks/useWindowDimensions';
 import CarouselActions from './CarouselActions';
 import CarouselButtons from './CarouselButtons';
 import CarouselItem from './CarouselItem';
@@ -29,16 +31,21 @@ const viewabilityConfig = {
     itemVisiblePercentThreshold: 95,
 };
 
+const MIN_FLING_VELOCITY = 500;
+
 function AttachmentCarousel({report, reportActions, parentReportActions, source, onNavigate, setDownloadButtonVisibility}: AttachmentCarouselProps) {
     const theme = useTheme();
     const {translate} = useLocalize();
+    const {isSmallScreenWidth, windowWidth} = useWindowDimensions();
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const {isFullScreenRef} = useFullScreenContext();
-    const scrollRef = useRef<FlatList>(null);
+    const scrollRef = useAnimatedRef<Animated.FlatList<ListRenderItemInfo<Attachment>>>();
 
     const canUseTouchScreen = DeviceCapabilities.canUseTouchScreen();
 
-    const [containerWidth, setContainerWidth] = useState(0);
+    const modalStyles = styles.centeredModalStyles(isSmallScreenWidth, true);
+    const cellWidth = useMemo(() => PixelRatio.roundToNearestPixel(windowWidth - (modalStyles.marginHorizontal + modalStyles.borderWidth) * 2), [windowWidth]);
+
     const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
     const [attachments, setAttachments] = useState<Attachment[]>([]);
     const [activeSource, setActiveSource] = useState<AttachmentSource | null>(source);
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ function AttachmentCarousel({report, reportActions, parentReportActions, source,
 
             scrollRef.current.scrollToIndex({index: nextIndex, animated: canUseTouchScreen});
         },
-        [attachments, canUseTouchScreen, isFullScreenRef, page],
+        [attachments, canUseTouchScreen, isFullScreenRef, page, scrollRef],
     );
 
     const extractItemKey = useCallback(
@@ -132,35 +139,56 @@ function AttachmentCarousel({report, reportActions, parentReportActions, source,
     /** Calculate items layout information to optimize scrolling performance */
     const getItemLayout = useCallback(
         (data: ArrayLike<Attachment> | null | undefined, index: number) => ({
-            length: containerWidth,
-            offset: containerWidth * index,
+            length: cellWidth,
+            offset: cellWidth * index,
             index,
         }),
-        [containerWidth],
+        [cellWidth],
     );
 
     /** Defines how a single attachment should be rendered */
     const renderItem = useCallback(
         ({item}: ListRenderItemInfo<Attachment>) => (
-            <CarouselItem
-                item={item}
-                isFocused={activeSource === item.source}
-                onPress={canUseTouchScreen ? () => setShouldShowArrows((oldState: boolean) => !oldState) : undefined}
-                isModalHovered={shouldShowArrows}
-            />
+            <View style={[styles.h100, {width: cellWidth}]}>
+                <CarouselItem
+                    item={item}
+                    isFocused={activeSource === item.source}
+                    onPress={canUseTouchScreen ? () => setShouldShowArrows((oldState) => !oldState) : undefined}
+                    isModalHovered={shouldShowArrows}
+                />
+            </View>
         ),
-        [activeSource, canUseTouchScreen, setShouldShowArrows, shouldShowArrows],
+        [activeSource, canUseTouchScreen, cellWidth, setShouldShowArrows, shouldShowArrows, styles.h100],
+    );
+
+    /** Pan gesture handing swiping through attachments on touch screen devices */
+    const pan = useMemo(
+        () =>
+            Gesture.Pan()
+                .enabled(canUseTouchScreen)
+                .onUpdate(({translationX}) => scrollTo(scrollRef, page * cellWidth - translationX, 0, false))
+                .onEnd(({translationX, velocityX}) => {
+                    let newIndex;
+                    if (velocityX > MIN_FLING_VELOCITY) {
+                        // User flung to the right
+                        newIndex = Math.max(0, page - 1);
+                    } else if (velocityX < -MIN_FLING_VELOCITY) {
+                        // User flung to the left
+                        newIndex = Math.min(attachments.length - 1, page + 1);
+                    } else {
+                        // snap scroll position to the nearest cell (making sure it's within the bounds of the list)
+                        const delta = Math.round(-translationX / cellWidth)
+                        newIndex = Math.min(attachments.length - 1, Math.max(0, page + delta));
+                    }
+
+                    scrollTo(scrollRef, newIndex * cellWidth, 0, true);
+                }),
+        [attachments.length, canUseTouchScreen, cellWidth, page, scrollRef],
     );
 
     return (
         <View
             style={[styles.flex1, styles.attachmentCarouselContainer]}
-            onLayout={({nativeEvent}) => {
-                if (isFullScreenRef.current) {
-                    return;
-                }
-                setContainerWidth(PixelRatio.roundToNearestPixel(nativeEvent.layout.width));
-            }}
             onMouseEnter={() => !canUseTouchScreen && setShouldShowArrows(true)}
             onMouseLeave={() => !canUseTouchScreen && setShouldShowArrows(false)}
         >
@@ -184,36 +212,26 @@ function AttachmentCarousel({report, reportActions, parentReportActions, source,
                         cancelAutoHideArrow={cancelAutoHideArrows}
                     />
 
-                    {containerWidth > 0 && (
-                        <FlatList
+                    <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
+                        <Animated.FlatList
                             keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
                             horizontal
-                            decelerationRate="fast"
                             showsHorizontalScrollIndicator={false}
-                            bounces={false}
-                            // Scroll only one image at a time no matter how fast the user swipes
-                            disableIntervalMomentum
-                            pagingEnabled
-                            snapToAlignment="start"
-                            snapToInterval={containerWidth}
-                            // Enable scrolling by swiping on mobile (touch) devices only
-                            // disable scroll for desktop/browsers because they add their scrollbars
-                            // Enable scrolling FlatList only when PDF is not in a zoomed state
-                            scrollEnabled={canUseTouchScreen}
+                            // scrolling is controlled by the pan gesture
+                            scrollEnabled={false}
                             ref={scrollRef}
                             initialScrollIndex={page}
                             initialNumToRender={3}
                             windowSize={5}
                             maxToRenderPerBatch={CONST.MAX_TO_RENDER_PER_BATCH.CAROUSEL}
                             data={attachments}
-                            CellRendererComponent={AttachmentCarouselCellRenderer}
                             renderItem={renderItem}
                             getItemLayout={getItemLayout}
                             keyExtractor={extractItemKey}
                             viewabilityConfig={viewabilityConfig}
                             onViewableItemsChanged={updatePage}
                         />
-                    )}
+                    </GestureDetector>
 
                     <CarouselActions onCycleThroughAttachments={cycleThroughAttachments} />
                 </>