As with paintball impacts, the capsule's impact is mildly painful and by itself can discourage rioters, but the pepper spray incapacitates and discourages more rioters than the capsule's impact. Other sorts are designed to be fired from specially-designed pepperball guns whose muzzle velocity is greater than a paintball marker: if the velocity is not high enough the projectile will not break. Many sorts can be fired from paintball markers. They provide a longer range, more user-friendly way to disperse pepper spray. Pepper-spray projectiles, commonly called pepperballs, are direct-fire paintball-like capsules filled with a pepper spray solution of capsaicin. These are used for long range, accurate direct fire shots on individual targets.
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Rubber slugs, used in 12 gauge firearms, consist of a fin stabilized full bore diameter rubber projectile. The small diameter means that each ball contains far less energy than a baton round, but it also limits the range. These, also called stinger rounds, consist of a number of rubber balls ranging from around 0.32 to 0.60 inches (8.1 to 15.2 mm) in diameter, and are used for direct fire. Two rounds of Fiocchi 12 gauge rubber buckshot Beanbag rounds may be wide and flat, designed for close range use, or elliptical in shape, with a fabric tail to provide drag stabilization, for longer range use. The bag is flexible enough to flatten on impact, covering a large surface area, and they are used for direct fire. Baton rounds are the subject of significant controversy, due to extensive use by British and Israeli forces, resulting in a number of unintended fatalities.īeanbag rounds consist of a tough fabric bag filled with birdshot. Harder or denser baton rounds are intended for skip fire, while softer or less dense batons are intended for direct fire. Baton rounds may fire one long baton, or several shorter batons. Smaller baton rounds may be encased in a shell casing or other housing. Direct fire rounds can be fired directly at the target, ideally targeted low on the target, away from vital organs that are more prone to damage from the impact.īaton rounds, often called rubber bullets or plastic bullets, are cylinders made of rubber, plastic, wood, or foam, and can be as large as the full bore diameter of the launcher. One broad classification of impact rounds is direct fire and indirect fire rounds.
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Rounds are designed with low mass, moderate velocity, and large surface area to prevent the rounds from penetrating the skin significantly or causing severe injury, so they merely provide a painful blow to the target: but instances have been reported where rubber or plastic bullets have caused significant injuries to the body or eyes, and in some cases caused death. Impact rounds are made out of materials of much lower density than the lead normally used in bullets, are larger, and are fired at lower velocities. Impact rounds come in a variety of shapes, sizes and compositions for varying roles. These are specialized gas grenades designed to penetrate light barriers, such as windows, hollow core doors, and interior walls, and disperse chemical agents on the far side. The agent in gas grenades is dispersed as a gas or an aerosol spray.
Gas grenades may be used by operators without gas masks, as the agent is only dispersed in the area of impact, as far away as 150 yards (140 m). They are analogous to rifle grenades, providing increased accuracy and range over hand-thrown gas grenades. These are also called gas grenades, and are used at longer ranges.
This method is best used by operators wearing gas masks, as the chemical agent can easily be blown towards the operator.
These rounds are used at short range, and have effect from the muzzle to a range of about 30 feet. This method is the simplest: the chemical agent is in the form of a loose powder, which is expelled by the propellant of the cartridge. To avoid breaking the projectile up, less-lethal cartridges are often propelled by gunpowder, which, when fired, may make an eruption of sparks and smoke larger than those made by modern cartridges propelled by smokeless powder.Ĭhemical agents may be dispersed in three ways: muzzle dispersion, canister, and ferret.
Less-lethal launchers can fire various sorts of ammunition, including: A Military Police of São Paulo State officer firing a grenade launcher loaded with tear gas
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