m203 taser!!

[oneswithfunes]

Found this searching around this morning!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427325.600-longrange-taser-raises-fears-of-shock-and-injury.html

 

[Gadsden]

*THAT* will keep those pesky Gloucester fishermen in line!

 

[GaryO]

Seems like a waste of time and money. Whats next? Spiderman web shooters?

 

[edin508]

Seems like a waste of time and money. Whats next? Spiderman web shooters?

Ummm, they have those too.
Launches a web at you for less than lethal capture

 

[Chris]

Cool, now your AR can have a HEMI!

 

[atmay]

I KNEW there was a reason I wanted an M79.....


Also, do you think they'll be coming out with a version for gas guns (37mm) soon?

 

[oneswithfunes]

I read someplace that there is a 12 ga version also.

 

[atmay]

I read someplace that there is a 12 ga version also.

That one's been out for quite a while. And as cool as that one is, I can't wait to see the 40mm version

 

[GaryO]

Ummm, they have those too.
Launches a web at you for less than lethal capture

My Spidey sense is tingling

Let me know when they start issuing batgirl outfits to women soldiers!

 

[edin508]

My Spidey sense is tingling

Let me know when they start issuing batgirl outfits to women soldiers!

Now your talkn

 

[cekim]

That one's been out for quite a while. And as cool as that one is, I can't wait to see the 40mm version

Without being bothered to go check, I would presume they are just firing the 12ga version out of a 37mm grenade tube with an adapter?

 

[atmay]

Without being bothered to go check, I would presume they are just firing the 12ga version out of a 37mm grenade tube with an adapter?

The projectile, being developed by Taser International under a $2.5 million contract, is known as a Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation or HEMI device. Taser will deliver the first prototypes for testing and evaluation early next year.

Wes Burgei, a project engineer at the US Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD), says the self-contained cartridges should be able to hit targets 60 metres away - more than three times the range of the existing XREP shotgun cartridge (New Scientist, 29 August, p 20).

Looks like this is a legitimate 40mm taser cartridge.

emphasis is mine.

 

[cekim]

Looks like this is a legitimate 40mm taser cartridge.

emphasis is mine.

Alrighty then... I guess I should have gotten off my virtual duff and read huh?

The military applications are endless

Gee, now we can deploy more troops to police the world - now with less lethal force!...

I say we should train our marines to kill with kindness...

p.s. mostly sarcastic, I'm sure someone could come up with a legitimate tactical use - though the more obvious "need" comes from "policing" exercises which we really shouldn't be asking our armed forces to do. Either abroad or here... (DEFINITELY NOT HERE)

I like my military all killy so that its purpose, function and rules of engagement are clear and its use is gauged accordingly...