I have direct experience treating individuals hit with 12 ga and 40 mm launched impact loads--bad things happen when they hit the face and head.
I have direct experience treating individuals hit with 12 ga and 40 mm launched impact loads--bad things happen when they hit the face and head.
Facts matter...Feelings Can Lie
Are we sure it was actually a projectile/greanade rather than a blast dispersion round such as this:
https://www.directgovsource.com/prod...0-mm-round-oc/
That little snippet precisely illustrates one of the major problems of riot control formations - the initial officer left the 'formation' to approach the individual before spraying him with OC, the second officer, did the same before firing whatever he fired.
Despite the 'play stupid games....' response that we might have, such actions tend to 'legitimize' acts of violence/resistance in the minds of protestors who may not have been active participants.
Simply put, if that snippet airs on TV tonight, who are the majority of viewers going to think were the bad guys?
Clearly, the officers involved had had their fill of the hijinks, which very well may have been a result of too much time on the riot line. Relieving personnel is one of the problems in riot control.
A lot of agencies went to the term "Less Lethal" because the term than could be misconstrued like there was zero chance. Which was shortly proven whe the firse gen of bean bag round went like a frisbee right between the ribs killing the guy At least hat version was relayed by the ALS guys at the time.
BOP likes the term Less Lethal Delivery system even with the orange 870s because saying you "delivered it" sounds better to agency attorney than shot it
I watched it several times. I’m pretty sure Dan is right. It’s a muzzle dispersion round and the wind took away most of the agent. Gas rounds are moving about 350-400 FPS. A solid gas round to the face probably would’ve dropped him instantly With a strong chance of killing him. If it was a burning round it’d either be a solid round or a bunch of little canisters like tea candles stacked on top of each other.
I’ve shot a lot of muzzle dispersion rounds. They’re designed for very close crowd control like a rioters trying to breech your line. If they’re the longer rounds a lot of the agent stays in the gun and drops on your feet when you reload (which sucks).
I’ve seen one suspect who was hit in the head with a plastic ferret round which is designed to shoot in a house. I’m pretty sure it bounced off a couple walls before striking him on the fore head. He had an impressive half moon cut and surrendered pretty quickly after being hit. He was a barricaded homicide suspect.
If you’ve heard the term “knee knockers” think skip fire. They are designed to be shot on the concrete in front of rioters and bounce up at an angle striking the lower legs. They are 37mm dowels cut down with the edges rounded off. I’ve heard the current training is direct fire at the legs.
We use Old Smith and Wesson smoothbore 37mm for gas rounds. 40mm rifled launchers for less lethal. I’ve shot enough 37mm into houses at 15-25 yards to know ferret rounds are decently accurate at that range. I’ve threaded window bars with them.
Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
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Why 37mm for gas and 40mm for other less lethal? What's the reasoning on the two different weapons systems, instead of just using 40mm for everything?
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Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.
Even a muzzle effect round like that should be shot at the feet of the person. The footage of LAPD Metro very effectively using it last week when all of those squads were destroyed is how it should be done. You don't shoot directly into someone's face at that range. I am a CA POST Chemical Agents instructor and have attended multiple manufacturers' less lethal/impact and chemical agents schools. This was dumb and possibly criminal. This makes it harder on all of us doing the job the right way.