Weapon Designed to Avoid Headshots

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It is built to shoot projectiles that the company said break up on impact and deliver a "highly dissuasive impact similar to a baton strike."

By Ben Munson, Unit 202 Productions
Nov 2, 2023

Even the most non-lethal weapons can still inflict devastating damage, especially when aimed where people are most vulnerable. One weapons manufacturer has taken this into account and outfitted one of its latest models with some interesting technology.

FN Herstal’s new Smart ProtectoR 303-T is being positioned as a less-lethal option for use by law enforcement for crowd control, riots and day-to-day patrols when avoiding lethal force is crucial. It’s designed to be accurate enough to single out individuals and built to shoot projectiles that the company said break up on impact and deliver a “highly dissuasive impact similar to a baton strike.”By Ben MunsonUnit, 202 Productions

Of course, a baton strike to the head is not a positive outcome for anyone and so Herstal has added an extra layer of safety to ensure against accidental headshots. The 303-T comes equipped with an on-board camera and image processing software that the company said is able to detect human heads in real time while blocking the trigger and issuing an alert if the weapon is pointed at one.

The weapon’s camera can also record images taken during firing, which the company said provides important material for use in after-action reviews or investigations. The battery lasts up to 12 hours depending on usage, but an external power pack can be added if needed.

In addition to functioning in the fields, the 303-T can also be used as a weapons training system. The company said the camera can record data like predicted point of impact and muzzle movement in order to provide metrics on shooter weaknesses.

It’s a smart solution that could help mitigate a serious problem. As the New York Times pointed out in a 2020 article, medical research that explored the use of non-lethal projectiles found that 15% of people hurt were permanently disabled and 3% of people hurt had later died.




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[JaySmith]

If it's not lethal enough to kill, it's not enough to stop a determined opponent.

[raxar]

What happens if the target is wearing a shirt with the picture of somebody's face on it?

[GunLawyer001]

I wonder how many cops sent out to deal with 500-to-1 odds against them, against violent mobs of arsonists, anarchists, looters, rapists, & murderers, asked for "a gun that will decide not to fire sometimes, and makes sure the rioters know they can't be killed no matter what they do".

This is something that only a fat politician sitting behind layers of armed security could ever procure.

You know how I'd deter large hordes of violent rioters? Flamethrowers. Use them once, and you never have riots in that city again. Safer for the many over the long term, but really nasty for the guilty few, at first.

Spray the crowd with aerosolized gasoline first, see if they get the message. Or at least put out their cigarettes.

[fingers80002]

I wonder how many cops sent out to deal with 500-to-1 odds against them, against violent mobs of arsonists, anarchists, looters, rapists, & murderers, asked for "a gun that will decide not to fire sometimes, and makes sure the rioters know they can't be killed no matter what they do".

This is something that only a fat politician sitting behind layers of armed security could ever procure.

You know how I'd deter large hordes of violent rioters? Flamethrowers. Use them once, and you never have riots in that city again. Safer for the many over the long term, but really nasty for the guilty few, at first.

Spray the crowd with aerosolized gasoline first, see if they get the message. Or at least put out their cigarettes.

Napalm sticks to kids..........

[JAKIII]

If it's not lethal enough to kill, it's not enough to stop a determined opponent.

Wrong... non-lethal weapons are designed to disable and incapacitate.

Go watch some videos on individuals getting tased and let us know how it worked out for them.

[ImminentDanger]

Spray the crowd with aerosolized gasoline first, see if they get the message. Or at least put out their cigarettes.

I've never understood why no one has developed something to spray on rioters to identify them after the fact - like the results of dye-packs in bank notes. Drone sprayers flying overhead would seem to be able to effectively deliver such a dye that would stick to both clothing and bodies.

Or maybe paintball guns...

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[GunLawyer001]

I've never understood why no one has developed something to spray on rioters to identify them after the fact - like the results of dye-packs in bank notes. Drone sprayers flying overhead would seem to be able to effectively deliver such a dye that would stick to both clothing and bodies.

Or maybe paintball guns...

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Paintballs at Mach 3 . . .

[knight0334]

I've never understood why no one has developed something to spray on rioters to identify them after the fact - like the results of dye-packs in bank notes. Drone sprayers flying overhead would seem to be able to effectively deliver such a dye that would stick to both clothing and bodies.

Or maybe paintball guns...

...

Paintballs at Mach 3 . . .

Napalm and/or white phosphorus works for that purpose as well.

[JenniferG]

Wrong... non-lethal weapons are designed to disable and incapacitate.

Go watch some videos on individuals getting tased and let us know how it worked out for them.

Many just pull the taser lines right out and go after the police that fired it. Tasers works only sometimes. Less than lethal is a not something I'd rely on.