PUBLIC ORDERING POLICING LESS LETHAL AMMUNITION SOLUTIONS Bruce Botma Rheinmetall Denel Munition (Pty) Ltd

(Definition by N. Lewer & N. Davidson) LESS LETHAL CONCEPT DEFINITION Weapons which are specifically designed to incapacitate people or disable equipment, with minimal collateral damage to buildings and the environment. They should be discriminate and not cause unnecessary suffering, their effects should be temporary and reversible and they should provide alternatives to, or raise the threshold for use of lethal force. (Definition by N. Lewer & N. Davidson) Corporate Marketing 2

LESS LETHAL CONCEPT DEFINITION Weapons which are specifically designed to incapacitate people or disable equipment, with minimal collateral damage to buildings and the environment. They should be discriminate and not cause unnecessary suffering, their effects should be temporary and reversible and they should provide alternatives to, or raise the threshold for use of lethal force. Corporate Marketing 3

LESS LETHAL CONCEPT DEFINITION Weapons which are specifically designed to incapacitate people or disable equipment, with minimal collateral damage to buildings and the environment. They should be discriminate and not cause unnecessary suffering, their effects should be temporary and reversible and they should provide alternatives to, or raise the threshold for use of lethal force. PREREQUISITE Use as intended by appropriately trained operators prerequisite to minimize risk of serious injuries or death. Corporate Marketing 4

LESS LETHAL CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY TYPICAL PRODUCT Blunt Impact / Kinetic Energy Baton Round Chemical / Biological Teargas Acoustic Stun Grenade Electrical Taser Gun Direct Energy Active Denial System (ADS) Barriers and Entanglements Sticky Foam Corporate Marketing 5

LESS LETHAL AMMUNITION LESS LETHAL CONCEPT TECHNOLOGY TYPE OF SOLUTIONS Blunt Impact / Kinetic Energy LESS LETHAL AMMUNITION Chemical / Biological Acoustic Electrical NON MUNITIONS Direct Energy Barriers and Entanglements Corporate Marketing 6

TYPICAL LAUNCHES FOR LESS LETHAL AMUNITIONS GENERIC LETHAL WEAPONS 40mm single and multiple grenade launchers Shotguns DEDICATED LESS LETHAL WEAPONS 37/38mm grenade launchers Corporate Marketing 7

TYPICAL NON WEAPON DEPLOYMENT GRENADES Acoustic and irritant chemicals containers for deployment by hand. SPRAYS Aerosol and alternative spray mechanisms for close contact deployment. Corporate Marketing 8

Temporarily disable specific individuals with single projectiles. IMPACT AMMUNITION (1) APPLICATIONS Disperse rioters by inflicting pain with single or multiple projectiles. Temporarily disable specific individuals with single projectiles. NUMEROUS OPTIONS Tradeoffs between minimum safe and maximum effective ranges result in numerous approaches and designs. Corporate Marketing 9

CROWD DISPERSION APPLICATIONS IMPACT AMMUNITION (2) CROWD DISPERSION APPLICATIONS Accuracy not a prime requirement and both multiple projectile or “skip-firing” of single batons utilized. LIMITATIONS High velocity loss of small multiple projectile designs limit effective range. Conventional baton rounds potentially lethal at short range. ENHANCEMENTS Complementing small multiple projectile applications at short range with irritant chemical ammunition at longer ranges. Composite construction of sophisticated projectiles. Corporate Marketing 10

INCAPASITATING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS IMPACT AMMUNITION (3) INCAPASITATING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS Accuracy a prime requirement and single projectiles utilized. LIMITATIONS Low launch velocity results in curved. trajectory and aiming difficulties at longer range. ENHANCEMENTS Composite construction of sophisticated projectiles enabling higher launch velocities and flatter trajectories. Corporate Marketing 11

IMPACT AMMUNITION (3) Corporate Marketing 12

APPLICATIONS MAIN AGENTS IRRITANT CHEMICAL AMMUNITION (1) Disperse rioters by releasing irritant chemicals in vicinity of rioters. Incapacitate specific individuals by weapon launched “direct flush” of irritant chemicals. MAIN AGENTS CS (orthoclorobenzamalonitrile) CN (chloroacetophenone) OC (oleoresin capsicum) TEAR GAS PEPPER SPRAY Corporate Marketing 13

IRRITANT CHEMICAL AMMUNITION (2) CROWD DISPERSION APPLICATIONS Deployed by hand or launcher (typically 37/38mm or 40mm) in general vicinity of rioters. LIMITATIONS Use curtailed by environmental conditions and urban settings. Larger dispensers returned to deployer by throwing. ENHANCEMENTS Multiple payload dispensers rendering payloads to small to be returned by throwing. Corporate Marketing 14

MULTIPLE PAYLOAD CS Corporate Marketing 15

ACOUSTIC AMMUNITION (1) APPLICATIONS Temporarily disorientate and frighten rioters or individuals by sound in 140 – 170 dB range. LIMITATIONS Not as effective in open spaces as within buildings and urban settings. ENHANCEMENTS Combined use with 3 - 6 million candela blinding flash of light. Corporate Marketing 16

40mm SOUND AND FLASH ROUND Corporate Marketing 17

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