Pulse ammunition
Under pulse ammunition is understood hard foam bullet from caliber 40 mm, which are fired in use to civilians, z. B. to crush violent demonstrations and fight riots.
The ammunition belongs to the group of less-lethal weapons ( Engl. Less-lethal weapons ). The effective combat range (shot with the AG36 , for example ) is up to 30 m, with the projectile going into a tailspin after being fired . The impact on the body, depending on the shooting distance, is comparable to the impact of an object weighing 80 kg that was dropped from a height of one meter.
“So far, the Bundeswehr has had a very limited arsenal of non-lethal weapons. In order to keep attackers, for example angry demonstrators, at a distance, specially trained Bundeswehr soldiers can fire so-called pulse ammunition: foam bullets that have the effect of a powerful punch when they hit a person. Such a weapon is of course not intended for the fight against soldiers, but to protect one's own military personnel when they act as police officers on missions abroad. "
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Blum: High-tech for a humane war - The development of "non-lethal" weapons , Deutschlandfunk - " Background " from October 25, 2003