An incapacitant is a substance or device that is used to incapacitate individuals temporarily.
Uses
Examples
- chemical weapons
- kinetic energy weapons
- electric shock weapons
- sound weapons
- sound grenade
- Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD)
- Magnetic Acoustic Device (MAD)
- light weapons
- flash grenade
- PHaSR laser-dazzling rifle
- Portable Efficient Laser Testbed (PELT)
- Laser AirCraft CounterMeasures (ACCM)
- remote pain inducing weapons
- Directed Energy
- High Power Microwaves (HPM)
- Combination
- Shockrounds piezo-electric tip for projectiles that generates and releases charge on impact
- XREP (eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile
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