Non-lethal or less-lethal rounds are firearm rounds which are designed to incapacitate, but not kill, a target. A cartridge (also known as a "round" packages the Bullet, Gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the
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This ammunition-related article is a stub. Rubber bullets are Rubber or rubber-coated Projectiles fired from Firearms They are usually non-lethal, unless fired at short range but The plastic bullet is the name given to a type of Less-lethal projectile fired from a specialised gun used in Riot control The flexible baton round is the trademarked name for a "bean bag round" a type of Shotgun shell used for semi-lethal apprehension of suspects Less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, or more recently compliance weapons are weapons intended Ammunition, often referred to as ammo, is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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