2023-10-31 13:05:00
The Walloon arms group FN Herstal, currently in negotiations with the Belgian State for its supply of ammunition, has just unveiled a new addition to its range of defense weapons, the FN Smart Protector 303T.
It is “a cutting-edge innovation for law enforcement and public safety. Combining a compressed air launcher and an intelligent real-time image recognition camera, the FN Smart ProtectoR-303T is a new intermediate force means with the ability to detect human heads to drastically reduce the risk of injuries . It will be presented exclusively next November, during the MILIPOL Paris 2023 exhibition,” specifies the company.
The FN Smart Protector-303T. | FN Herstal ©MOUREAUX_STEPHANE
Reduce injuries during police interventions
“If the projectile is likely to hit a head, the system provides an audible and visual indication to the shooter to inform him of the dangerousness of the shot and makes the shot temporarily impossible by automatically blocking the trigger,” she continues. .
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This innovation is intended for operations that do not require the use of lethal force. It is ideal for crowd management during large events, riots or daily patrols, arrests of individuals in busy places… The FN Smart ProtectoR®-303T, using compressed air, excludes any pyrotechnics and toxicity , allowing its use in sensitive areas such as airports or power plants, the group further advances.
It remains to be seen how FN Herstal will position itself on this market and whether the Police, for example, in Belgium and abroad, might be interested. Remember that the cases of blinding and other serious injuries linked to the use of LBDs (defense ball launchers, a specialty of the Verney-Carron armourer) and Flashball in France have highlighted the problem of the use of non-lethal weapons.
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