Stunning new ‘taser’ bullet
p2pnet news | product news:- Tasers have taken on a whole new, really scary, meaning with a shocking invention from the people who brought you stun-guns.
TASER International, which bills itself as a “market leader in advanced less-lethal weapons,” is boosting the final version of what it’s calling an Extended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) to “deliver an Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD) effect at extended ranges in a wireless, self contained projectile system,” as a Taser press statement, carried on PoliceOne.com three years ago, put it, stating:
The effective range and blunt impact characteristics for the XREP will be comparable to existing blunt impact devices such as ‘bean bag’ rounds and 40 mm impact munitions with the added capability of true incapacitation through the TASER EMD effect. As such, the XREP will not compete with our current hand-held, belt-holstered TASER systems, but will enable us to enter a new market for extended range applications of 30 feet and beyond, where we currently do not have a presence.
Slated to make their official appearances today, XREP bullets are fired through a 12-gauge shotgun and are, “electrically-charged” and able to “incapacitate [electrocute?] subjects up to 30 yards away, over three times further than the standard TASER stun gun,” says Gearfuse, going on, “Use of TASER guns has come under scrutiny because of its supposed inhuman results. Maybe the XREP will help clear some of that up.”
You think?
Hmmm. Wonder if the new RoboTaserCops will be equipped with XREP bullets ……
Anyhow, we’re sure all you techies will want to know the specs in detail, so here they are from Taser:
Introducing the TASER XREP the eXtended Range Electronic Projectile. XREP is a self-contained, wireless projectile that fires from a standard 12-gauge shotgun. It delivers the same Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26, but can be delivered to a distance of up to 100 feet, combining blunt impact with field proven TASER NMI.
The core technology that made the XREP possible is the XREP engine. A stunning engineering achievement, the XREP Engine provides the same bio-effect as our field proven X26, but from an electronics package that weighs only 2.4 grams and consumes less than one tenth of a cubic inch. In order to achieve a wireless projectile, the battery is fully integrated into the chassis and autonomously provides the power to drive the XREP engine for its full 20-second cycle.
The XREP comes pre-packaged in shell that is compatible with existing 12 gauge launchers. The transparent shell ensures officers properly identify the XREP prior to loading it in the shotgun.
As the TASER XREP is deployed, a rip cord attached between the shell and the projectile activates the projectile. Once activated, the TASER XREP is ‘live’ as it comes out of the barrel. The XREP autonomously generates incapacitating Neuro Muscular Incapacitation for 20 continuous seconds — enough time to close the distance and take the offender into custody without risking injury to officers.
Not only does the XREP incorporate a revolutionary electronic payload, the XREP also incorporates a radical new spin stabilization technology to maximize accuracy. As the XREP leaves the barrel, 3 torsion spring fins deploy, causing the projectile to spin, even when launched from a smooth bore, providing superior accuracy and flight stabilization. The TASER XREP launch velocity is approximately 300 feet per second.
The nose assembly of the XREP contains 4 forward facing barbed electrodes and the collapsible electrode cowling. On impact, the forward facing barbed electrodes attach to the body of the target.
The energy from the impact breaks a series of fracture pins that release the main chassis of the XREP which remains connected to the nose by a Kevlar reinforced fiber. As the chassis falls away, 6 cholla electrodes automatically deploy. Named after the famous desert cactus, the cholla electrodes penetrate clothing to deliver the TASER XREP`s powerful NMI over a greater body mass.
Another innovative and unique feature of the XREP nose is the reflex engagement electrode. A normal reaction to the pain of a projectile impact is for the subject to grab at the impact site. If the subject tries to grab or disconnect the XREP projectile, the reflex engagement electrodes complete a circuit allowing TASER NMI to discharge from the Nose Electrodes, through the subject’s body, out to the hand that grabbed the XREP. This creates a significant spread that allows the XREP pulses to affect a large body mass, causing overpowering Neuro Muscular Incapacitation.
To maximize incapacitation, the XREP engine incorporates a microprocessor controlled optimal electrode selection technology. Twenty times per second, the XREP Engine checks for the best electrode connection to maximize the contact spread and achieve greatest incapacitation. If the Cholla or Reflex Engagement electrodes make contact, the XREP engine automatically delivers NMI impulses from the nose electrodes to the selected electrode. In fact, if the subject even grabs the tether, a live hand-trap wire makes a connection and the NMI effect is delivered through the hand, preventing the subject from letting go. If none of the preferred electrodes are in contact, the XREP delivers its impulse across the front electrodes, creating a painful stimulus to distract, disorient, and entice the subject to grab for the XREP making a hand connection, or to move in reaction to the pain which can help the cholla electrodes on the main chassis to engage.
The XREP will be released into a pilot field test phase in the fall of 2007. The pilot stage is expected to last 6-12 months before full production release.
TASER XREP: The most technologically advanced projectile ever fired from a 12 gauge shotgun.
And if that doesn’t do it for you, there’s always the XREP Promotional Video and XREP Informational Video.
How much will each of these stunning creations cost? The reports don’t say.
Definitely stay tuned.
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UPDATE —- when I first saw this, I read Wireless as WiFi instead of, literally, wireless. It was an extremely stupid mistake and I’ve revised the story.
Cheers!
Jon
Also See:
PoliceOne.com – Wireless Extended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP) Technology, October 10, 2004\
Gearfuse – TASER XREP helps electrocute us wirelessly, June 27, 2007
RoboTaserCops – Taser Robot: 1st Terminator?, July 2, 2007
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July 10th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Instead of a tinfoil hat, I recommend steel screen clothing.
July 10th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I still prefer 00 buckshot myself. (13 30 cal pellets) Although #4 Buck works pretty good as well. (about 25 25 cal. pellets)
July 11th, 2007 at 5:19 am
In what way does this have any relation to WiFi? I guess “shotgun that fires mini-tasers” is just not a sexy enough description, There’s enough FUD being spread around about the “harmful effects of wifi” ; If panicky losers read your news story they will have another stick to get the wrong end of ,
e.g. “wifi must be bad, they’ve developed a wifi death ray gun”.
I note your source, (and your source’s source) have not made the same mistake.
re : price…
from the register;
“It’s in pilot for the next six to 12 months, and is expected to cost about $99 a shot on release.”
July 11th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
@noctambulist
I was wondering the same thing. Welcome to the p2pnet world of catchy headlines with content that doesn’t match.
October 13th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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