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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Michael S Allen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Andreas G Keipert, Wessling, DE;
John D German, Jr, Cedar Crest, NM (US);
Mark W Gaddis, Albuquerque, NM (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., US;
Abstract
A conventional grenade shell launcher contains a laser generator shell thin which directs a blinding flash of light at an adversary to temporarily induce blindness of the adversary carrying out unlawful or dangerous actions such as pointing a weapon at police officers or others. The laser generator shell can be rapidly removed from the launcher, and conventional tear gas grenades or the like can be fired by the grenade launcher at the adversary to induce his surrender. This mode of operation is enabled by detachably coupling a laser triggering transmitter to the launcher. The wide angle light beam directed at the adversary also eliminates the need to accurately aim the device to disable the adversary.