Less - than - deadly artillery like natural rubber bullets and bean - bag rounds are a uncollectible via media , using a projectile that ’s too slow to kill , and too big and laborious for literal accuracy . A bullet that can change its velocity based on how far it has to travel would be a good solution , even if it looks weird as inferno .
The Pogojet is anexperimental newfangled weaponthat promises a various , accurate less - than - deadly solution . The key is a .50 caliber bullet that convert its speeding on how far it has to move around , so that the amount of force delivered to the prey remains constant .
With any fate , that will clear one of the large problems with current less - than - lethal systems : a bonce - bag round fired at someone too close , or at their head ( or both ! ) can be very much deadly . The Pogojet could easily still be deadly too — it ’s essentially shooting a .50 gauge smoke at 200mph — but the increase accuracy should make it easier to hit the torso . Meanwhile , the variable speed round should be far less deathly at short range .
In parliamentary procedure to do this , the bullet uses a different propulsion arrangement to most firearm . In a steady gun , the fastball ’s speedup is provide by burning a propellant , which pushes the bullet down the barrel thanks to expanding gas . In the Pogojet , the initial explosion drive a piston out of the back of the bullet , propelling it forwards . Depending on how far the bullet require to move around , it can then vent gas from jet on the back of the fastball , or out the side if no redundant boot is postulate .
Pogojet bullet before and after fuel
The ending result is a smoke that will deliver the same amount of energising energy ( read : pain ) to a target at up to a hundred meters , far further than exist less - than - lethal systems . The .50 gauge projectile make it at around 200 miles per hour , delivering a flavor middling like a ‘ bee sting ’ according to the inventor , Jeffrey Widder , senior research scientist atBattelle Memorial Institutein Ohio .
The Pogojet can be fired from something the size of a small handgun , or rise on the underside of a rifle to give soldiers a readily usable less - than - lethal choice . Both versions expend a laser rangefinder to calculate the distance to the target , and adjust the slug ’s velocity accordingly .
Widder toldPopular Mechanicsthat the next footstep is build up a full - metal variation of the Pogojet with the rangefinder incorporated . From there , a few rounds of testing will demand to happen before you find it in the hands of the local shopping mall warrior .
[ Popular Mechanics ]
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