Nonlethal weapon

According to the effect way the nonlethal weapons (Less-Then-lethal-Weapons) are subdivided into kinetic, chemical, electric, sound, light sound weapons and also their combinations. Police of the most world countries widely use rubber batons, weapon with rubber bullets, water jets, tear-gas, psychic poisons, electroshock devices, sound grenades.

New kinds of nonlethal weapons are being designed - "glue" grenades, laser "blinders", "stinking bombs", "sticky foam" etc.

The existing legislation permits the common citizens to use the nonlethal weapons as self-defense weapons.

NII Stali JSC traditionally develops electroshock devices of different types and purpose both for forces of law and order, army etc. and citizens of Russia and foreign countries. The main types of serial electroshock devices you can see on this web site. The main advantages of electroshock devices are high effectiveness, strong shocking and psychological effect on attacking people, possibility of use in the closed rooms and in the open air in any weather conditions.

Recently the remote electroshock devices are widely adopted. An example of these devices is TASER. But it has small range (max. 3…5 m), low "rate of fire" caused by need of change of a special cartridge and high cost of the cartridges (one single-shot cartridge costs about USD 40).

At present time NII Stali JSC develops non-expendable cartridges (for min. 4 shots) for remote effect on a subject at distance up to 10 m.

Please keep up with news on our web site.
Such electroshock device will come into the market soon!