The Little-Known Weapon Behind Some of the Worst Protest Injuries in America – Mother Jones

Marketed as highly safe and very accurate, this .68 caliber pneumatic launcher has been used by law enforcement agencies all over the world— from Belgium and Turkey, to Georgia and even Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, whose ministry of defense purchased 2000 launchers in 2009. Though it closely resembles a pepperball or paintball gun, with a plastic body and air tank affixed to the front, it fires a denser and faster-moving projectile that can cause debilitating injuries in crowd control settings…

 https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2026/10/fn303-the-little-known-weapon-behind-some-of-the-worst-protest-injuries-in-america/