Toy technology reduces the damage of guns

US troops have ordered Lund & Company Invention to use toy rocket launch technology to reduce the likelihood of gunshot mortar damage by adjusting the speed of the shot.

Anti-riot shooting guns are not deadly. Photo: NewScientist.

Lund & Company Invention manufactures hydrogen-powered toy missiles derived from electrolysis of water. Recently, the US military requested that the company adopt the same technology to manufacture rifles that soldiers could easily switch between the two modes of use: knock down the enemy and shoot the wounded.  

The new weapon allows soldiers or police to use the same rifle to fire at low speed to disperse the crowd, injuring the target. Currently, US police have used two types of hunting rifles color marks to avoid confusion) to shoot two types of ammunition.

"In the combustion chamber behind the bullet, the gaseous or liquid fuels are mixed with the air and this determines the explosive ability of the launcher , " said Bruce Lund, executive director of the company . The firing range determines the speed at which the bullets can fire. It is possible to design the speed at will: shoot at a distance of 10 meters or more, " Lund said.

According to Lund & Company Invention, new weapons are less heat and flame than traditional ones. The company can also produce lightweight guns and better designs for long range sniper rifles.

Although highly regarded, new inventions are still worrying. According to Steve Wright, a security expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, users will tend to choose "injury" rather than "shoot" in cases of stress, personal safety. low.