Vortex Ring Generator
Abstract
The U.S. Marine Corps Joint Nonlethal Weapons Directorate tasked the U.S. Army to demonstrate a means of quickly converting the Navy MK19-3 automatic 40-mm grenade launcher between lethal and nonlethal modes of operation. The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) teamed with the Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) to demonstrate a kit for retrofitting to the weapons already stockpiled by all services. The kit enables the weapon to apply flash, concussion, vortex ring impacts, marker dyes, and malodorous pulses onto a target at frequencies approaching the resonance of human body parts. Two goals are to provide a demonstration to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command in 1998 and to transition from technology base research to PM Small Arms development in 2000. This paper describes the concepts proposed for nonlethal crowd control, gaps in technology that inhibit fielding, and proposed approaches to resolution. Organizations in government, industry, or academe with common interests and active vortex ring programs are encouraged to coordinate with ARL to share resources and avoid duplication of effort.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA351056
Entities
People
- George Lucey
- Louis Jasper
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory