Crowd Characteristics and Management with Non-Lethal Weapons: A Soldier Survey

Abstract

The Army's Target Behavioral Response Laboratory \201TBRL\202 conducted an online survey to understand Soldier experiences with non-lethal weapons. The Crowd Management Experiences survey gathered information on the factors of mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops support available, time available, and civilian considerations \201METT-TC\202. Critical data on crowd size were provided that could be used to focus research efforts to optimize the ratio between effort and benefit. Moreover, the data from the Warfighters suggest that developers focus on designing weapons for sensory and motoric disruption that minimize injury. Many Warfighters, when given the chance, stressed the importance of understanding motivation, communication, and the interpersonal nature of the crowd-military control force encounter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA613610

Entities

People

  • Charles Sheridan
  • Elizabeth Sibolboro Mezzacappa
  • Gordon Cooke
  • Nasir Jaffery

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Ammunition
  • Combat Support
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Human Behavior
  • Line Of Sight
  • Military Operations
  • Motivation
  • Munitions
  • Nonlethal Weapons
  • Operations Research
  • Test Beds
  • Urban Areas
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).