Abstract: Improvements in a less-lethal force device are disclosed. The less-lethal projectile device generally comprising a projectile that is mated to a docking base by way of a spherical shaped projectile ball in a retaining spherical sockets or base. The projectile ball may include a locating/orienting that locates the projectile ball in the docking base. The retaining socket has one or more wings that partially wrap around the projectile ball. The material, thickness and splits in the socket adjust the retention force placed on the projectile ball. The projectile captures a fired bullet and is propelled along the original path of the bullet at a less lethal velocity. The disclosed system results in converting a normally lethal weapon into a less-lethal blunt impact system.

Abstract: Improvements in a less-lethal force device are disclosed. The less-lethal projectile device generally comprising a projectile, such as a rubber-encapsulated metal block, that is mated to a docking base by way of a mounting pins or base. The projectile may be made with a cavity located in its rearward section for enabling the projectile to fit onto the mounting pins portion of the docking base through compression or interference fit. The projectile captures a fired bullet and is propelled along the original path of the bullet at a less lethal velocity. The disclosed system results in converting a normally lethal weapon into a less-lethal blunt impact system. The mounting pins are configured to provide clearance to the sighting mechanism on the firearm.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of launching and retrieving a ballistically launched delivery device. A replaceable bullet trap with an axial cavity may be inserted into a launch delivery tube. The launch delivery tube may be attached to a ballistic muzzle. A projectile may be fired from the ballistic muzzle through the delivery tube and into the axial cavity of the replaceable bullet trap. An impulse and momentum of mass of the projectile may be transferred from the projectile to the replaceable bullet trap and then to the launch delivery tube to launch the launch delivery tube from the ballistic muzzle.

Abstract: A launched smoke grenade has a body having a hollow interior that contains an active grenade material and a bullet trap element formed of an inert material, the body defining a muzzle receptacle bore that is adapted to receive a rifle muzzle, the active grenade material defining a cavity, and the bullet trap element having at least a forward portion received in the cavity. The active grenade material may include a smoke generation component and an ignition component. There may be a bullet suppressing material positioned between the rifle muzzle and the inert material. The bullet suppressing material and the inert material may be made of different materials.

Abstract: A launched smoke grenade has a body having a hollow interior that contains an active grenade material and a bullet trap element formed of an inert material, the body defining a muzzle receptacle bore that is adapted to receive a rifle muzzle, the active grenade material defining a cavity, and the bullet trap element having at least a forward portion received in the cavity. The active grenade material may include a smoke generation component and an ignition component. There may be a bullet suppressing material positioned between the rifle muzzle and the inert material. The bullet suppressing material and the inert material may be made of different materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is an irritation grenade (1) comprising a receptacle (2) with at least one compartment (12) within which an effective charge (3) is accommodated and which ends in one respective discharge port (21, 22) on opposite sides of the receptacle (2) while being locked by means of a closure (15). A rocker-arm type igniter (4) is provided to ignite the effective charges. The combustion gases of the effective charges (3) are deflected in part by parts of the rocker-arm igniter (4) such that the irritation grenade is displaced when the effective charges (3) are ignited.

Abstract: A projectile launch assembly includes a launch tube having distal and proximal ends and an inwardly extending dimple structure therebetween, the proximal end being configured to receive a firearm muzzle, a receiver disposed on the distal end of the launch tube and having connector structure at a distal end thereof for connection to a projectile, an energy absorbing plug disposed in the launch tube and having a proximal end portion adjacent the dimple and a body portion extending distally, and an energy transfer piston disposed in the launch tube and having a proximal end configured complementarily to the plug and having a distal end configured complementarily to a proximal end of the receiver. A bullet leaving the firearm muzzle is absorbed by the plug which is thereby moved with the piston distally in the tube, the piston engaging the receiver to propel the launch assembly and projectile from the firearm muzzle.

Abstract: A rifle muzzle launched projectile having a launch tube defining an interior cavity, and having an opening at one end with an inner diameter sized to fit over the end of a rifle muzzle; a bullet trap located in the launch tube cavity; and a payload assembly mounted on the launch tube. The payload assembly is further configured for safely releasing a payload in a controlled manner. The payload assembly also includes a casing for retaining an aerosol composition; a propellant located in the casing; a primer for igniting the propellant; and a frangible portion of the casing in contact with the aerosol composition.

Abstract: A rifle muzzle launched projectile having a launch tube defining an interior cavity, and having an opening at one end with an inner diameter sized to fit over the end of a rifle muzzle; a bullet trap located in the launch tube cavity; and a payload assembly mounted on the launch tube. The payload assembly is further configured for safely releasing a payload in a controlled manner. The payload assembly also includes a casing for retaining an aerosol composition; a propellant located in the casing; a primer for igniting the propellant; and a frangible portion of the casing in contact with the aerosol composition.

Abstract: A breaching device for controlled blasting of an object at short range includes a blasting element including an explosive charge contained within a housing, the blasting element being configured to blast the object from a preset distance. Connected to, and extending from, the housing is a stand-off rod having a length equal to the preset distance. A pyrotechnic lead pellet is associated with the blasting element and with the stand-off rod so as to detonate the explosive charge upon impact of the stand-off rod with the object. A tail is provided for stabilizing the device during its flight to the object. The tail is connected to the blasting element through a “safe and arm” device and a safety connector configured to reduce shock forces acting on the tail resulting from detonation of the explosive charge.

Abstract: The invention provides a device for reducing the danger of harm caused by the accidental discharge of a bullet from a firearm, including an attachment for engaging the muzzle end of a firearm barrel; a substantially tubular body having a cavity and coaxially attachable at one of its ends to the barrel via the attachment; an impact disc having upper and lower surfaces, slidably disposed in the cavity of the tubular body; an energy-absorbing and storing element interposed in the tubular body between the upper surface of the impact disc and an abutting member, the absorbing and storing element acting on the impact disc to maintain contact with the abutting member inside the body, and a body made of a material at least as hard as the material of the bullets to be used with the fiream, the body being affixed at the lower surface of the impact disc, for substantially preventing a bullet from piercing through the impact disc; whereby, upon the discharge of a bullet, the bullet impacts the body, transferring some of

Abstract: A fragment-sealing bullet trap for rifle muzzle launched projectiles having a soft aluminum plug for decelerating and absorbing the softer components of rifle bullets, followed by a shock absorbing piston to mitigate the peak acceleration of the projectile due to bullet impact, in turn followed by a hardened steel anvil to safely capture any steel bullet components. Attached to the aft portion of the plug is an aluminum cap, containing a rubber gasket, which expands during bullet penetration, but rebounds due to its resiliency, tightly sealing off the bullet trap against the escape of bullet and plug fragments. The cap is designed to prevent the gasket from blowing out as a result of high bullet trap pressurization.

Abstract: A cartridge tube for a grenade capable of being fired by a live round of a weapon has a bullet trap to stop the bullet and a plug made of a deformable material to prevent the fragments produced when the bullet impacts on the bullet trap from escaping from the cartridge tube. The plug bears against a wall positioned between the plug and the bullet trap. The wall is attached to the cartridge tube and is substantially perpendicular to the center-line of the tube. The wall is positioned at a distance from the bullet trap along the center-line of the cartridge tube, thus establishing an empty space between the wall and the bullet trap.

Abstract: A rifle grenade comprises, at one end, a tube designed to be fitted to the barrel of a gun and, at the other end, a fuse and a head enclosing an explosive charge, the said tube comprising, upstream of the fuse, a bullet-trap and a booster-charge of propellant powder protected from external influences by a sealed wall.The said sealed wall is integral with a tubular element of the said tube and comprises an axial cavity defining a reduction in the thickness of the wall sufficient to ensure that the bullet shot by the gun shall pierce the wall without tearing it.The purpose is to increase the operational safety of rifle grenade.

Abstract: A gun safety device is detachably mounted on a gun barrel for capturing a projectile, wherein when mounted, at least a portion of the projectile capturing device breaks free of the gun, capturing a projectile fired therefrom. Optionally, the gun safety device can include a housing detachably mounted on the gun barrel and lockably attachable to the housing. The invention also includes a method for capturing a projectile from a gun.

Abstract: A bullet trap device for launching, by firing a live bullet, ammunition such as a grenade having a trailing tube to impart thereto a flat trajectory of fire, includes a body to receive the impact of the live bullet, a supporting piece for positioning the body within the trailing tube of the grenade, and a shock absorber part positioned axially between the body and a portion of the supporting piece. The body and the shock absorber parts are formed as an integral, one-piece, solid-forged assembly. A centering ring, separate from the supporting piece, is positioned radially between the shock absorber part and the supporting piece, thereby maintaining the body and the shock absorber part centrally of the axis of the trailing tube of the grenade after firing.

Abstract: In a rifle grenade assembly a bullet trap and bullet deflector are incorporated to enable the launching of the grenade with ball ammo. The trap is designed to trap the bullet of a fired cartridge and use the forward forces produced by the trapping to advance a fore-located deflector which in turn actuates a fuse. A non-trapped bullet enters a deflecting cavity in the deflector, thus deflecting the bullet away from the fuse and the explosives.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a rifle-grenade, of the type comprising a head prolonged by a tubular shank, the aforesaid head being traversed by an axial bore running into the bore of the aforesaid tubular shank, characterized in that a plug is forced into one of the aforesaid bores, this plug being made from a material the hardness of which ranges from approximately 30 Shore A to approximately 70 Shore D.