Originally designed in Israel as a device to scare away crop-threatening birds, this shockwave cannon has been bastardized and ready to start messing with humans! It is heralded as a non-lethal means of controlling crowds and riots. However if you are within 10 metres you may be killed. A baseball bat with nails pushed through it is also not lethal beyond 10 metres. The device uses explosive shockwaves to pound out extreme air pressure and sonic-boom type effects which will cause you to feel like “your standing in front of a firing squad”. The shockwaves can travel for long distances and one cannon has an area of affect of a mere 100 acres.
Using a patented process involving Pulse Detonation Technology (PDT), the system feeds the gas-air mixture into one or more so-called impulse chambers or cannon barrels, where the burning fuel detonates and intensifies in force as it travels through the chamber, exiting in a rapid-fire succession of high-velocity shock bursts. (Defencenews)
They insist it is extremely cheap, safe and a viable solution to both riot control and those pesky birds attacking your fields of contraband. I for one, simply have one more thing to worry about the next time I throw a T.V. through a store window.
Via: Defencenews, and Armytec
