Introducing the TASER™ XREP™ – eXtended Range Electronic Projectile. The XREP projectile is self-contained, wireless, and fires from a 12-gauge shotgun. It delivers the same Neuro Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26 Electronic Control Device (ECD), but can be delivered to a distance of 65 feet (20 meters), combining blunt impact with field-proven TASER NMI.
The core technology that made the XREP projectile possible is its electronic "engine." A stunning engineering achievement, the XREP engine provides the same bio-effect as our field-proven X26, but from an electronics package that weighs only 3.4 grams and consumes less than one tenth of a cubic inch. In order to achieve a wireless projectile, the battery is fully integrated into the chassis and provides the power to drive the XREP projectile engine for its full 20-second cycle.
The XREP cartridge comes pre-packaged in a shell that is compatible with most existing smoothbore and rifled barrel 12-gauge shotguns. The transparent shell ensures officers properly identify the XREP cartridge prior to loading it in the shotgun.
As the XREP cartridge is deployed, a ripcord attached between the shell and the projectile activates the projectile. Once activated, the XREP projectile is “live” as it comes out of the barrel. The XREP projectile autonomously generates neuromuscular incapacitation for 20 continuous seconds – enough time to close the distance and take the offender into custody without risking injury to officers.
Not only does the XREP projectile incorporate a revolutionary electronic payload, it also incorporates a radical new spin stabilization technology to maximize accuracy. As the XREP projectile leaves the barrel, three torsion spring fins deploy, causing the projectile to spin, even when launched from a smoothbore barrel, providing superior accuracy and flight stabilization. The TASER XREP projectile launch velocity is approximately 260 feet per second.
The nose assembly of the XREP projectile contains four forward facing barbed electrodes. On impact, the forward facing barbed electrodes attach to the body of the target.
The energy from the impact breaks a series of fracture pins that release the main chassis of the XREP projectile which remains connected to the nose by a Deployment Cord. As the chassis falls away, six Cholla electrodes automatically deploy. Named after the famous desert cactus, the Cholla electrodes penetrate clothing to deliver the TASER XREP projectile’s powerful NMI effect over a greater body mass. The TASER XREP’s powerful NMI over a greater body mass. |
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Another innovative and unique feature of the XREP nose is the reflex engagement electrodes. A anticipated reaction to the pain of a projectile impact is for the subject to grab at the impact site. If the subject tries to grab or disconnect the XREP projectile, the reflex engagement electrodes complete a circuit allowing TASER NMI to discharge from the nose, through the subject’s body, out to the hand that grabbed the projectile. This reaction creates a significant spread that allows the XREP projectile pulses to affect a large body mass, causing overpowering NMI.
To maximize incapacitation, the XREP engine incorporates a microprocessor controlled optimal electrode selection technology. Twenty times per second, the XREP engine checks for the optimal electrode connection to maximize the contact spread and achieve greatest incapacitation. If the Cholla or reflex engagement electrodes make contact, the XREP engine automatically delivers NMI impulses from the nose electrodes to the selected electrode. In fact, if the subject even grabs the Deployment Cord, a live hand-trap wire makes a connection and the NMI effect is delivered through the hand, preventing the subject from letting go. If none of the preferred electrodes are in contact, the XREP projectile delivers its impulse across the forward facing barbed electrodes, creating a painful stimulus to distract, disorient, and entice the subject to grab the projectile.
The XREP cartridge will be released into a pilot program in early to mid 2008. This pilot is expected to last six months before full production release in 2008.
TASER XREP projectile: The most technologically advanced projectile ever deployed from a 12-gauge shotgun. See web site for most current TASER device warnings at www.TASER.com.
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