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• A six-grenade launcher, manufactured by Combined Systems, Inc. under thebrand name Penn Arms Launcher. The model used by Israeli security forcesis L640-1, 21 and is nicknamed Ringo or Tupi (Revolver), because it includes aspring-advance magazine drum with a six-shot capacity, in which six grenadecartridges are loaded before firing. As each grenade is fired, the drumrevolves and loads the next grenade into the launcher’s chamber in a firingreadyposition, enabling the firing of six grenades in quick succession.All the launchers have the same firing mechanism: Pulling the launcher’s triggerstrikes a cap that activates both the trajectory mechanism, which launches thegrenade at the target, and the gas-dispersal mechanism. All three launchers havea rifled barrel, which provides spin for some types of grenades, thus stabilizingtheir trajectory. 22Soldiers firing aluminum tear-gas canisters from a 40mm launcher, a-Nabi Saleh. Photo by OrenZiv/Activestills21 For the product at the manufacturer’s website, see: https://www.combinedsystems.com/userfiles/pdfs/Penn_Arms_Catalog_2011.pdf, p. 5.22 “Rifled barrel” – a barrel with spiral grooves along its inner part that cause the projectile to spin on itsaxis, stabilizing its flight.12
Crowd Control Crowd Control Weapons in the West BankThe VENOM System for Firing Salvos of Tear-Gas Grenades(Launcher, Malkosh)Manufactured and distributed by Combined Systems, Inc. 23 This system, whichis mounted on a jeep, includes three 10-barrel groupings. The system launchessalvos of seven small 40mm-caliber aluminum canisters, each approximately2.5 cm long, to a distance of up to about 100 meters. The system is capable oflaunching several salvos in succession, creating a thick cloud of gas that lastsfrom one to several minutes (depending on wind conditions) and covers a widearea. The launcher is operated from within the jeep, through a control panel.The VENOM System was introduced into action just before September 2011.This system replaced a similar system called Malkosh [“last rain of the season”in Hebrew]. Malkosh was installed on jeep roofs and operated via an electricswitch suspended from it, so that a soldier had to be outside the jeep for thesystem to be activated. The Malkosh system could fire a single salvo of 64 plastictear-gas grenades and was in use from 2008 to 2010.A salvo of tear-gas canisters launched from a Venom equipped jeep. Bitunia, March 2013.Photo by Haim Schwarczenberg23 For the product at the manufacturer’s website, see: https://www.combinedsystems.com/products/?cid=147 .13
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Page 7 and 8: Tear GasTear gas is a chemical irri
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Page 39 and 40: Pepper SprayPepper spray is a conce
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