I can see this device being very popular with police forces.

>>Made by Arizona-based Wrap Technologies, the BolaWrap is a battery-powered electric razor-sized device, which single-use recyclable cartridges are loaded into the end of. Each cartridge contains a propellant in the form of a .38-caliber partial charge blank, along with an 8-ft (2.4-m) Kevlar-cord tether that has grappling hook-like metal barbs at either end.

When a suspect is fleeing from an officer, advancing on them, or otherwise exhibiting dangerous behaviour, that officer aims the BolaWrap at the person’s arms or legs – they’re assisted in that process by an integrated green laser.

Once they subsequently press the trigger, the cartridge ejects its tether at a speed of 513 feet per second (156 m/s). That tether then travels through the air up to a claimed distance of 25 feet (7.6 m), ultimately wrapping itself around the target’s body one to three times. This trips them up or temporarily keeps them from raising their arms, allowing officers to move in without harming them.<<

https://youtu.be/gJZu1cKquCQ

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/tether-shooting-bolawrap/

PermeateFree said:

I can see this device being very popular with police forces.

>>Made by Arizona-based Wrap Technologies, the BolaWrap is a battery-powered electric razor-sized device, which single-use recyclable cartridges are loaded into the end of. Each cartridge contains a propellant in the form of a .38-caliber partial charge blank, along with an 8-ft (2.4-m) Kevlar-cord tether that has grappling hook-like metal barbs at either end.

When a suspect is fleeing from an officer, advancing on them, or otherwise exhibiting dangerous behaviour, that officer aims the BolaWrap at the person’s arms or legs – they’re assisted in that process by an integrated green laser.

Once they subsequently press the trigger, the cartridge ejects its tether at a speed of 513 feet per second (156 m/s). That tether then travels through the air up to a claimed distance of 25 feet (7.6 m), ultimately wrapping itself around the target’s body one to three times. This trips them up or temporarily keeps them from raising their arms, allowing officers to move in without harming them.<<

https://youtu.be/gJZu1cKquCQ

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/tether-shooting-bolawrap/

It’s already popular with some superheroes.

Wont work.

Rule 303 said:

Wont work.

Looks OK to me. Why not? Because of conservation of angular momentum?

I agree that it wouldn’t be very good at stopping motorbikes or cars, but for pedestrians and bicycles it should be OK.
Not sure about mobs.

mollwollfumble said:

Rule 303 said:

Wont work.

Looks OK to me. Why not? Because of conservation of angular momentum?

I agree that it wouldn’t be very good at stopping motorbikes or cars, but for pedestrians and bicycles it should be OK.
Not sure about mobs.

For starters, any impact weapon deployed in a physical confrontation is twice as likely to hit cops as crooks, and this one would require complete re-training of the ‘corner and contain’ protocols. Do not invest in this thing, mate.

Great Idea. But what nah sayers are forgetting
is that this is but ANOTHER Tool in their arsenal…
(especially with more than one officer on the scene since
the decision between alternatives might be a matter of seconds)
If bolos don’t work they still have lasers, and if worse comes to worse,
hand guns, shotguns, Thomson machine guns, flash grenades…

Olde Chinese saying;
“Don’t use a hammer to kill a fly on your friend’s face.”

…or use lethal force as a first resort.

Rule 303 said:

mollwollfumble said:

Rule 303 said:

Wont work.

Looks OK to me. Why not? Because of conservation of angular momentum?

I agree that it wouldn’t be very good at stopping motorbikes or cars, but for pedestrians and bicycles it should be OK.
Not sure about mobs.

For starters, any impact weapon deployed in a physical confrontation is twice as likely to hit cops as crooks, and this one would require complete re-training of the ‘corner and contain’ protocols. Do not invest in this thing, mate.

LOL

Plenty of examples working.

https://i.imgur.com/ZjTvHqT.mp4