Sudden Impact

Credit: U.S. Army
Soldiers and law-enforcement personnel use non-lethal 40-mm sponge grenades to subdue rioters. With velocity of 70-110 meters (230-360 ft.)/sec., the projectile is accurate between 20 and 50 meters, so large it won't penetrate the body, and the deformable sponge nose packs a wallop that stuns a...

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