The Federal Riot Gun (FRG) is a firearm made by Federal Laboratories Inc., designed to fire non-lethal munitions. Its ammunition includes 37 and 38mm baton and tear gas rounds. The baton rounds were cylindrical, rubber projectiles.
Federal Laboratories
Type
Riot gun
A Federal M201-Z Riot Gun (right), with a Mossberg 500 shotgun, of the Bermuda Regiment.
The most popular model, 37-mm M201-Z, has a distinctive ringed barrel.
An Israeli Border Guard with a M201-ZA Hong Kong PTU officer with a M201-Z
Fired at a relatively low velocity, the baton rounds are intended to knock rioters down, or momentarily stun them, but not to cause serious injury or death.
Field experienceEdit
Safe operating procedures in the British Army eventually ruled out firing the gun directly at rioters, as it was found that the rounds could cause serious and permanent injuries.
In 1993, a constable of the Bermuda Police Service, acting the role of enemy for a rifle company of the Bermuda Regiment, being exercised at Camp LejeuneUSMC Base, was seriously injured by a baton round fired from a soldier's FRG, shattering his jaw, which required extensive surgery to reconstruct.
Subsequently, orders were given that the weapons were to be fired into the ground ahead of rioters. The baton rounds would deflect upwards into the rioters, but would lose kinetic energy in the process.
ReferencesEdit
^Canadian Military Police Virtual Museum. The Canadian Provost Corps, 1946 - 1968. Weapons: Federal Tear Gas Riot Gun
External linksEdit
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