Long Range Taser

[Bababoosky 24]

ntroducing the TASER XREP – the eXtended Range Electronic Projectile. XREP is a self-contained, wireless projectile that fires from a standard 12-gauge shotgun. It delivers the same Neuro-Muscular Incapacitation (NMI) bio-effect as our handheld TASER X26, but can be delivered to a distance of up to 100 feet, combining blunt impact with field proven TASER NMI.

The core technology that made the XREP possible is the XREP 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 2.4 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 autonomously provides the power to drive the XREP engine for its full 20-second cycle.

The XREP comes pre-packaged in shell that is compatible with existing 12 gauge launchers. The transparent shell ensures officers properly identify the XREP prior to loading it in the shotgun.

As the TASER XREP is deployed, a rip cord attached between the shell and the projectile activates the projectile. Once activated, the TASER XREP is “live” as it comes out of the barrel. The XREP autonomously generates incapacitating Neuro Muscular 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 incorporate a revolutionary electronic payload, the XREP also incorporates a radical new spin stabilization technology to maximize accuracy. As the XREP leaves the barrel, 3 torsion spring fins deploy, causing the projectile to spin, even when launched from a smooth bore, providing superior accuracy and flight stabilization. The TASER XREP launch velocity is approximately 300 feet per second.

The nose assembly of the XREP contains 4 forward facing barbed electrodes and the collapsible electrode cowling. 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 which remains connected to the nose by a Kevlar reinforced fiber. As the chassis falls away, 6 cholla electrodes automatically deploy. Named after the famous desert cactus, the cholla electrodes penetrate clothing to deliver the TASER XREP’s powerful NMI over a greater body mass.

Another innovative and unique feature of the XREP nose is the reflex engagement electrode. A normal 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 Electrodes, through the subject’s body, out to the hand that grabbed the XREP. This creates a significant spread that allows the XREP pulses to affect a large body mass, causing overpowering Neuro Muscular Incapacitation.

To maximize incapacitation, the XREP engine incorporates a microprocessor controlled optimal electrode selection technology. Twenty times per second, the XREP Engine checks for the best 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 tether, 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 delivers its impulse across the front electrodes, creating a painful stimulus to distract, disorient, and entice the subject to grab for the XREP making a hand connection, or to move in reaction to the pain which can help the cholla electrodes on the main chassis to engage.

The XREP will be released into a pilot field test phase in the fall of 2007. The pilot stage is expected to last 6-12 months before full production release.

TASER XREP: The most technologically advanced projectile ever fired from a 12 gauge shotgun.

This could be a better resolution to stand offs, instead of risking their lives getting too close to use a non-lethal weapon.

[Guest seanc]

id like to see some videos or some action reviews of this, it looks really cool. technology, its a great thing

[Bababoosky 24]

Ask and you shall receive

XREP Promotional Video

XREP Informational Video

Edited July 12, 2007 by Bababoosky

[Guest paramedico987]

Well that just takes the sport right out of it... where's the blood?!

[trauma74 111]

I have seen the Taser at work numerous times. I love it. It is my favorite non-lethal weapon. No matter how big or how strong or what drugs a perp is on. The Taser brings them down!

[helicopper 1,050]

This could be a better resolution to stand offs, instead of risking their lives getting too close to use a non-lethal weapon.

Ooooo, cool! Will it work from a helicopter? Can they increase the range and install a battery of them on our helicopter?????

Now, THAT would be a cool toy!

[Guest seanc]

wow. that thing looks amazing, i cant wait to see this on the streets

[x129K 1,393]

Check out the Taser Shockwave too - a multiple taser effect that can be daisey chained to take out an entire crowd!

[Guest WCDES636]

Wow, looks like a great new product.

Chris you should develop a firing pod mounted to the Aircraft......... No more Payland riots!!!

[helicopper 1,050]

Load this puppy up with those taser rounds!

Edited July 14, 2007 by Chris192

[x129K 1,393]

Shockwave Video...a must see!

[Guest partyrock]

Chris, you get to hang out above all the bull, you have the best view in the world, and on occassion you'll get to be involved in some pretty wild situations with all eyes on you. You get all that and you want to start hunting EDP's like game on the tundra. Sorry, you can't have it all.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

Shockwave Video...a must see!

NICE!!!!

The claymore of tasers!!

Edited July 16, 2007 by xfirefighter484x

[helicopper 1,050]

Chris, you get to hang out above all the bull, you have the best view in the world, and on occassion you'll get to be involved in some pretty wild situations with all eyes on you. You get all that and you want to start hunting EDP's like game on the tundra. Sorry, you can't have it all.

Point taken but how about a papa Taser that can stop a car???? No more pursuits in Westchester - just lots of cars with electrical problems.

[ems-buff 81]

Shockwave Video...a must see!

OMG I want one of those.