Equipment used by police and soldiers to stop people or vehicles without lethal force, including PAVA incapacitant spray and the spike strip that deflates vehicle tires. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as an incapacitant spray or a device for stopping vehicles. It excludes firearms and explosives. Both are used by police and security forces for controlling crowds and checkpoints, and they show how military equipment overlaps with law enforcement tools that are meant to avoid killing people.
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Wikipedia: PAVA spray
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PAVA spray is an incapacitant spray similar to pepper spray.
Spike strip, Wikipedia
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A spike strip (also referred to as a spike belt, road spikes, traffic spikes, tire shredders, stingers, stop sticks, by the trademark Stinger or formally known as a Tire Deflation Device or TDD) is a device or incident weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires.
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