Samenvatting

Orienting paper about kinetic non-lethal weapons. One of its purposes is to help the non-specialist reader better understand scientific and technological aspects of these new weapon systems. Physical parameters and experimental methods are reviewed. Performance tests of two existing non-lethal weapon systems are shown, i.e. the FN303 and the Cougar with Bliniz projectile. Results are compared with other projectiles: our different balls and a beanbag. They sketch the state-of-the-art and challenges of this developing field