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Public & US Military Live Firing Videos Released

Brisbane, Australia – 15 November 2011: Metal Storm Limited.

Metal Storm is pleased to release video footage of the successful firings of the Managed Lethality
Grenade Launcher System (MLGLS) at the North American Technology Demonstration Conference in
Ottawa, Canada and subsequent demonstration firings in the USA for the US Military.
The released video includes introductory footage by MarinesTV, which explains the purpose of the
NATD non-lethal weapons conference and the growing importance of non-lethal weapons for military
operations. MarinesTV also captured footage of senior US military personnel examining the MLGLS
fitted to an M203 grenade launcher.
After the MarinesTV introduction, the video shows the MLGLS used in a live fire demonstration for
over 200 NATD conference attendees. Following this, additional footage shows the successful live
firing demonstrations carried out the following week to the US Military.
The footage demonstrates how the operator is able to adjust the muzzle velocity of the MLGLS
projectile depending on the range to target and the effect required. It also demonstrates the accuracy
of the weapon system at longer ranges.
MLGLS is special because of its ability to vary its firing muzzle velocity. Conventional non-lethal
rounds have a fixed muzzle velocity and can only be used safely in a very narrow range bracket – if a
target is too close the rounds can be lethal, too far away and the impact has little effect.
In practice operators can only use conventional non-lethal ammunition in certain restricted situations
and must take extraordinary care to estimate range and effect while simultaneously having to manage
a potentially dangerous conflict situation.
The MLGLS eliminates this issue by automatically sensing the range to target and selecting the
muzzle velocity and kinetic energy of its projectiles at the moment of firing. Using just a single
ammunition type, it provides an effective yet non-lethal impact from 5 metres to beyond 100 metres.
Please watch the video at http://www.metalstorm.com/release/NATD-400k.html
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