rubber bullet
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rubber or rubber-coated projectiles that can be fired from either standard firearms or dedicated riot guns
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- non-lethal weapon
- Material used
- natural rubber
- Image
- Fiocchi rubber buckshot.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rubber bullets
- different from
- wax bullet
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Encyclopedic overview
"Round, Anti-Riot, 1.5in Baton" 37 mm British Army rubber bullet, as used in Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1975
Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round. Despite the name, rubber bullets typically have either a metal core with a rubber coating, or are a homogeneous admixture with rubber being a minority component. Although they are considered a less lethal alternative to metal projectiles, rubber bullets can still cause fatal injuries as well as other serious injuries such as blindness or other permanent disabilities.
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