Tactical training round
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A Tactical Training Round is a round used to simulate live fire [1].
Background
It has a plastic polymer shell that helps maintain the actual characteristics of bullet flight. Inside, there is a proximity fuse that dissolves its shell when the round comes within 10 centimeters of a surface. Once dissolved, a blob of red paint splatters onto the target. The paint also hides a powerful anesthetic and immobilizes the nano-fibers woven into clothing, causing it to harden. This is used for training simulations. The target then loses the ability to move the hit body part, simulating a bullet wound to the area. The rounds also have a tranquilizing effect caused by the anesthetic, essentially paralyzing (or close to it) whatever body part they hit for a short time.
The rounds are known to be used in MA5B ICWS Assault Rifles, M6 Magnum Sidearms, and BR55 Battle Rifles [2]
Trivia
- The paint is said to have a sweet smell to it.
- The paint has a potent toxic chemical that could be derived from an exotic flora.
- If the paint hits an object and splatters on someone, they can still be paralysed.
- The paint can be adapted to use in claymores.
Sources
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 215
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest