S THE U.S.-MADE PHAZZER CARTRIDGES USE A NEWLY DESIGNED AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE STATIC GUARD.
tactical advantage at longer engagement distances. At 20 feet, the PhaZZer dart spread is 23 inches, more than a foot closer together than the Taser darts. Under use-of-force stress, threats (gen- erally) appear closer than they are. T at means the actively resisting subject can be farther away than he looks. Less probe spread is tactically more tolerant of stress- induced errors in distance estimating. T e hit probability of both darts increases. At 5 feet, the diff erence between a 6-de- gree PhaZZer angle and an 8-degree Taser angle is negligible. T e two groups of upper darts overlap one another. T e two groups of lower darts are about 6 inches apart. T e Taser probe spread at 5 feet is in the desired range of 12-18 inches apart. At 10 feet, both the PhaZZer probes and the Taser probes are in this ideal range. At 15 feet, the PhaZZer darts still have the ideal separation while the Taser specs show a 26-inch spread. At 20 feet,
the
S THE US-MADE PHAZZER CARTRIDGES INCLUDE A 21-FOOT TRAINING CARTRIDGE (BLUE), 15-FOOT DART CARTRIDGE (YELLOW), 21-FOOT DART CARTRIDGE (LIME GREEN) AND 25-FOOT DART CARTRIDGE (BROWN). THE RANGE OF THE DARTS ARE EMBOSSED ON THE BLAST DOORS.
PhaZZer darts have the same spread as the Taser specs list for 15 feet, while the Taser probe spread is 36 inches. At longer dis- tances, the diff erence between a 6-degree spread and an 8-degree spread, i.e., the 23- inch spread from the PhaZZer cartridge and the 36-inch spread from the Taser cartridge, may be the diff erence between a two-dart “closed” circuit and a one-dart miss or “open” circuit.
Ignition Reliability
From 10 feet, the top dart group was 1 inch below the laser dot. T is is essentially point of aim—point of impact for the top dart at common police engagement distances. At 15 feet, the top dart group was 6 inches below the laser dot, while at 20 feet, the top dart group centered 9 inches below the laser dot. T e consistency and accuracy of the PhaZZer darts from the Taser X26P were excellent. T e 5-shot group sizes from the top dart and the bottom dart were the
same for all distances. T e 5-shot group sizes were 2 inches (from 5 feet), 3 inches (from 10 feet), 4 inches (from 15 feet) and 5 inches (from 20 feet).
Tighter Dart Spread The dart spread for the Taser and PhaZZer cartridges is different. The PhaZZer cartridge has a 6-degree dart separation angle, which is tighter than the 8-degree dart separation with the Taser cartridge. This narrower dart spread is a
Ignition reliability simply means, did the Taser X26P fi re the new PhaZZer car- tridge? “To document ignition reliability, we fi red a total of 100 U.S.-made PhaZZer cartridges from the Taser X26P. T ese were a mix of 15-foot dart cartridges, 21- foot dart cartridges, 25-foot dart cartridges, and 21-foot training cartridges. Of those, 97 fi red perfectly. Both probes impacted where expected. All wires were intact and delivering current.
From the X26P, three cartridges failed
to fi re of the 100 cartridges. Of the three that did not fi re, two of them fi red from a PhaZZer Enforcer. One cartridge would not fi re. When combined with the 45 car-
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