14 LAW-ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE SOUTH CAUCASUS Figure 2.7. The FN 303 © Robin Ballantyne/Omega Research Foundation. According to the information given by the Head of Police and Prosecutor General . . . three civilians died from teargas cartridge and four from bullets. The Prosecutor General stated that the ammunitions had penetrated the bodies, which appears to indicate that they must have been fired at a very close range.25 IV. Handheld impact weapons and launched kinetic-impact rounds Handheld kinetic-impact weapons such as batons, truncheons, sticks and clubs are some of the oldest weapons available to law-enforcement and corrections personnel. They are often standard issue for many law-enforcement officials (and sometimes corrections officials) and are used to strike, beat or place in a hold an individual in an attempt to elicit compliance through pain, or through the fear of pain if threat of use suffices. Police batons can also be used defensively as a tool to block weapon blows, knife attacks or aggressive individuals. Police batons are most commonly made out of wood, rubber, plastic or metal and vary in length from under one foot (30 cm) to approximately three feet (90 cm). The most widely sold products on the market today are straight, side-handle and telescopic batons. Launched kinetic-impact projectiles are fired from conventional weapons such as shotguns or pistols, less lethal grenade launchers, or specially designed weapons such as the FN303 (see figure 2.7). They include rubber, wooden, foam or sponge rounds, rubber balls and beanbag rounds. Rounds vary between direct-fire impact rounds and indirect-fire (often known as skip-fire) rounds. Direct-fire rounds are designed to be fired directly at an individual, avoiding sensitive areas of the body such as the head and chest, while indirect25 Hammarberg, T., Thomas Hammarberg Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Yerevan, 12–15 March 2008, Special Mission To Armenia, <https://wcd.coe.int/ ViewDoc.jsp?id=1265025&Site=CommDH&BackColorInternet=FEC65B&BackColorIntranet=FEC65 B&BackColorLogged=FFC679>.