[PapaBear3625]

Civilian crowd control, while arguable in the hands of the military, is one thing. Against an armed enemy seems less than pointless. While the enemy might run for cover, they’ll quickly recover and start shooting back. Makes more sense to just shoot them in the first place.

Consider the Islamic fondness for human shields. This allows us to convince the human shields to go elsewhere, fast. As they are running, snipers can engage the bad guys more easily.

[The Pack Knight]

Assuming this thing proves effective, it will be interesting to see how the enemy adapts to it.

It might drive enemies into cover who would otherwise be in the open, but it might also serve to help pin them down and impair their ability to fire back effectively. I hope it doesn’t just help enforce better movement discipline among the enemy (speaking of which, it might be an interesting training tool for our own guys in that regard).

If it’s really effective, I could see the enemy attempting to counteract it through drug use. A guy hopped up on PCP or meth could possibly resist its effects to some degree.

Ah well, interesting to speculate how it might play out, but we’ll see in actual combat.