flash-bangs
Tactical blinding devices
Flash-bangs are grenades designed to disorient rather than injure, producing an intense burst of light and deafening sound upon detonation.
Law enforcement and military units deploy them during raids and hostage situations to temporarily blind and stun occupants, creating a window for entry.
The term functions as both noun and modifier: SWAT threw flash-bangs through the windows before breaching.
Also called stun grenades or flashbang grenades.
Non-lethal disorientation munition
- breachingBreaking through something
- SWATElite police squad
- raidSudden armed incursion
- entryAccess or submission
room clearing · hostage rescue · counterterrorism · special operations · dynamic entry · flashpoint · diversionary · suppression
Painfully intense light
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
- temporary blindnessBrief loss of vision
ringing ears · stunning · incapacitation · confusion · startle · shock · dazzle · concussion
stun grenade
Non-lethal disorientation munition
entry · room clearing · hostage rescue · counterterrorism · special operations · dynamic entry · flashpoint · diversionary · suppression · incapacitation
blinding
Painfully intense light
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- sensory overloadExcessive simultaneous stimulation
temporary blindness · ringing ears · stunning · incapacitation · confusion · startle · shock · dazzle · concussion · afterimage
pyrotechnic
Related to fireworks
- fuseProtective melting wire
- magnesiumAlkaline earth metal
- detonationExplosive ignition event
canister · pin · spoon · delay · ignition · casing · payload · charge · decibels · lumens