X-Rail Mounted Taser
In MBI Weapons
Ammunition: AA batteries
Capacity: 8 AA batteries per use (rechargeable)
MBI Total: 20
Price: $200
Stun gun technology uses a temporary high-voltage low current to override the body’s superficial muscle-triggering mechanisms. The recipient is immobilized via two metal probes (darts) connected via metal wires from the stun gun usually penetrating the human skin, and superficial muscle. The recipient that is ‘connected’ to a stun gun feels great pain and can be momentarily paralyzed (only so long as there is an electrical current being applied) because his muscles are receiving electrical ’shock’.
Projectile stun guns fire small dart-like electrodes with attached metal wires that connect to the device, propelled by small gas charges similar to air rifle propellants. The maximum range is up to 10 meters (30 feet).
Most MBI weapons are equipped with an X-rail mounted taser, or secondary firing mechanism that operates as a projectile stun gun. Weapons “set to stun” operate in this manner. Colt 45, MP5 and SPAS-12 weapons can be equipped with an X-rail. Agents Trina Korat and Hans Lynx have demonstrated a preference for this weapon.