The sight had a similar reticle as the SUSAT and a cable attached to the trigger that activated the device when using blank ammunition.
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While some blank ammunition can kill if fired close enough to the body, Harper said the blank Brown used did not pose any danger.
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This is not the usual training exercise, he said, with " play acting, with a hypothetical enemy and blank ammunition ."
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Blank ammunition, which is a primed casing filled with gunpowder, either crimped or covered with a wad, is dangerous up to 15 feet.
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Asked whether the Marines would use firearms, Schenkel said that standard M-16 rifles and M-240 machine guns would be shooting blank ammunition.
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The Zimbabwe army on Saturday confirmed the incident, but insisted in a statement that some " rifles malfunctioned during a mock battle using blank ammunition ."
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The claim by Cooperatives Minister Adi Sasono comes despite assurances by military commanders that troops had been issued with only plastic bullets or blank ammunition for use at protests.
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Officials say security forces last week were ordered to fire only blank ammunition or plastic bullets at protesters who tried to march on Parliament in a campaign for greater democracy.
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Ballistics experts said on Monday that blank ammunition can cause injuries _ mostly burns and temporary hearing loss _ within a 10-meter ( 10-yard ) range.
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Blank ammunition, smoke grenades, and artillery simulators are often used by both sides in the exercise to provide the fog of war caused by the noise and smoke of battle.
