Weapons used against the Yellow Vests

Tonfa baton is used to hit the protesters on the body and on the head, it is also used by the "Outfielders brigade" on their motorcycles with the policemen on the back seat using the baton to fight the protesters.

Teargas spray, Tear gas or pepper spray with a high % of active gas only used by police forces to make protesters back up.

Grenade gas CS made of plastic ogive with inside 7 cylinder capsules with powder gas inside and at the fire (shot) moment becomes a gas, this kind of grenade can be shot to 200 meters with the help of a propulsor that is adaptable at the base of the grenade. There is 3 model of propulsors for a different range of 50, 100, and 200 meters. When the grenade is in the air it releases the 7 capsules that release the gas at 7 locations, the gas can cover 800 m2. This type of grenade can be used like any hand grenade with a safety pin and a safety lever and/or shot with the help of a grenade launcher type GL06 ASG. It usually burned the eyes making the victims kind of blinded because if they open the eyes it will burn, but in some case victims have side effect symptoms such as allergic reactions on eyes and skin, making vomiting, also in some case the gas capsule stuck on the clothes and burn the clothes and the skin when the reaction from powder to gas happens.

Blast effect grenade, this type of grenade is said to be used in case of the police need to make their way out of a crowd with the help of Blast effect grenade that containing 25 to 75 grams of TNT (black powder contained in Dynamite) because of the explosive charge it makes a powerful blast effect and a deafening "boom" up to 140 to 160 dB (higher than 120 dB the sound becomes painful). The usage is to create an effect of surprise in the crowd allowing the police forces to make their move. This type of grenade has been used lately in the conflict with Yellow Vests protester as a grenade and not for the police to make their move. People have died from it and one has his spine dislocated. It was usually by law used only by the Gendarmerie (French military police)

Combination grenade is a type of grenade that has the two specifications of the above. A combination of the blast effect with the big explosion and the gas. Can be used by hand or with a grenade launcher. The two grenade Blast effect and combination have left a few people with the losses of a hand, a foot or the life. It is also frequent to see victims with pieces of plastic or metal (coming from the grenade) left in their body. At one or two meters it left many impacts.

Flashball gun, It is a big gun that shoots 44 mm rubber bullet at a speed of 300 Km/hour. There is two kinds of gun the Flasball with two canon and the LBD a shoulder gun, the shoulder version is much more accurate. It causes a big impact on the body, in the face, it is frequent that it explodes the eye and break some bones of the skull. The new LBD model is able to shout 6 rubber bullets in 4 seconds.

Offensive grenade rubber. It is an offensive grenade with a charge of TNT and many rubber balls or cones that after the explosion are propulsed at 30 meters. It is said to be like a punch but in many cases, it leaves some lesion and scar.

During the Yellow Vests protest the government as giving orders to shout protestor in the face and to use their weapons to hurt. In many of the videos, I've posted in previous posts you can see how these weapons are used by police outside of the laws.

Most of the weapons used by French police forces against the protestors are forbidden in EU but the government of E.Macron prefers to pay the fine to the EU and continue to use the weapons on the French people.