Breaching shotgun
Boise, Idaho-based proSWAT has signed an exclusive license with the US Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to manufacture a new type of shotgun that combines two firearms into one.
The so-called Breaching Shotgun, a combination of a 12-gauge shotgun and a powerful rifle, was a collaborative project that involved several engineers and designers within the Lab’s National and Homeland Security Division.
The original proposal called for the development of a multifunctional breaching shotgun that could be attached to the frame of a standard issue M4 or MP5 rifle. It also specified that the shotgun’s trigger be front-mounted, allowing the user the ability to fire both weapons simultaneously.
Designers spent more than a year developing the firearm into a functioning model that met all the requirements, including a non-lethal element that allows users to fire bean bags, rubber bullets or tear gas from the shotgun chamber. Once a prototype firearm was complete, federal law enforcement agents, local police and INL security personnel tested it.
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