Some of these weapons are painful enough that a gunshot might seem preferable.
1. The nonlethal claymore A US Air Force M113 at Camp Bucca, Iraq, February 10, 2008. Captain Jason McCree, USAF
Two M5 modular crowd control munitions are mounted on the side of this M-113 armored personnel carrier in Camp Bucca, Iraq, in 2008. Photo: Capt. Jason McCree
The M5 modular crowd control munition is described as a non-lethal claymore. It works about the same as a normal claymore in the sense that a small explosion propels hundreds of small balls.
The M5 uses 600 rubber balls instead of steel pellets, and so just hurts like hell instead of killing people.