Less lethal ammunition

Less lethal ammunition for inhibiting activity of a living target and marking the living target impacted by the ammunition, the ammunition comprising:

• a marking capsule containing a dye;
• an inhibiting agent to impact on a target, the inhibiting agent comprising a plurality of particles of solid matter, each particle of solid matter comprising sharp edges;
• a housing defining a first exterior diameter, the housing surrounding the marking capsule and the inhibiting agent, and arranging the marking capsule and the inhibiting agent in two longitudinally arranged sections, and comprising scores which move from a first position in which the scores enclose a first end of the housing, to a second position, in which the scores are urged distally and radially outward;
• and
• a casing defining a second exterior diameter, the casing enclosing a second end of the housing;
• wherein the first exterior diameter and the second exterior diameter are equal, the entire structure of the marking capsule remains intact until impact on a target, and the dye contained by the marking capsules, when released from the marking capsules by the marking capsules impact with the target, is released locally on the target and is not vaporized or otherwise forms a cloud that obscures any line of sight to the target.

Less lethal ammunition for inhibiting activity of a living target and marking the living target impacted by the ammunition, the ammunition comprising:

• a cylindrical casing;
• a detonator disposed on a closed end of the cylindrical casing;
• a charge disposed within the casing adjacent to the detonator;
• a cylindrical body defining a bottom cap comprising a body section and a flange, the flange defining a first outside diameter, and a top section defining a second outside diameter, the cylindrical body having a longitudinally arranged payload, comprising;
• an inhibiting agent disposed adjacent a first end of the cylindrical body, the inhibiting agent comprising sharp edges;
• and
• at least one marking capsule disposed adjacent a second end of the cylindrical body, the marking capsule having a marking fluid therein;
• wherein the first outside diameter and the second outside diameter are equal, the entire structure of the marking capsule remains intact until impact on a target, and the dye contained by the marking capsules, when released from the marking capsules by the marking capsules impact with a target, is released locally on the target and is not vaporized or otherwise forms a cloud that obscures any line of sight to the target;
• and
• wherein the detonator and the charge disposed within the casing are the only charge in the ammunition.