Hong Kong police buy new tear gas canisters from mainland China, including same hand-thrown model used by PLA’s anti-terrorism squad
- Jing An KF-302-20 CS Grenade canisters produce denser smoke faster, giving protesters less time to react, source tells Post
- New rounds fired from 38mm-calibre Federal Riot Guns also increase police’s effective range by 20 metres
Hong Kong police have bought new tear gas canisters which are the same model used by the Chinese army’s anti-terrorism squad, sources have told the Post.
Force insiders said the hand-thrown Jing An KF-302-20 CS Grenade canisters were among boxes of new tear gas rounds – bought from a mainland Chinese supplier – that were distributed to riot police last week.
“The canisters are the same type used by the PLA’s anti-terrorism squad,” one source said adding that it was more stable and produced denser smoke comparing with the CS grenades from Britain.
He said the new canisters would explode and produce tear gas smoke in precisely 1.2 seconds after being thrown.
“The old ones, designed to explode in 1.5 seconds, sometimes took longer to produce smoke or didn’t even work,” the source said.
