TASER® M18 Pistol with Laser Sight

In 1998, TASER International began "Project Stealth" the development of the much higher power weapons to stop goal-oriented, focused and extremely combative individuals who were impervious to other use-of-force options. The result of Project Stealth was the ADVANCED TASER M18.

The ADVANCED TASER product uses proprietary technology to incapacitate dangerous, combative, or high-risk subjects that may be impervious to other means, regardless of pain tolerance, drug use, or body size - factors that cause other use-of-force options to have decreased effectiveness. The ADVANCED TASER is among the safest use of force alternatives. The ADVANCED TASER uses technology that will stop a focused, goal oriented subject from up to 15 feet away.

TASER weapons use a more powerful 18 to 26 watt electrical signal to completely override the central nervous system and directly control the skeletal muscles. This effect causes an uncontrollable contraction of the muscle tissue, allowing the M-Series to physically debilitate a target regardless of pain tolerance or mental focus. The ADVANCED TASER® M-Series are weapons specifically designed to stop even the most elite, aggressive, focused combatants. Rather than simply interfering with communication between the brain and muscles, the ADVANCED TASER® systems directly tell the muscles what to do: contract until the target is in the fetal position on the ground.

The ADVANCED TASER® provides for maximum safety for both the officer and the subject by bringing dangerous situations quickly under control before force escalates to lethal levels.