@Rummy
I suggested it's primary use would be to deal with civillians because I suspect it would have limited use on a battlefield. It is bulky and an easy target for a rifle or for an RPG. It would however be an effective weapon upon an unarmed crowd, where the ability to get out of the weapons scatter is difficult. You yourself noted it's law enforcement potential; I'm saying the same thing, I just see it more negatively than you do. Yes, I think Sweden would also use it for law enforcement purposes, why wouldn't I??
Prax asked how will it be modded, and I suggested that it's power could be increased to make it lethal, and should have added broadening the scatter. This why I used the words "cooking" because I think it would be an effective weapon for killing crowds in a more controlled manner than gassing can.
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Better than that they use scootered machine-gunning ayatollah wannabees from the Vice and Virtue Department.
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...the only way is that it, and by "It" I am again referred to a more powerful version mentioned above, is more efficient at killing large numbers in a photo friendly way than rifles.
Mobile or not, a rifle will still damage that plate at 500 metres therefore damaging the sensitive alignments neccesary to focus the microwaves. The slingshot was a suggestion in regards to crowd control which occurs on densely pack city streets, making that range much less of a benefit.