Rising instability across various countries due to different controversial laws and legislations enacted by several governments increased the need for weapons with a low risk of casualties. Human rights legislators and governments created regulations requiring multiple security and defense organizations to acquire weapons with a lower risk of killing a suspect. The rise in demand for less lethal weapons increased the development of new and advanced non-lethal weapons. A few major players operating in the regional non-lethal weapons market include FN HERSTAL; Combined Systems, Inc.; Pepperball; and Rheinmetall AG. Therefore, high investments by the market players in developing advanced non-lethal weapons for regional law enforcement agencies and national security bodies are boosting the growth of the non-lethal weapons market across the region.
With the new features and technologies, vendors can attract new customers and expand their footprints in emerging markets. This factor is likely to drive the Europe non-lethal weapons market. The Europe non-lethal weapons market is expected to grow at a good CAGR during the forecast period.
The Europe non-lethal weapons market is segmented into technology, product, and application, and country. Based on technology, the market is segmented into chemicals, acoustic, electromagnetic, and mechanical and kinetic. The mechanical and kinetic segment dominated the market in 2020 and electromagnetic segment is expected to be fastest growing during forecast period. Based on product, the market is segmented into direct contact weapons and directed energy weapons. The direct contact weapons segment dominated the market in 2020 and directed energy weapons segment is expected to be fastest growing during forecast period. Based on application, the market is segmented into law enforcement agencies, military, and personalized applications. The law enforcement agencies segment dominated the market in 2020 and military segment is expected to be fastest growing during forecast period. Based on country, the Europe non-lethal weapons market is segmented into France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Russia, and the Rest of Europe.
Axon Enterprise, IncCombined Systems, Inc.; Condor Non-Lethal Technologies; FN Herstal; ISPRA by EL Ltd.; Lamperd Less Lethal; PepperBall; and Rheinmetall AG are among the leading companies in the Europe non-lethal weapons market.