FATS question...

[hankdatank1362]

Has anyone on this board ever seen a FATS machine that sprayed peppermint oil as an indication of failure?

I found that statement in a textbook entitled Community-Based Corrections in the section about the training Parole Officers recieve.

I have dealt with several FATS machines, and have never seen any such thing. So I asked my instructor, a former SA in Charge of Training (and occasionally procurement) for one of the three-letter agencies. He has purchased hundreds of FATS machines over his career, including many for friendly countries around the world. None have ever sprayed peppermint oil.

before we write a scathing letter to the author for making up facts (trust me, not the first instance in this book), I was just wondering if anyone had any real-life experience with such a FATS?

 

[CWL]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a FATS machine? Does it have anything to do with firearms? It sounds more like something you buy in a holistic candle store.

 

[Corey]

FATS= FireArms Training Simulator. Used by alot of LE agencies. Now owned by Meggit Training Systems. http://www.fatsinc.com/main.php?id=23 They do offer a hostile fire system as an add on which allows they operator to use a remote control device to shoot foam (nerf type) projectiles at the person being trained during scenarios. Never heard of spraying liquid at them.

 

[hankdatank1362]

Me neither. The oil is supposely sprayed only when the operator takes a "hit."

 

[Brian Dale]

~email the manufacturer and ask?

 

[armoredman]

Used a few, never saw that add on. The shootback cannon used a .68 caliber plastic ball, air powered.

 

[Jeff White]

The only one I've ever seen that projects anything is the one that shoots the plastic ball like armoredman mentioned. We used to train on FATS annually, but I never saw or have heard of one that projects peppermint oil.