A Tear Gas Sprayer is a police officer melee weapon added with the 112 Operator Facilities DLC. It can only be placed into the Melee Weapon slot of a police gear set, and costs €500 to purchase as part of that set. The Tear Gas Sprayer is a Pacification weapon, with high accuracy and no chance of injuring the target. It will usually force a suspect to surrender after 8 hits. The high rate of attack makes this weapon superior to the Taser from the base game in almost every way.
Description[]
"A light and handy tear gas spray canister designed to incapacitate aggressive civilians."
Overview[]
The Tear Gas Sprayer is available only with the Facilities DLC and is generally unlocked several duties into a career, scenario, or freeplay game. It can only be added to a police gear set, and goes only in the Melee Weapon slot.
The Tear Gas Sprayer is strictly a Melee weapon, only firing at an opponent only if it is within long melee range (2.0). If the officer has no Ranged Weapon, they will move to Melee range automatically. If the officer has any Ranged Weapon, they will use the Tear Gas Sprayer only if the opponent happens to enter Melee range for any reason, in which case the officer will fire both their ranged weapon and Tear Gas Sprayer at that opponent. This makes Tear Gas Sprayers mostly effective against opponents armed with Melee weapons, as they will automatically step into Melee range themselves.
The Tear Gas Sprayer has a firing rate of 5, meaning that it attacks once per 5 seconds of real time (on SLOW game-speed). This is twice as fast as a Taser, and typically allows the officer to take the first shot in a battle.
The weapon itself has an Accuracy rating of 80%. In other words, the chance to hit the target with each attack is equal to 80% of the officer's own Accuracy skill. For example, an officer with 50% Accuracy has a 40% chance to hit the target with each attack of the Tear Gas Sprayer.
The Tear Gas Sprayer has a Damage rating of 0, and therefore no chance of injuring its target. If used on its own, it will never cause injuries, thus removing the need to send medics to treat the target and remove it to a hospital.
The Tear Gas Sprayer instead provides its user with a Pacification bonus of +0.13. Pacification means that the suspect stops fighting and submits to an arrest. With a Pacification level of 0.13, it would take exactly 8 hits with a Tear Gas Sprayer to pacify any suspect; though it could happen earlier for various reasons.
At only €500 apiece, the Tear Gas Sprayer is extremely cost-effective compared to the Taser from the base game - while retaining a similar combat effectiveness - and is definitely a step up from a Tonfa. It is not a good replacement for a Ranged Weapon, but will supplement one very effectively.
Availability[]
Available only in the 112 Operator Facilities DLC.