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The M84 also known as a flashbang or stun grenade , is the currently-issued stun grenade of the United States Military and SWAT teams throughout the United States . Upon detonation, it emits an intensely loud "bang" of 170–180 decibels and a blinding flash of more than one million candela within five feet of initiation, sufficient to cause immediate flash blindness , deafness , tinnitus , and inner ear disturbance . Exposed personnel experience disorientation, confusion and loss of coordination and balance. While these effects are all intended to be temporary, there is risk of permanent injury. Consequently, the M84 is classified as a less-lethal weapon . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M84_stun_grenade -------------------------------- First-person shooter (FPS) is a video game genre centered around gun and other weapon-based combat in a first-person perspective ; that is, the player experiences the action through the eyes of the protagonist . The genre shares ...

The MA5C Individual Combat Weapon System (MA5C ICWS), more commonly known as the MA5C Assault rifle, is a standard United Nations Space Command firearm and is the successor of the MA5B Individual Combat Weapon System . http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/MA5C_Individual_Combat_Weapon_System ------------------------------ Halo is a  military science fiction   first-person shooter   video game franchise  created by  Bungie  and now managed and developed by  343 Industries , a subsidiary of  Microsoft Studios . The series centers on an  interstellar war  between  humanity  and a  theocratic  alliance of aliens known as the  Covenant . The Covenant, led by their religious leaders called the  Prophets , worship an  ancient civilization  known as the  Forerunners , who perished in combat with the  parasitic   Flood . The central focus of the franchise builds off the experiences of...