ISO 17201-5:2010 applies to weapons with calibres of less than 20 mm or explosive charges of less than 50 g TNT equivalent and pressures of less than 1 kPa at the reception point.

NOTE National or other regulations, which could be more stringent, can apply.

L'ISO 17201-4:2006 traite des calibres de moins de 20 mm, mais elle est également applicable à de plus gros calibres. Par ailleurs, les données peuvent permettre de comparer l'émission sonore de différents types de munitions utilisés avec la même arme. L'ISO 17201-4:2006 est destinée aux armes utilisées dans les stands de tir civils mais peut également s'appliquer aux armes militaires.

It addresses those cases where no source measurements exist, or where the data necessary to calculate projectile sound according to ISO 17201-4 are unknown. An example of this situation would be measuring projectile sound from shot gun pellets. It can also be used as an interpolation method between measurements of muzzle blast.

It is not applicable to the prediction of sound levels for the assessment of hearing damage and cannot be used to predict sound pressure levels or sound exposure levels below a specific distance where linear acoustics does not apply.

ISO 17201-3:2010 applies to weapons with calibres of less than 20 mm or explosive charges of less than 50 g TNT equivalent, including the projectile sound, and is applicable at distances where peak pressures are less than 1 kPa (154 dB).

NOTE National or other regulations, which could be more stringent, can apply.

Le présent document couvre les armes de calibre inférieur à 20 mm et des charges explosives de moins de 50 g d'équivalent TNT, à des distances où les valeurs de crête de la pression acoustique — y compris la contribution du bruit du projectile — sont inférieures à 1 kPa (154 dB).

NOTE Des réglementations nationales ou autres, éventuellement plus strictes, peuvent s'appliquer.

This document is applicable to guns used in civil shooting ranges but it can also be applied to military guns. It is not applicable to the assessment of hearing damage or sound levels in the non-linear region.

Suppressors and silencers are not taken into consideration in this document.

ISO 17201-1:2005 is applicable to guns used in civil shooting ranges but it can also be applied to military guns. It is not applicable to the assessment of hearing damage or sound levels in the non-linear region.

Manufacturers, medical researchers, policy makers, users, and other interested parties involved with different aspects of ESWs use a variety of different measurement methods, different terminologies, and different parameters to measure and describe the performance of an ESW. These differences generate confusion and misunderstanding within this stakeholder community, and this impacts the ability to perform accurate, reliable, and reproducible measurement comparisons. By developing a generally-accepted terminology, set of performance parameters, and test methods, this standard will facilitate accurate and precise communication for the parameters that describe the electrical output, current and high voltage, of ESWs. This improved communication will aid this stakeholder community in collectively developing uniform methods for describing the ESW output and its effect on human physiology consistently and accurately, thereby enabling the development of safe use performance standards/regulations by the appropriate standardization body.