Patent ID: 8653479

Claim:
An apparatus for tagging multiple personnel for identification and tracking, comprising: a taggant, the taggant being a chemical substance that adheres to an external surface of at least one of human skin, clothing and equipment of target personnel and that is undetectable by the human eye; and a taggant deployment mechanism in a form of an exploding projectile component, the exploding projectile component including the taggant, an explosive charge and a triggering mechanism, the taggant being mixed in with the explosive charge, wherein, after the taggant deployment mechanism is launched to an area, the triggering mechanism is activated to detonate the explosive charge causing an explosion that disperses the taggant over the area, the taggant adhering to the external surface of the at least one of human skin, clothing and equipment of the target personnel within the area over which the taggant is dispersed, the taggant being detectable only by a cooperating taggant detection unit.