---
title: "A mesmerizing look at a taser being fired in super slow-motion"
date: "2018-11-01"
modified: "2020-10-21"
authors:
  - name: "Orvelin Valle"
    link: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/authors/orvelinvalle/"
url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/taser-super-slow-mo/"
categories:
  - "Military News"
  - "Technology"
---

# A mesmerizing look at a taser being fired in super slow-motion

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291304/origin.jpg>)

The Slow Mo Guys — a [YouTube channel ](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUK0HBIBWgM2c4vsPhkYY4w>)dedicated to filming action shots in super slow motion — released a cringeworthy video of one of their cameramen getting bare body tazed.

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### The video starts with a couple of incredible slow motion shots of the Taser being deployed: one side shot followed by a frontal.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291305/origin.gif>)
*Source: The Slow Mo Guys/YouTube*

### Dan Hafen, the volunteer for this experiment, is introduced at 1:50 of the video and soon takes off his shirt to capture the full prong penetration. OUCH.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291306/origin.gif>)
*Source: The Slow Mo Guys/YouTube*

### Watch his muscles contract from the point of impact to the rest of his back like a water rippling in a pond after a stone is tossed in.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291307/origin.gif>)
*Source: The Slow Mo Guys/YouTube*

### His face says it all.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291308/origin.gif>)
*Source: The Slow Mo Guys/YouTube*

### Here's the barbed prong being pulled out of his skin.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17291309/origin.gif>)
*Source: The Slow Mo Guys/YouTube*

Service members authorized to carry Tasers have to pass a written test and be able to effectively engage a target with a minimum of two Taser cartridges before they can carry a Taser. Once they complete training, they have the option to get tazed, [according](<https://www.osan.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123416669>) to the Air Force.

**Watch:**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=576HwhU6PMM

### NOW: [Airman gets tasered, grabs another airman's junk ](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-humor/airman-gets-tasered-grabs-another-airmans-junk/>)

### OR: [Here's the military's incredibly painful 'OC Spray' training ](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-life/oc-spray-pepper-spray-qualification/>)

## Author
OV is a Navy veteran and an expert in social media and entertainment marketing. Previously, with music electronics company Roland, he created social media outreach and growth strategies that became Roland's worldwide corporate standard. OV also managed social media and promotions for Madison Square Garden and Clear Channel Radio.