Antipersonnel
used against enemy rather than against mechanized vehicles, matériel, etc.:
antipersonnel bombs.
Historical Examples
Hilda was in the slam in Madison, and who the hell knew what the antipersonnel stuff the Madison cops used had done to her.
Makers Cory Doctorow
It was their antipersonnel sound-cannon, which meant that Lester was around here somewhere.
Makers Cory Doctorow
adjective
(of weapons, etc) designed to cause casualties to personnel rather than to destroy equipment or defences AP
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