see these comments: https://hexbear.net/comment/7567870, https://hexbear.net/comment/7568237

it's also pretty chonky, it's mostly just a steel rod and even the head isn't all that thin, so I doubt there's much potential for breaking, perhaps the ends of the crescent could chip somewhat if you directly hit something with them

Maybe that's the point and it's non-lethal, used for suppression

and yes, this is the likely use, although we don't know for sure since there's only a handful examples of this type known and not much data