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- From: edremy@leland.Stanford.EDU (eric remy)
- Subject: Re: no cannister-was re:tank vs. helo
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 16:01:14 GMT
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- From edremy@leland.Stanford.EDU (eric remy)
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- In article <BzH4v8.AnI@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> eachus@oddjob.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus) writes:
- >
- >From "Robert I. Eachus" <eachus@oddjob.mitre.org>
- >
- >In article <BzD4x9.J70@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> James William Stepanek <js43+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >
- > actually there was a round for the 105 mm that fired a whole bunch of
- > flechettes (sorta like real small darts) which were quite effective at
- > shredding anything (soft) in their path. I imagine these would compare
- > favourably to the cannister rounds you were reffering to. They did not
- > bother to make such a round for the 120mm for some reason that I don't
- > understand.
- >
- > Sounds like the Beehive round that was available for 105 mm
- >howitzers when I was in, but I don't think it was converted for the
- >M-60. I'll check. Beehive and cannister however are different in
- >intended application, the Beehive is intended to cover a wide area on
- >a relatively high trajectory, so the emphasis is on lots of (small)
- >projectiles. Cannister is much more of a low trajectory round
- >intended to clear the field, so it has much larger projectiles, and
- >does a great job of clearing jungle so you can see what is there.
-
- Beehive does exist for the 105 used on the M60 and M1. I'm not sure
- if it's still issued, but we're told how to employ it and it's general
- effectiveness. (Employ against massed troops, effectiveness very
- high.) Our version is a flat trajectory round, and acts more like the
- cannister round described above.
-
- The round has a time fuse on the front of it, which can be set
- for various bursting distances. Upon bursting, a cloud of 5000 darts
- spreads out in a cone about 300m wide at 300m after opening. The
- darts look like nails with small razor blades as fins. The comment by
- our instructors was that anything in that cone won't even look human.
- The darts are light enough that they won't do much to anything armored
- or under cover.
-
-
- >
- >--
- >
- > Robert I. Eachus
- >
- >with Standard_Disclaimer;
- >use Standard_Disclaimer;
- >function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...
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- Eric R. edremy@d31ha0.Stanford.EDU Department of Chemistry
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