-
single explosive round. The use of
flechettes as
antipersonnel weapons has been controversial.
During World War I,
flechettes were
dropped from
aircraft to...
-
early as 1910, the
French began experimenting with air-dropped
flechettes;
flechettes dropped from
planes were used
extensively during the war. A June...
-
Cartridge Company contained twenty flechettes 18.5
millimetres (0.73 in) long and
weighing 7.3
grains (0.47 g) each. The
flechettes were
packed in a
plastic cup...
-
packed with
metal flechettes fired from an
artillery gun most po****rly deplo****
during that conflict. It is also
known as
flechette rounds or
their official...
-
dedicated flechette-firing
weapon combined with a
grenade launcher, the SPIW. The
final requirements resulted in an over-under weapon,
firing flechettes from...
- was a
flechette or Bee Hive
round (so
named for the
sound the
flechettes made
while in flight) that
fired 45 10-grain
steel flechettes.
Flechettes proved...
- Lazy Dog
munitions had
precursors in air-dropped
flechettes dating from
World War I.
These flechettes were used as anti-personnel weapons, in Zeppelin...
- The ACR "rifles" used
smoothbore barrels to fire
single or
multiple flechettes (tiny darts),
rather than bullets, per pull of the trigger, to provide...
- was
loaded with
eight of
these flechettes, each
weighing about 1 gram.
Dispersion was low, with all
eight flechettes capable of
hitting within a four-metre...
- 035 oz) drag
stabilized flechettes. All 8
flechettes were able to hit a 4 m (4.4 yd)
circle at 150 m (160 yd). The
flechettes at that
range had a velocity...
