01-13-2018, 12:06
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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
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Exactly.
I wonder what nasty little surprises our friends the Chinese have in store for us?
TR
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01-24-2018, 13:03
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#17
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01-25-2018, 07:37
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Originally Posted by CloseDanger
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Just pad all the signals to look the same.
we will attack at dawn
Wewillattackatdawn
Wewil latta ckatd awn
xwewi llatt ackat dawnx
4 3 5 0 9
5 3 9 7 1
5 4 2 3 6
2 4 7 1 5
8 9 7 6 2
Extrapolate that to video signal and whoops...
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01-25-2018, 08:12
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Originally Posted by miclo18d
Just pad all the signals to look the same.
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And as a backup,, Bring back the Flechette round for the free floaters..
The 105mm launched 7,000-9,000 darts, at 300 yds the pattern was 300 yds wide.
We are talking Crowd Pleasers..
Explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NAvwP346bc
Example field tests:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6wxBQ3f_0
For the 12ga crowd,, but I think 3inch #6 shot would do as well??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuATXYbsXfI
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01-25-2018, 08:52
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Flechettes literally nail bad guys to trees.
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01-25-2018, 18:15
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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK
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I got to 3rd Ranger Batt in 1989 and they were still humping the “stovepipe”. I eventually got to fire a flachette round. We always kicked off our ambushes with the “90” and always an honor to help carry it on road marches (but difficult because the 90 teams were very proud)
M590 Antipersonnel Canister
The Antipersonnel (Canister) Cartridge M590 (XM590E1) or M590 cartridge is a flechette round designed for close-in defense against massed infantry attacks. The cartridge consists of an aluminum cartridge case crimped to an aluminum canister. The canister consists of a thin-walled, deep-drawn, aluminum body that contains a payload of 2,400 eight-grain (0.5 g), low-drag, fin-stabilized, steel-wire flechettes. When the canister leaves the muzzle, the pressure ruptures the canister along inscribed score marks to release the flechettes, which disperse in a cone angle of approximately 8 degrees.
Cartridge weight: 6.79 lb (3.08 kg)
Cartridge length: 19.19 in (487 mm)
Projectile weight: 3.97 lb (1.8 kg)
Muzzle velocity: 1,250 ft/s (381 m/s)
Maximum effective range: 328 yd (300 m)
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01-25-2018, 19:23
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I remember firing flechete rounds out of the 106mm recoiless in the Q. Kept a couple of them in my soft cap for years but they have finally disappeared.
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01-25-2018, 20:14
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Had them for the M-79, too, but weren't they banned in VN?
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