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Originally posted by Radar Rider
Am I the only one that thinks it's horseshit to define which weapons or calibers of weapons that one might use to kill another human being are restricted? Yeah, I know that the conventions are based on those that might survive, but, if you kill them, then no problem.
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I have heard the argument that Flechette weapons should be outlawed, they were a pretty effective weapon when utilized correctly though not something to be utilized in a CAS role:
We spent some time working with Mohawks using HAC FLIR and people sniffers, flying over the U-Minh forest during the hours of darkness. The Mohawks would call a hack every time they received a strong indicator of urine, body odor, campfires, human excrement, or whatever they were dialed in for, someone following them on radar would plot and eventually triangulate positions of troop strength.
My heavy team of Cobras would be standing by (with no protection whatsoever) parked on an makeshift airfield with a jp-4 blivet and Flechette rockets, we would be scrambled, fly pretty much blacked out guided by the same radar controllers who had triangulated the Mohawks findings. At approx 1 mile out we would start our dive (can't remember the altitude we were using, probably 1000ft AGL) the radar controller would advise us at 1/4 mile from target On Target, and 1/4 mile past and we would we would dump 1/3 of our load at each mark.
Then with our night vision completely gone we would fly back rearm and refuel and wait for the next scramble, we usualy took a few hits on these missions, although I don't remember losing anyone. Troops were inserted into the areas we hit (BDA) and reports filtered back, lots of blood, bloody tracks where they drug off their dead, and even of people nailed to trees (I took that one with a grain of salt).
For some reason these missions were halted, never found out why.
Terry