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| Thousands of antifa & BLM rioters surround the Portland federal courthouse again |
| 2020-07-21 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Beehive was a Vietnam war era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. It is also known as flechette rounds or their official designation, antipersonnel-tracer (APERS-T). Typically, artillery gunners fire using indirect fire, firing at targets they cannot see by line of sight with information provided by a forward observer. However, during the Vietnam War, there was a demand for a munition that could be fired directly at enemy troops, in cases where an artillery unit was attacked. - cite |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-21 18:49 |
| #6 Arrest the Mayor who called for the feds to get out just before the mob was sent out. |
| Posted by: Alistaire Omarong4061 2020-07-21 16:24 |
| #5 I prefer cannister. So, with the cannister: As artillery guys noticed that smaller types of grapeshot caused a greater spread of damage at shorter range, they began to experiment with smaller and smaller balls. Eventually--especially with the CSA--small musket balls were simply tossed into a cannon on top of the powder, creating a spread-out-- but very short--killing zone of 10 to 50 meters. The best anti-infantry size was found to be 2-inch balls loaded in a tin can, which flew apart when fired. These balls carried lethal velocity up to their maximum range, and could even pass through several bodies at short range. While grapeshot was still sparingly used against infantry, by the time of the Civil War it had almost been completely replaced as anti-personnel ammunition by canister. At medium to long range, grapeshot had a better range than canister, but the development of case shot -- hollow balls that exploded at range -- made this use of grapeshot obsolete. At short range, there was nothing more devastating against infantry than canister, which could even be double-loaded if the need arose. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-07-21 15:49 |
| #4 Ignoring commands huh? Let's see if they ignore shotgun fire, or grape shot. I figure a few well placed snipers could put paid to the whole mess. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-07-21 15:29 |
| #3 Thousands, eh? Couldn't be too hard to figure out where they came from. Check the charter buses, too. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-07-21 13:23 |
| #2 BerZyklon B ? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-21 10:43 |
| #1 Perfect opportunity for Berserker's gas. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-07-21 08:22 |