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From: rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: several bullet questions
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Date: 30 Jun 89 20:10:58 GMT
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From: rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET

	Can any of you mil.netters comment on the following questions

	- Didn't the Japanese use WOODEN bullets in WW2 ?  Like some
	one on this net( meirrose ?) said very well: woundeds consume
	more resources than bodies...

[mod.note:  I've heard this before; cherry wood, I was told.  I suspect,
though, that this was due more to economics than wound potential; copper
and lead were probably getting hard to come by in Japan.  Anyway, can
anyone confirm that this is more than a fable ?  - Bill ]

	- Wasn't there a PIGGY-BACK bullet used in Viet Nam ?  I would
	describe it as an ordinary shell, followed by a break-away or
	separate slug; you'd have your regular hit, plus another
	projectile in a tight group to follow...

	- What was "PUFF, the Magic dragon"?...

	that's -OWARI- from GLOWWORM-7-9-4
	best regards, rbeville@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
	Bob Beville, Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR 97077