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From: ut-emx!walt.cc.utexas.edu!cyrius@cs.utexas.edu (Juan Chen)
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Subject: Re: several bullet questions
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Date: 5 Jul 89 12:36:40 GMT
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From: ut-emx!walt.cc.utexas.edu!cyrius@cs.utexas.edu (Juan Chen)

In article <7909@cbnews.ATT.COM> rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET writes:
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>From: rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
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>	Can any of you mil.netters comment on the following questions
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>	- 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...
>
  If you check out the current issue of American Rifleman there is
an article about the next generation of Army rifles. They mention
that one of the candidates uses a cartridge that has two bullets.
A lighter on nested behind the lead bullet that is supposed to 
deflect slightly and provide a more effective hit ratio.
  They also say that this concept is not new.
>	- What was "PUFF, the Magic dragon"?...

  A C-130 packed with rotary barrel guns alogn its sides...
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