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From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com
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Subject: Re: several bullet questions
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Date: 6 Jul 89 01:43:37 GMT
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From: pierson@cimnet.dec.com

In article <7909@cbnews.ATT.COM>, rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET
writes (in part...):

>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 ]
	Hadn't heard of the Japanese use, however the Germans used a wooden
	bullet for (rifle) grenade launching purposes.  The presence of a
	"bullet" improved the feeding...  The US used just a blank cartridge.

>	- 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...
	Dunno about Vietnam, however one of the contenders for the next
	generation US service rifle (program name escapes me) uses this
	scheme.  Slightly different masses give slightly different impact
	points.

>	- What was "PUFF, the Magic dragon"?...
	Transport aircraft C47?) fitted with side firing Gatling guns in various
	calibers, (and sometimes cannon...).  Used for ground attack in
	Vietnam.  I suspect it would be _real_ vulnerable without absolute
	air superiority.  Several books out which describe the various
	versions.

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

thanks
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