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From: pspod@kira.lerc.nasa.gov ( )
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Base Bleed & RAP
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Date: 13 Feb 91 03:04:08 GMT
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From: pspod@kira.lerc.nasa.gov ( )
In article jmasly@mainz-emh2.army.mil (John Masly) writes:
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>	and imploy base bleed on the round.  I believe the actual
>	155mm base bleed projectile design originated in Sweden.

The base bleed idea originated in the fertile mind of the infamous
Dr. Gerald Bull, of the Iraqi supergun fame.  The G-5 guns now used
by Austria, South Africa and Iraq were designed by Bull.