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From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: Exploding bullets
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Date: 9 Jun 89 03:28:28 GMT
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From: eos!eugene@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Eugene Miya)

I would tend to doubt that the bullets specifically explode.
There are lots of problems with these types of small munitions
(See Day of the Jackel for one example).  Likely some of the rounds
shattered.

However, you did bring up chills.  There were a fair number of
wounded casualities during the Vietnam war who had live grenades
and mortar rounds in them: M-79 rounds, 60mm, B-40, and RPG-7
which various medical teams had to remove.  You had to have
a UXB expert as well as a surgeon in the room.  Not to mention
burning phosphorus wounds.

Another gross generalization from

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