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Flechettes are anti-personnel projectiles designed to be air-dropped over trenches during WWI.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...460#post146939
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...428#post150951
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...907#post137431
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...151#post149687
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...768#post170973
OUCH....damn that hurts!
I think they were used in WW2 also
Had flechette rounds in the first gulf war too. About the size of small nails.
So that’s where the idea for Lawn Darts came from!
"The Meat Grinder"? The Carl Gustaf 84 mm RPG a.k.a. M3 MAAWS, with ADK 401 ammo - 1,100 darts @ 300 meters per second?Quote:
Originally Posted by odd one
Our Peaceniks back here stirred up a row a decade ago over our successful and lucrative export of these mothers...
N00b
My grandma had a original set of Lawn Darts with the metal tips. After her death my baby sister acquired them back in the late 80's.
Sorry for your loss. It wasn’t the darts, I hope.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrickieDickie
I chuckled way too much at this response.Quote:
Originally Posted by N00b Machinist
I am smiling at that response too. No it wasn't a dart from the game but one of the grand-kids was struck by a dart once (thats the reason the manufacture changed the design to plastic tip, too many getting hurt). Grandma did play the game but died of natural causes at a ripe old age.