Flechettes: The Darts of War
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Flechettes (French for "small arrows") are fin-stabilized projectiles originally developed in the 1910s to be dropped from aircraft, but which have since been adapted to a variety of weapons systems, from artillery shells and air-launched rockets to shotguns and infantry rifles. In this video, we look at a Vietnam War-era "Lazy Dog" antipersonnel flechette and a pair of tungsten armour-piercing flechettes from a CRV7 unguided rocket and discuss the long and fascinating history of this unusual weapon. SOURCES: https://av8rblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/dropping-darts-from-an-aeroplane/ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/REL%3A05361 https://www.amnestyusa.org/a-bloodstained-wall-full-of-flechettes/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/flechette-projectile-ukraine-russia/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-dundurn-crv-7-rocket-1.6104294
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