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Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal The French word flechette means "little arrow" or dart projectile of steel that is sharp and pointed with a vaned tail for stable flight. Flechettes were first used as an air-dropped weapon in World War I by combatants on both sides. Israeli Supreme Court decision on the use of flechette rounds in the Gaza Strip; the petition to ban their use was rejected by the court. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=flechette   (1074 words)

Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal A needlegun, also known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts. Flechettes again came into mass use in World War I, when they were dropped from airplanes. Flechette ammunition encased in a sabot is available for the M-16, shotguns, and other weapons. www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Needler   (719 words)

Settable warhead burst range selector   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Flechettes, on the other hand, have all of their energy imparted to them at the gun and depend on their low drag profile to retain the maximum kinetic energy until target intercept. Thus, the flechettes travel enroute to the target in a relatively aerodynamically clean projectile and at a propitious moment are expelled to continue to the target. In the present invention the range between flechette expulsion and target intercept is considerably reduced, thus the flechette cloud diameter is reduced and the flechette density is increased. www.sacnewsmonthly.com /invent/aluminum_alloy-boron_fiber_composite/settable_warhead_burst_range_selector.html   (2471 words)

Nakba and Memories: - Palestine Monitor   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Flechette shells, in regular use by the IDF in densely populated Palestinian residential areas, spread out over an area with an average radius of 200 meters and cause mortal injury to civilians -- to women, men, children and old people, with no distinction whatever -- by scattering small, lethal metal darts. The supreme court, which at first scorned even to hear the petition on the grounds that it amounted to a demand to dictate to the IDF the means it could employ, forgot that its task is to protect human life. In relying on the idea that flechette rounds fired from tanks are not prohibited by international law, the court has entirely ignored the spirit of the law. www.palestinemonitor.org /Feature/A_License_to_Kill_Civilians.htm   (606 words)

Ultra-Tech Slugthrowers Flechette Rounds: this TL7 bullet is a very thin dart encased in a sabot roughly the shape of a normal rifle round. A flechette cartridge is also available for TL8 grenade launchers, for use as a short-range anti-personnel round. Flechette machine-guns are often used as an anti-missile system; it is computer-operated and fires the same round as the grenade launcher, at very high rates of fire (RoF of 40+). www.sjgames.com /gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer23/UTSlugthrowers.html   (2082 words)

High Court Ruling 8990: The Israeli Supreme Court Sitting as the High Court of Justice The appellants sought to determine that the use of flechette shells by the IDF in the Gaza Strip area is illegal, and that their use must be prevented entirely. The respondents do not argue that use of flechette shells — intended for a surface target — involves a heightened danger for incidental injury even of those not participating in the fighting against the army, and who happen to be within the boundaries of the area at which the shell was fired. In their treatment of the cases mentioned in the appeal, in which the use of flechette shells led to the killing of civilians, the respondents enumerated the circumstances of the events. www.hrw.org /press/2003/04/israelisupremecourt.htm   (722 words)

Flechette   (Site not responding. Last check: ) A flechette load consists of several small, nail-like projectiles, each pointed at one end and weighted on the other by fins swaged into the rear of the projectile. The flechettes are held together by a plastic sabot until the load exits the shotgun's muzzle. Because flechettes are usually constructed of hard steel with a pointed tip, deformation is less likely to occur on contact with body armor. matrix.dumpshock.com /raygun/ammo/shotgun/flechette.html   (196 words)

Partners for Peace - Library - Action Alerts Flechettes are clearly a grisly weapon, shooting out thousands of metal darts, obliterating all life in their path. An IDF tank firing flechettes at what soldiers believed to be a cell of terrorists trying to infiltrate Netzarim in the Gaza Strip killed four people, including a 55-year-old woman, her two sons, and their cousin late Wednesday night. Representatives of the Israel Defense Forces in that meeting at first denied that the shell carried a payload of flechettes: a particularly lethal cluster bomb of small darts that are released over a large radius. www.partnersforpeace.org /actionalerts/db200209060   (2086 words)

Ammo: 18.5mm Flechette   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The InstellArms flechette shell is designed to extend the effective range of the shotgun while maintaining high lethality and high probability of a hit. On firing, the rearward facing flechettes yaw until they are facing forward, forcing the pattern of darts to expand. The flechettes are able to penetrate a stell helmet or aramid vest at up to 500m, but lack the energy to do significant tissue damage beyond 300m. weapons.travellercentral.com /ammo/shotgun_flechette.html   (156 words)

[No title] JFK was paralyzed by poison contained in the flechette in less than two seconds--so paralyzed that the first rifle bullet that hit him did not knock him down, but left him in a nearly upright position. There are different kinds of these flechettes that were used in various weapons systems, and a special one was developed which potentially would be able to enter the target without perception. The flechette was traveling at an angle from the right front of the limousine, and it missed the other occupants of the car. www.ratical.org /ratville/JFK/TUM.txt   (6612 words)

ei: Israel's military debates use of flechette round The Israel Defence Force (IDF) is using tank-fired flechette anti-personnel rounds in its conflict with Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The flechettes are dispersed in a cone-shaped pattern which is 300m long and about 94m wide. The use of flechette rounds in war is not proscribed by the Geneva Convention but their use in internal security operations is more problematic. www.electronicintifada.net /v2/article558.shtml   (645 words)

[No title] Flechette Rounds are prohibited from use according to the principles of International Law, as they cause unnecessary suffering and indiscriminate damage. Flechette Rounds were developed by the United States Army during the Vietnam War as the most efficient weapons against the Viet Cong. Use of Flechette Rounds is illegal and constitutes a brutal violation of humanitarian law as well as of warfare and occupation laws. www.angelfire.com /hero/eto/flechette.html   (707 words)

STEYR ADVANCED COMBAT RIFLE   (Site not responding. Last check: ) A fin-stabilized flechette lies inside the case, its fins positioned by the primer ring and the body held by a polycarbonate sabot, and surrounded by propellant. Above the chamber is a fixed firing pin, pointing downwards, and as the chamber rises so this firing pin passes through a hole in the chamber block and, just as the chamber aligns with the barrel and locks, strikes the ring primer and fires the cartridge. The flechette is driven up the barrel; gas, tapped from the barrel into a surrounding chamber, drives a piston which is actually a sleeve around the barrel. remtek.com /arms/steyr/acr/acr.htm   (570 words)

Ammunitions   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Like all flechette rounds range is a great factor in determining the amount of damage the weapon can cuase. Flechette rounds do double damage at close range (10 feet or less), but anything beyond 40 feet does only half damage. They function in the same manner as normal flechette rounds, but the one significant difference; the internal aerofoil razors of Shredder rounds are adamantine needles. www.angelfire.com /tv2/rwf/ammo.html   (1489 words)

Ammo: 18.5mm SCMITR   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Investigation of various long range shotgun ammunition revealed that flechette type rounds showed the best long range performance and penetration, but at the low velocities typical of shotguns, exhibited none of the lethality demostrated by the same projectile type when fired a higher rifle velecities. Upon studying the effectiveness of flechette ammunition, it was determined that lethality and wound tracks of shotgun flechettes was directly proportional to the width of the stabilizing fins. The broad cross section results in a wide wound track, and the round is able to penetrate a standard aramid fiber ballistic vest or steel helmet ar ranges in excess of 500 meters, while exhibiting equal or greater lethality than conventional 8mm pellet ammunition and all at the same comparative cost per round. weapons.travellercentral.com /ammo/shotgun_scmitr.html   (307 words)

[No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The flechettes are dispersed in a cone-shaped pattern which is 300m long and about 94m wide. They were killed by flechettes fired from tank shells that struck their home while they were sleeping. Flechette shells, considered one of the most ruthless anti-personnel weapons, spray hundreds of dart-like nails in the general areas at which they are fired. www.thenausea.com /elements/Israel/israel-doc1.html   (1262 words)

SDLLC 12 GA FLECHETTE SABOT SHOTGUN AMMO AMMUNITION Canister grade flechettes can have points that are up to 0.010 inches non-concentric, causing extreme deviation from the intended point of impact upon firing. Our sabot with 19 steel flechettes has 211 percent more projectiles than 9 ball lead buckshot, with a comensurate higher probability of kill or incapacitating hit at all engagement ranges. The small arms grade flechettes used in our M1 series of sabots are aerodynamically superior to a deformed lead ball, and have superior penitration and performance at all ranges in soft targets. www.antipersonnel.net /sdllc/005.html   (425 words)

Steyr ACR Most importantly the flechette outperforms the current M16 A2 M855 by traveling twice as fast as the M855 on a completely flat trajectory when zeroed in at 600 M. The weapon and the ammunition are designed to eliminate the need to change adjustments to sighting in all conditions. The Synthetic Cased Flechette also weighs less than one half the weight as the SS109 cartridge allowing for increase in the number of rounds per combat load. At 600 yards the velocity of the flechette is 910 Meter per second allowing it to penetrate steel plate and all known body armor. www.steyr-aug.com /acr2002.htm   (746 words)

FLC-H1 Flechette A new mech, the FLC-H1 Flechette, is now being designed to counter the Griffin IIC and other Clan refits as well. The Flechette's deployment is consistent with the design team's intention; most of those units currently in use are located on worlds along the Clan border, mostly in Lyran space. A few flechettes are scattered among units in the former Federated Suns. www.ajfroggie.com /battletech/mechs/flc-h1.htm   (262 words)

B'Tselem Photo Archive - Flechette darts, thousands of which are released when flechette shells explode. Since the ... B'Tselem Photo Archive - Flechette darts, thousands of which are released when flechette shells explode. Since the beginning of the al-Aqsa intifada, the IDF has used flechettes in the Gaza Strip, killing at least nine Palestinians. Flechette darts, thousands of which are released when flechette shells explode. www.btselem.org /English/Photo_Archive/One_Photo.asp?start=17   (68 words)

Israel to use flechette shells: World: News: News24 Jerusalem - Israel's Supreme Court has given the army the green light to use controversial flechette tanks shells which spray thousands of darts over hundreds of metres, ripping apart anyone in the killing zone. Physicians for Human Rights, an Israeli advocacy group, said the use of such shells was in contravention of the Geneva Convention covering the rules of warfare and should be banned. According to Jane's Defence Weekly, the British military analysis journal, Israel uses flechette shells acquired from the United States in the 1970s which fire 5 000 darts in in a cone-shaped pattern 300m long and about 94m wide. www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1347525,00.html   (250 words)

Bullet Points #76: Interactive Gadgety Goodness These are GM calls, and I encourage everyone to not only answer them when they come up, but put a personal spin on the answers to make them unique to your game. Yes, the flechette guns are less effective than their charge weapon rivals. Second, the flechette's reduced damage at greater range could well be a feature, not a bug. www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20061110&cmp=ILC-RSSDND   (1665 words)

Beholder's RPGZone The FRD-1 Auto Flechette SMg is a response from Austrin-Ontis to the StarMech's Flechette ShotGun by Edge One Division. This weapons main adventage is the strong punch from it's automatic feature, it fires around 10 flechettes for single bursts and up to 30 flechette for full burst. these flechette are made from an alloy never used before in this type of weapons. www.rpgzone.org /modules.php?name=Alternity&pa=showpage&pid=25   (120 words)

ZNet |Mideast | The Idf's 'permissiveness' In The Territories Israel says it uses the flechette only in the Gaza Strip, explaining - no less appallingly - that in Gaza, there is a clear division between Jewish settlements and Palestinian locales. The court, which obviously has time on its hands, deferred the hearing on the case until May. In the meantime, though, the IDF again shelled children with flechettes. According to a letter sent by Physicians for Human Rights to the military advocate-general, soldiers in Nablus ordered the crews of five ambulances to act as shields between the troops and a group of stone throwers two weeks ago. www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=3007   (585 words)

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ei: Cluster bombs and flechette shells Cluster bombs are heavy ordinance which, when detonated, release hundreds of darts (flechettes) or other fragments of metal shrapnel. They are designed to target human beings and have been used on several occasions by Israel against Palestinians, with many civilian casualties. PCHR: Israeli High Court rules to permit Israeli army's use of flechette shells (27 April 2003) electronicintifada.net /bytopic/83.shtml   (207 words)

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