TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: barktopus
to: Don Hills
from: Adam
date: 2006-08-19 23:17:58
subject: Re: Israelis did use CBU...

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Don Hills wrote:
> In article ,
> Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge"> wrote:
>> They're not making them themselves & most modern ap weapons do come
>> packed with hardened steel cubes. Much more "effective".
>
> Indeed. So anyone claiming they were filled with ball bearings likely
> doesn't know what they were talking about, and casts doubt about the
> warheads having any targeted anti-personnel payload.
>

Oh they might be ball bearings as the katyushas might be old.

Certainly they are easily available & effective.

However a professionally designed weapon is designed for maximum
"effectiveness" & steel cubes are both more effective &
easier to pack (thus giving a greater volume for more of the nasty bits of
death).

Adam

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786
@PATH: 379/45 1 633/267

SOURCE: echomail via fidonet.ozzmosis.com

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.