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

Robert G Lewis wrote:
> "Don Hills"  wrote in message
> news:6Lw5EtgaXC4D092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
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>
> http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/18/lebano13760.htm
>
> "Some of the rockets launched against Haifa over the past two
days contained
> hundreds of metal ball bearings that are of limited use against military
> targets but cause great harm to civilians and civilian property. The ball
> bearings lodge in the body and cause serious harm."
>
> I do not know how accurate the HRW site is.
>
> Bob Lewis
>
>
So they're old or the Israelis are lying.

Note the term :

"that are of limited use against military targets"


In Israeli terms that means "can't penetrate armour" i.e. are not
steel cubes which dependant upon their hardness can do nasty damage to
"light armour".

So they're old (which is good as otherwise they'd be much nastier) or the
Israelis are not telling the whole truth. My guess is some were of the
cubed warhead design.

Adam

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