From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Don Hills"  wrote in message
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> 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.
>
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> 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

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