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

Don Hills wrote:
> In article , "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>> Its not a lie.  High explosives surrounded by ball bearings is a form of
>> cluster bomb, imho.  It is intended to inflict maximum civilian casualties
>> when fired (as they always are by these scum) at purely civilian targets.
>
> Your opinion is merely that - your opinion. High explosives surrounded by
> ball bearings is a fragmentation bomb. If such warheads were used by
> Hezbollah, I doubt they would have used ball bearings anyway - far too
> expensive. If I were building one in a garage I'd use high-tensile nuts and
> bolts as filling. If I had better facilities I'd use tool steel, cubed.
>
http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au/publications/2669/DSTO-TR-1582.pdf

"Evaluation of a Silent Killer, the PMN Anti-Personnel
                     Blast Mine
"There was also a thin slit through sheet 5 of one pack, indicating
that a thin metal strip had gone right through. This suggests that the
strip hit the pack when on its side, acting like a razor blade to produce
the most efficient penetration. The large majority of the metal strip
fragments were found in the top 150 mm of the CaneiteR sheets. "

You gotta love the "acting like a razor blade to produce the most
efficient penetration"

AP CBU's are not just containers for steel cubes etc but are wrapped with
thick steel wire notched at intervals to produce pieces which sin through
the air much like a kitchen food processor blade.

NB this a study of an AP blast mine not a "jumping jack"/S-mine
which are the cube filled airbursting beasties.

Adam

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