MS>> I remember when the USMC used them as light artillery in Beirut
 MS>> before the bombing. 
SH>> The Marines have -never- used the TOW as artillery. 
SH>> Artillery is, by definition, an indirect fire weapon.  The
SH>> TOW is line-of-sight only. 
 RW> Then what is a 155mm howitzer when it is used as a line
 RW> of sight antipersonnel weapon?  I have heard many a
 RW> stories of such things in Korea, Army and Marine guns.
By convention, it's against international law to use an artillery piece
against personnel.  Now you can depress the muzzle, load a beehive round, and
flatten 5 acres of standing vegetation but the personnel hidden there are
considered "collateral damage".  :-)  I think I remember seeing something
about a .50 caliber gun coming under the same heading so, to be "legal", you
have to shooting the enemy's =equipment= rather than at the person.  Sorta
like, "well, I saw an enemy trooper coming towards me with a radio pack so I
took out the radio...from the front."  :-)
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