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to: RICH WILLBANKS
from: LYLE KNOX
date: 1996-07-23 22:25:00
subject: RE: TOW

LK>> By convention, it's against international law to use an
LK>> artillery piece against personnel.  Now you can depress the
LK>> muzzle, load a beehive round, and flatten 5 acres of
LK>> standing vegetation but the personnel hidden there are
 RW> I can't by that.  I don't remember anything about it in
 RW> the classes I took on international law and the 'rules
 RW> of warfare'.  As a matter of fact when you call for
 RW> artillery fire one of the things you include is your
 RW> target and one of the most popular is "troops in open".
 RW> Usually followed by either "HE quick" or "ICM".  Of
 RW> course the sadist will use "one in three, willie
 RW> peter".
I guess I should've prefaced my paragraph above with "From what I've read..."
to make it a bit clearer; my mistake.  Not being military myself, what's all
the nomenclature stand for?  Always looking to expand my knowledge base.  :-)
        Lyle    --INTERNET:  lyle.knox@iotp.com
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