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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