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to: RICH WILLBANKS
from: JOHN PERZ
date: 1996-07-28 11:00:00
subject: artillery

Interesting post, thanks!
-> You have High Explosive (HE) which can be fused so it;
-> A) TIMED, explodes before impact (good for spraying
-> fragments on troops), B) QUICK, explodes ON impact
-> (good for use against a mixed target, i.e. troops and
-> equipment) or C) DELAYED, explodes after impact (so it
-> will penetrate buildings, bunkers etc.)
Are these three DIFFERENT shells or is there a way to set the same shell
for Timed, Quick, or Delayed?  If so, must be a pretty neat fuse.
How long would it take to set the amount of time on each Timed shell?
Ie: Would calling for Timed slow down the response time and rate of
fire?
-> White Phosphorus (aka; WP, Willie Pete, Willie Peter).
-> WP burns on contact with air (oxygen technically).
-> It's usually used as a spotting round but it can be
-> used as a incendiary round.  Nasty stuff!
I thought smoke rounds were used for spotting?  I would think that the
disadvantage of using WP is that your spotting rounds are the ones MOST
likely to cause a "friendly fire" incident, no?
Regards
John
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