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A less-lethal round is loaded into an M79. For close range fighting, two styles of M79 rounds were developed. The first was a flechette or Bee Hive round (so named for the sound the flechettes made while in flight) [17] that fired 45 10-grain steel flechettes. Flechettes proved to be ineffective because they would often not hit point-first and ...
After the Vietnam War the 105mm tank gun M68 was also provided APER-T ammunition M494. APERS-T rounds in 40×46 mm were also available for the M79, M203, and M320 grenade launchers. Subsequently, it was reported that the USSR had developed similar rounds for 122 mm and 152 mm artillery for use in indirect fire .
The round is effective to 200 meters against point targets and 400 meters against area targets. [14] It is unclear which of the experimental variants, either the XM651 or XM651E1 was standardized. Older cartridges designed specifically for the M79 grenade launcher or the AN/M8 pyrotechnic pistol also remain in inventory.
M385: Training round featuring a solid metal projectile. [42] M385A1: Updated M385 featuring an ogive equal to the M430 HEDP round. [43] Missing image M918 P, practice. [44] The M918 is a training practice cartridge that has the same muzzle velocity of 790 feet per second (fps), signature, and sound as the HE round. [44] [45] Missing image M922 ...
However, it could also be used in an anti-personnel role with the use of flechette rounds. The widely used Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle also uses an Area Defence Munition designed as a close-range anti-personnel round. It fires 1,100 flechettes over a wide area. [1] The US Air Force used 2.75 in (70 mm) rockets with WDU-4/A flechette ...
Cooking off (or thermally induced firing) is unfired weapon ammunition exploding prematurely due to heat in the surrounding environment. [1] [2] The term is used both for detonation of ammunition not loaded into a weapon, and unintended firing of a loaded weapon due to heating.
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The missile system is also commonly mounted on light and medium armored vehicles, and attack helicopters. [2] HOT entered limited production in 1976, with mass production of 800 missiles a month reached in 1978. HOT initially became operational with the French and West German armies fitted to specialized armored antitank vehicles.