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whittling Super Member
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Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Heck with two rounds you could clear the forest with the first shot and kill everyone left standing (or crawling) with the second round.
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phill21 Member
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:34 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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I am with you vince i want one of those
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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SwampFox Super Member
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Looks a bit like a Bee Hive round. Vince, when A btry of 319th of the 173 Abn was overran in the Ashau Valley, B & C turned their 12 guns on A's 6 guns and fired point blank untill all movement ceased. We got the 6 guns from A in at the 2/319th of the 101st Abn at Ft Campbell. It was amazing what the projectiles will make holes in, including several inch thick cannon barrels.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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SwampFox wrote: |
Looks a bit like a Bee Hive round.
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Not sure what you guys in the US Artillery call a Bee Hive round, but a Bee Hive in the Aussie Army is actually a "stand off" shaped explosive charge used to punch holes in things.
Shaped Charges
Back on topic...how many days now Eric?
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phill21 Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:55 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Sampfox not trying to be smart here but i thought the beehive round was made up of hundreds of Flechelets ( dart like things ) i know they where deverstating.
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:48 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Phill....in the Aussie Army its the Canister round that is loaded with flechettes, fired from either a tank, artillery gun or a 40mm Grenade Launcher (M79 or M203).
The Tank Cartridge, 120mm, Canister, XM1028, is a tank round comprised of 1150 (est.) tungsten balls, which are expelled upon muzzle exit. There is no fuse on this round.
The 40mm canister cartridge provides a short range anti-personnel capability from muzzle to a maximum effective range of 100 metres.
The Beehive is what I've posted above, a Shaped Charge Demolition Charge...I've actually used them. Maybe some Armies call the Canister round a Beehive round...dunno.
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Vince Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Anywayz....I'll give myself a bagful of uppercuts for posting an Off Topic thread...sorry guys.
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: 120mm "Shotgun" Cannister Round |
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Vince, what we refer to as a "bee hive" round is similar to canister but contains flechettes instead of round projectiles. A cousin of mine served in an USMC Ontos unit in Viet Nam, including the Tet Offensive in Hue, and told me stories about how effective they were.
You know, with a round like this I might be able to hit some Sporting Clays...
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