Post by sukotsuto on May 5, 2004 0:55:35 GMT -5
Candycab said:
I know when I was in the Marines the Geneva Convention AKA the rules of engagement only allowed for Full Metal Jacketed rounds so if indeed that is true its new to me. It is possible to make a jaceted round that will essentially explode upon impact as this has been done in the past in various calibers.
No telling what they are using now days , heh its not like they would tell the public the whole truth anyway, the depleted uranium 20mm rounds in use are proof of that. In that case the uranium actually causes the shell to melty through the targets armour.
They also tend to cause cancer in people who are hit with fragments and survive { nice bye product huh } I dont think this could be applied to a small arms rounds due to the low muzzle velocity, but I know there are some 308. rounds out there that will go clean through body armour like its flypaper and those are scary as hell if you ask me. Those arent in service due to the Geneva Convention ,which is why the millitary stuck to the 223. vs the 308.
Pretty interesting factoid there bye the way
My cousin recently married a woman from the Phillipines ,you can check out some of his trip over there on his site here if you want to.
www.holeshot.com
There is a link on the bottom of the home page just above his Signature.
your cousin came across this beauty eh?:
the link you posted there is a motorcycle site, which reminds me a lil too much to follow my dad's biking footsteps ;D. my dad, from what i can remember, has a few holeshot parts rigged in his old, custom-tuned baby (though he had to sell it when we were short on cash)
. the burst-on-impact rounds thingy i've heard about weren't supposed to be used in normal circumstances and therefore, unethical in use? very likely with the current military and rebellious forces we have here nowadays...
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