twowheelhooligan Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Check this out!! Sorry if you've seen before. I saw it in another forum, thought of ya'll here. http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/video-the-wor-1.html Wonder what that shoots? . .. 00000000 buck? 2-wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHat Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 That would have been a game changer at Gettysburg or Waterloo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomjb Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 We had/have the flechette rounds since the Vietnam War, place in town loaded them in 90mm to 175 mm rounds as I recall. Thousands of them in the big round. Made the darts on converted nail making machines. Could detonate the round at the muzzle or ? down range..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_s Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) XM1028 Canister in the linked video is muzzle action. It is indeed a large "shotgun shell." The 90mm M580 and M546 105mm APERS-T (flechette, AKA "Beehive." AKA "Nails") tank rounds are fuse actuated and can be set for specific ranges. They are pre-set for muzzle action. APERS would put a lot of eyes out but the flechettes had little penetration as they had little mass (8 grains?) and lost velocity rapidly. The .40 caliber pellets are more effective. Novelty 12ga shotgun rounds are usually available filled with flechettes. Don't depend on them to stop hogs! -- Chuck Edited February 27, 2011 by chuck_s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomjb Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 As I recall the larger rounds had flechettes in the 88 to 125 gr range. The smaller 8 gr were for small arms use, not arty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoAtrox Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Good grief. If a platoon was to attempt to maneuver on a tank with this round, that tank could wipe them out with a single shot. Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtCathy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Trying hard to remember all the details. Back in day day (1969) a friend in 'nam used to ride a tank with an open turrent. Belive it was a light M42 Chaffee tank. It had twin Bofor 40mm Pom-Pom guns with a rate of fire around 240 rounds per minute. They were called "Dusters". Supposed to be anti-aircraft but worked extremely well against any land enemy position. Although they fired HE rounds, my friend was fond of the so called "beehive" rounds. If you saw enemy fire or smoke from a mortor, you just spun the turrent around and "scraped" the ground clear of whatever was there with the beehive rounds. Not sure if the beehive rounds were rounds balls or fleschettes. My friend earned a Bronze Star during an extremely fierce battle where the Dusters "rocked" and saved the day. Sadly, during his second tour, he was killed. But he died doing what he loved most. Being in the turrent of that Duster working those Bofors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtCathy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Just received a phone call from a dear friend that tells me the "Beehive" rounds were #4 buckshot fired from the Thumpers. That's M79 grenade launcher for you younger guys. Not sure what type of fragmentation rounds the 40mm BOFORS used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super33 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 WOW. I need some of those for my Abrams!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyb762 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 They need to make some of those for the 120mm mortar system. Those would be fantastic for troops in the open or an unarmored vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUNDAN323 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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