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To: rktman

Willie Pete is short for white phosphorus. I don’t think they still fire those rounds anymore,but we used them a lot in VN to mark targets.


2 posted on 12/16/2013 8:48:20 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: Oldexpat

Oh yeah. I know what WP is. Or was. Ouch! Ain’t puttin’ that crap out once it pops.


3 posted on 12/16/2013 8:55:20 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: Oldexpat
Willie Pete is short for white phosphorus. I don’t think they still fire those rounds anymore,but we used them a lot in VN to mark targets.

So, does that make him a hot dog?

13 posted on 12/16/2013 2:21:41 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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