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To: BeauBo
What's up with this? Anybody know what kind of our bombs do that?

"He said many of the injured had shrapnel in their bodies that was not showing up on X-rays, making treatment difficult. “The prognosis for most of the wounded is dismal,” he said."

54 posted on 02/15/2018 3:16:42 PM PST by armourenthusiast (Trumperific)
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To: armourenthusiast

“what kind of our bombs do that?
“He said many of the injured had shrapnel in their bodies that was not showing up on X-rays”

I would guess some submunitions, either from Artillery rockets like MLRS or HIMARS, or from an aerial cluster bomb.

They are often internally wrapped with a notched wire, which spreads out a relatively evenly distributed spray of small wire segments - effective against fine electronics and personnel.


62 posted on 02/15/2018 5:16:20 PM PST by BeauBo
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