- A
flechette or
flèchette (/fleɪˈʃɛt/ fle-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized
steel projectile. The name
comes from
French flèchette (from flèche), meaning...
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known as a needler,
flechette gun or fletcher, is a
firearm that
fires small,
sometimes fin-stabilized,
metal darts or
flechettes. Theoretically, the...
- was a long-running
United States Army
program to develop, in part, a
flechette-firing "rifle",
though other concepts were also involved. The concepts...
- fin-stabilized
flechette sabot round. The
flechette itself had a body
diameter of 3 mm. The
overall length of the
round was 63 mm, and the
flechette 55 mm. The...
- The
Steyr ACR was a
prototype flechette-firing ****ault
rifle built for the US Army's
Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90.
Although the
Steyr design...
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packed with
metal flechettes fired from an
artillery gun most po****rly deplo****
during that conflict. It is also
known as
flechette rounds or
their official...
- The AAI ACR was a
prototype flechette-firing ****ault
rifle built for the US Army's
Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90.
Although the AAI
design proved...
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effect led to the WDU-5002/B FAT warhead,
Flechette Anti-Tank,
containing five tungsten-reinforced
steel flechettes that
could penetrate a T-72's side and...
- line of
experimental fléchette rifles.
Their entry used a
standard 5.56×45mm NATO
cartridge case
firing a 1.6×41.27mm
fléchette of 0.66 grams at 1402 m/s...
- of 40 mm rounds,
including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot,
flechette (pointed
steel projectiles with a
vaned tail for
stable flight), and illumination...
