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> During the Vietnam War, there was limited use of the Lazy Dog bomb, a steel projectile shaped like a conventional bomb but only about 1" long and 3/8" diamete
by joshschreuder 9y ago
> During the Vietnam War, there was limited use of the Lazy Dog bomb, a steel projectile shaped like a conventional bomb but only about 1" long and 3/8" diameter. A piece of sheet metal was folded to make the fins and welded to the rear of the projectile. These were dumped from aircraft onto enemy troops and had the same effect as a machine gun fired vertically.[3][4] Observers visiting a battlefield after an attack said it looked like the ground had been 'tenderized' using a gigantic fork. Bodies had been penetrated longitudinally from shoulder to lower abdomen
That is utterly terrifying.
- killjoywashere 9y agoFlechettes have been horrifying since WWI.
- iaskwhy 9y agoAdding to this: all war is utterly terrifying. People like to pretend it's not but it is. It's not "only" soldiers being killed in all crazy ways but other people being killed, raped, tortured, etc. Babies included like when the Japanese would throw them in the air and let them fall on their katanas. That's reason enough to avoid war.