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Are they "legal" in combat? I just heard about their use in Vietnam a little while ago and it seems like it would be one of those things that would be against the Geneva Convention. I mean, if you can't fire a .50 at personnel, how can you take a 106mm recoiless rifle and just go to town?

~Thud

Yeah, they receontly introduced 120mm Beehive aka cannister rounds for the M-1 Abrams.

Haji no like bee-hive.

PS- the .50BMG vs people= illegal is a myth. It is perfectly legal to shoot personnel with a .50(think about it dude, you shoot them with a 30mm!!!)

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.50, as I recall, is the biggest cartridge that can be used directly on personnel, Something like that. A beehive would be considered an antipersonnel weapon.

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Snipe is right, the .50 cal v. personnel being illegal is a myth, you can use just about anything on personnel.

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During ODS Timothy McViegh won notoriety for shooting an Iraqi in the head at 1500 meters with a single round of 25mm.

As i've stated before the 20mm Vulcam M-162A3 PIVADS was awesome in MOUT scenarios where armor was needed.

There are no real practical constraints to the ordnance used once the steel starts flying.

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Now canister in a chain gun, that sounds interesting. They made a canister round for the M79. Would that one work, or is there one like it, for the Mk19?

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Thanks for the information, guys. Learn something new every day around here

~Thud

No prob thud.

There used to be a 40mm buckshot round, and yes...that is compatible with the Mk19 40mm AGL. Whether or not they still use them i couldn't tell you.

HE in the Mk19 is pretty hard to beat. the 40mm HEDP has a lethal radius of 'approxomately' 5 meters.

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Something I could see is that the canister would be usable at closer ranges, though if you have that kind of range, you might want to be running.

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No running. You just call the air in closer and grab some dirt.

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