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A flechette or flèchette (/ f l eɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ t / fle-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile. The name comes from French flèchette (from flèche ), meaning "little arrow" or " dart ", and sometimes retains the grave accent in English: flèchette .
A needlegun, also known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the advantages of a needlegun over conventional projectile firearms are in its compact size, high rate of fire, and extreme muzzle velocity. The needle presents less frontal area ...
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Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol); Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic pistol); Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol); Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun)
Intended for direct fire against enemy troops, the M546 was direct fired from a near horizontally leveled 105 mm howitzer [3] and ejected 8000 flechettes during flight by a mechanical time fuse. Green starshells were shot into the air prior to their use to warn friendly troops that such a round was being shot. [citation needed]
Name Location Type Number Royal Arsenal Factory No. 1: Woolwich, London, England: No. 1 Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No. 2: Enfield, London, England: No. 2 Royal Powder Mill
An explosive-dispersed flechette (if intact) would also be tumbling and quickly lose its velocity, useful range, and effectiveness. Constructing a bomblet that with flechettes makes no sense. Flechettes get their momentum/velocity by being accelerated in a gun (artillery, shotgun, or rifle-like).
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