2.75 in. Rocket Flechette

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These are steel flechettes from a 2.75 in. Rocket (Vietnam Era). They are 1.06 in. long and have four fins on the reverse to help keep them level in flight. The rocket warhead held from 1180-2500 depending on which one was used. The 105mm. artillery also has flechette rounds which they called "beehive rounds" because of the sound they made after the round detonated in the air and the flechettes were flying thru the air. The 105 artillery round held 8000 flechettes in each round. The army used them for direct fire on the enemy trying to overrun the base. The flechette bent into a hook and the fin often broke off creating additional wounds.

Bob

[sb3797]

Nasty little things. Came packed in a red dye, so you could tell the entry point. Made in Evansville, Indiana.