‘We shot them under rule .303>1 ABSTRACT THE .303 MILITARY ROUND has been around for over 100 years and went from a round nose projectile full metal jacket, Mks I and II, to a soft point Mk II*, the so-called dum-dum projectile. The hollow points, Mks III, IV and V, followed before going back to… Read more »
“Load up, load up, load up, the rubber bullets” INTRODUCTION The Australian Defence Force is becoming more involved in military non-combatant control and peacekeeping in areas such as Timor and Bougainville, boarding parties, and the handling of illegal immigrants. This is compounded by Defence Aid to the Civil Power requirements, in events such as boarding… Read more »
ABSTRACT THERMOBARIC MUNITIONS ARE those munitions that, by design, produce more heat and overpressure than con¬ventional explosives by exploding a vapour in the blast zone. Their main use initially was in airborne fuel-air explosive bombs. Whilst the United States has concentrated on airborne weapons, Russia has produced thermo¬ baric weapons and warheads, from airborne bombs… Read more »
‘We shot them under rule .303’1 ABSTRACT The .303 military round has been around for over 100 years and went from a round nose projectile full metal jacket, Mks I and II, to a soft point Mk II*, the so called dum-dum projectile. The hollow points, Mks III, IV and V, followed before going back… Read more »
ABSTRACT Thermobaric munitions are those munitions that, by design, produce more heat and overpressure than conventional explosives by exploding a vapour in the blast zone. Their main use initially was in airborne fuel-air explosive bombs. Whilst the United States has concentrated on airborne weapons, Russia has produced thermobaric weapons and warheads, from airborne bombs to… Read more »
“Load up, load up, load up, the rubber bullets”1 INTRODUCTION The Australian Defence Force is becoming more involved in military non-combatant control and peacekeeping in areas such as Timor and Bougainville, boarding parties, and the handling of illegal immigrants. This is compounded by Defence Aid to the Civil Power requirements, in events such as boarding… Read more »
