David Andrew

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Over a Century of Service: The 303 Projectile and its Wounding Capabilities – An Historical Profile

'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…

Less Lethal Projectiles – An Investigation

"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…

Thermobaric Munitions and their Medical Effects

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…

Less Lethal Projectiles – An Investigation

“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…

Thermobaric Munitions and their Medical Effects

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…

Over a century of service: the .303 projectile and its wounding capabilities – a historical profile

‘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…