Re: BULLSHIT, was RE: [SG] HAMR

At 01:46  16/03/02 -0800, John wrote:
>There is NO mention in the Geneva Conventions
>forbidding any round with two exceptions:  Poisoned
>rounds, and hollow-point rounds.  These rounds are
>considered to cause unnecessary suffering.  However,
>the .50 caliber BMG is a full metal jacket round and
>hence is legal to use on any target whatsoever.  It
>was designed to for use against personnel and has been
>used against personnel in every conflict the US has
>been in since 1920.

Actually the 50 cal. round was in it's first incarnation a anti-armour 
round developed by the Germans in WWI, I can't remember the exact
details 
of the round, that book went back to the library. The Americans came
along 
liked what they saw and borrowed it.

Cheers

Derek

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