Posted: 6/22/2001 5:55:40 PM EDT
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I keep reading about the Israeli soldiers shooting rubber coated steel bullets at the Palestinians. I bet that would leave a mark. Does anyone know anything about these bullets ? It seems like they would really gum up a barrel. I wonder what kind of range they have. Do they penetrate skin or clothing ? I couldn't find them in the Sierra catalog. [:D] |
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The rubber bullets aren't loaded into cartridges; blank cartridges are used to propell the rubber bullets, which are fired from a special muzzle device that replaces the flash suppressor. It's kind of like a muzzle grenade launcher, but designed specifically for the large rubber plugs it fires. -Troy |
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the stuff the israelis where using were essenltly rubbet coated steel balls that at close range were penitrating skin hell at close range a beanbag round can penetrate. ah yeah there is no such thing as non lethal ammo it can still kill just isnt ment to please pardon my spelling |
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I have a vague recollection of an incident in Northern Ireland several years ago where an older woman was blinded after being shot in the face with a rubber bullet by a British solder. She was looking out the window of her home and apparently the soldier didn’t like the way she was looking at him. I got the impression he was close to her. The problem with rubber bullets is that they have low mass and high drag resulting in high velocity loss. To be reasonably effective at 50 or 100 yards, they really have to come whistling out of the launcher! However, I also recall reports of Palestinian kids losing eyes to rubber bullets. Rubber coated steel balls are, I believe, sometimes fired out of grenade or tear gas launchers – something akin to buckshot in a shotgun. (OBTW: I’m not trying to start anything – I’m not a partisan in either of the above disputes.) |