[Default] I missed the Staff meeting, but the Memos showed that Robert
Martinu wrote on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:53:29
+0200 in soc.history.what-if :
>Am 08.09.2010 20:00, schrieb pyotr filipivich:
>> So, "chemical smokes" - gun powder is toxic enough,what with the
>> sulfur and all - are an option. I' not sure how to use one, house to
>> house fighting is one idea, but there are "technical" issues to
>> resolve before that tactic can become useful. "Rifle grenades" with
>> smoke, toxic smoke, or just a bursting charge could have their place
>> on a battle field. If you can get range and accuracy down, could be
>> used to harass, if nothing else.
>
>Just take the same amount of gun powder and make shrapnel bombs.
>Half a pound of gun powder makes a nice puff of somewhat annoying smoke
>while filling a larger area with deadly shards.
>Think of the first instances of hand grenades or exploding cannonballs.
>And don't forget about the armies that fought in powder smoke without
>suffering from it.
All things considered, those clouds of smoke weren't all that good
for you, but "it's a soldier's life they say." I suspect they had
other more pressing concerns that breathing gun smoke. It is nasty
stuff, but not as nasty as sucking up a musket ball.
--
pyotr Filipivich
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