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05-17-2010, 09:22 PM
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 My Rank: SERGEANT Poster Rank:1153 Male Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 556 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 18 Post(s)
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Re: Death by Phosphorus
Type of grenade used extensively during the Vietnam War. Upon detination, white phosphorous is spread over a wide area. While often used offensively, it's most prolific use was with tank, aircraft and helicopter crews. Upon the eventuality that they had to abandon their vehicle, they would detonate a WP grenade on equipment they did not want to fall into enemy hands. White phosphorous is a particularly horrific weapon due to the fact that phosphorous reacts violently with water, thus any attempts at extinguishing the fire would result in it getting worse. Troops were uneasy about using WP as it is very unpredictable and it has a high spread radius. The radio designation for White Phosphorous is Willie Pete. WP is similar to magnesium and can use the oxygen in water to feed it. It burns at about 5,000 degrees. |
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05-17-2010, 11:29 PM
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Re: Death by Phosphorus
If you get hit by WP shrapnel the only thing you can hope for is that you can stay conscious long enough to dig it out with your knife or have someone with you who can do that for you. Otherwise it will continue to burn deep inside of you. Use them to clear out tunnels, caves and structure. It's been documented that under the right conditions some WP grenades have exploaded just from intense heat from the sun. Bad stuff. |
