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Pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile
A flechette or fléchette (/fleɪˈʃɛt/ flay-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile. The name comes from French fléchette (from flèche), meaning
Flechette
Artillery round
packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. It is also known as flechette rounds or their official
Beehive_anti-personnel_round
Bullpup flechette rifle
was a long-running United States Army program to develop, in part, a flechette-firing "rifle", though other concepts were also involved. The concepts
Special Purpose Individual Weapon
Special_Purpose_Individual_Weapon
Grenade launcher
of 40 mm rounds including explosive, anti-personnel, smoke, buckshot, flechette (pointed steel projectiles with a vaned tail for stable flight), and illumination
M79_grenade_launcher
Firearm that fires small metal darts
known as a needler, flechette gun or fletcher, is a firearm that fires small, sometimes fin-stabilized, metal darts or flechettes. Theoretically, the
Needlegun
1986–1990 US Army program
line of experimental fléchette rifles. Their entry used a standard 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge case firing a 1.6×41.27mm fléchette of 0.66 grams at 1402 m/s
Advanced_Combat_Rifle
U.S. airdropped kinetic weapon
Lazy Dog munitions had precursors in air-dropped flechettes dating from World War I. These flechettes were used as anti-personnel weapons. Lazy Dogs in
Lazy_Dog_(bomb)
Firearms that can be effectively fired underwater
designed for use underwater. Underwater firearms or needleguns usually fire flechettes or spear-like bolts instead of standard bullets. These may be fired by
Underwater_firearm
Palestinian journalist (1984 – 2008)
Reuters. He was killed, along with eight bystanders (aged 12 to 20) by a flechette shell fired by an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip in an attack referred
Fadel_Shana'a
Assault rifle/Flechette rifle
The AAI ACR was a prototype flechette-firing assault rifle built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90. Although the AAI design proved
AAI_ACR
Assault rifle
fin-stabilized flechette sabot round. The flechette itself had a body diameter of 3 mm. The overall length of the round was 63 mm, and the flechette 55 mm. The
AO-27_rifle
Canadian 2.75-inch rocket
effect led to the WDU-5002/B FAT warhead, Flechette Anti-Tank, containing five tungsten-reinforced steel flechettes that could penetrate a T-72's side and
CRV7
Anti-personnel explosive device
areas than the explosives alone would. A nail bomb is also a type of flechette weapon. Such weapons use bits of shrapnel (steel balls, nail heads, screws
Nail_bomb
Military use of combat shotgun cartridges
Cartridge Company contained twenty flechettes 18.5 millimetres (0.73 in) long and weighing 7.3 grains (0.47 g) each. The flechettes were packed in a plastic cup
Military_12-gauge_cartridges
Experimental military shotgun ammunition
ammunition created in the 1970s by AAI Corporation. It was a variation on flechette ammunition, but instead of containing a bundle of tiny needle-like steel
SCMITR
2007 video game
from their flechette cannon. Four flechettes can vaporize an ordinary human soldier. If they do not strike a living target, the flechettes charge up for
Half-Life_2:_Episode_Two
Soviet 122 mm self-propelled howitzer
capable of firing HE (high explosive), leaflet, HE/RAP, armor-piercing HE, flechette and chemical rounds. The first prototype was ready in 1958. The 2S1 entered
2S1_Gvozdika
American third-generation main battle tank
high explosive, white phosphorus rounds and an anti-personnel (multiple flechette) round. This gun used a license-made tube of the British Royal Ordnance
M1_Abrams
High density non-explosive projectile
is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour using a flechette-like, high-sectional density projectile. Like a bullet or kinetic energy
Kinetic_energy_penetrator
Bullpup assault rifle/Flechette rifle
The Steyr ACR was a prototype flechette-firing assault rifle built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90. Although the Steyr design
Steyr_ACR
American type of recoilless rifle
in static defensive positions as well as ambushes. In particular, the flechette anti-personnel round saw common usage. The M67s were eventually phased
M67_recoilless_rifle
High velocity projectile alignment device
ammunitions to fit/patch around a projectile, such as a bullet/slug or a flechette-like projectile (such as a kinetic energy penetrator), and keep it aligned
Sabot_(firearms)
Firearm loaded with a cartridge of pellets
increase stability in flight. Flechette rounds contain aerodynamic darts, typically from 8 to 20 in number. The flechettes provide greatly extended range
Shotgun
Soviet family of air-launched rockets
S-5S Flechette ? ? ? Warhead contains 1,000 to 1,100 40 mm long flechettes. S-5SB Flechette ? ? ? Warhead contains 1,000 to 1,100 40 mm long flechettes. Code
S-5_rocket
Intermediate rifle cartridge
conventional 4.32mm rounds were hoped to give better accuracy than AAI's earlier flechette cartridges while retaining their low recoil impulse. 4.85×49mm "(004)
4.32x45mm_SBR
American assault rifle
Combat Rifle program, in which the caseless Heckler & Koch G11 and various flechette rifles were tested, but this was quickly dropped as these designs were
M4_carbine
Five-barreled underwater rocket dart pistol
styles of barrel assembly can be used: one containing five 7.62×36mm flechette darts for use underwater, or five 133-grain bullets for use above water
Heckler_&_Koch_P11
Bullpup automatic shotgun
of being loaded with 000 Buckshot or with flechettes. Olin, in support of HK's CAWS, also offered a flechette load, using twenty much smaller projectiles
Heckler_&_Koch_HK_CAWS
Weapon that has a barrel without rifling
The ACR "rifles" used smoothbore barrels to fire single or multiple flechettes (tiny darts), rather than bullets, per pull of the trigger, to provide
Smoothbore
Air-to-ground military rocket system
High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge Multi-purpose fragmentation Flechette anti-personnel/materiel Smoke Illuminating Training rocket The Système
SNEB
French band
They were spotted by singing star Claude François, who renamed them Les Fléchettes (after Flèche, his newly formed record label). They released several singles
Cocktail_Chic
Self-contained cartridge loaded with either shot or a solid slug
the mass of the shot charge. Other unusual projectiles such as saboted flechettes, rubber balls, rock salt, and magnesium shards also exist. Cartridges
Shotgun_cartridge
Pre-assembled firearm ammunition
shot. There are also unconventional projectile fillings such as bundled flechettes, rubber balls, rock salt and magnesium shards, as well as non-lethal specialty
Cartridge_(firearms)
FZ71 HE, FZ319 HEAP, FZ181 Flash Signature, FZ120 Inert Practice, FZ122 Flechette, FZ149 MULTIDART". fz.be. Retrieved 2025-02-23. "Thales Belgium (BL VTS)
List of aircraft weapons in production and in development by the European defence industry
List_of_aircraft_weapons_in_production_and_in_development_by_the_European_defence_industry
Grooves in a weapon barrel for accuracy
as it travels down the bore. An extremely long projectile, such as a flechette, requires impractically high twist rates to stabilize; it is often stabilized
Rifling
Ammunition type for tanks
to nearby troops. The saboted flechette was the counterpart of APFSDS in rifle ammunition. A rifle for firing flechettes, the Special Purpose Individual
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot
Armour-piercing_fin-stabilized_discarding_sabot
Weapon based solely on a projectile's kinetic energy
javelins, to modern tapered high-velocity impactors such as bullets, flechettes, and penetrators. Typical kinetic weapons accelerate their projectiles
Kinetic_energy_weapon
Recoilless rifle
employed in an antipersonnel role with the use of an antipersonnel-tracer flechette round. The bore was commonly described as being 106 mm caliber but is
M40_recoilless_rifle
Orbit to planetary surface attack with inert projectiles
fired vertically.[self-published source?][self-published source?] Similar flechette projectiles have been used since World War I. In the 1980s, another kinetic
Kinetic_bombardment
American 2.75-inch rocket
warhead 2500 28 grains (1.8 g) flechettes 9 M255E1/A1 Flechette warhead 14.0 lb (6.4 kg) 1179 60 grains (3.9 g) flechettes M439 9 M257 Parachute illumination
Hydra_70
Darts that some snails shoot into each other during mating
action is more analogous to stabbing, or to being shot with an arrow or flechette. The dart does not fly through the air to reach its target, but is "fired"
Love_dart
Triangular firearms cartridge
barrels) and strength of the tround when used with the high-velocity flechette ammunition. The Tround Terra-drill is described in patent 4,004,642, issued
Dardick_tround
50 BMG United States 1990s Special Purpose Individual Weapon 12 gauge flechette XM110 5.6×53mm (Project SALVO) United States 1980s Standard Manufacturing
List_of_bullpup_firearms
System of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms
cartridge did not lend itself to this type of operation Flirting With Flechettes: The US Army's Search for the Ideal Rifle Projectile Archived 2007-09-27
Gas-operated_reloading
Detonation of an explosive above a target for increased pressure wave damage
Killers Junior and Senior were developed as alternatives to the Beehive flechette rounds previously used against nearby enemy troops. The advantage of the
Air_burst
1996 video game
Marathon 2 except for the addition of a new weapon, the "KKV-7 10mm SMG Flechette". The player is placed into a usually semi-nonlinear level and is generally
Marathon_Infinity
Long-ranged guns for land warfare
types of bursting shell. Nose ejection: shrapnel, star, incendiary and flechette (a more modern version of shrapnel). Base ejection: Dual-Purpose Improved
Artillery
Anti-personnel artillery munitions
round. Unlike the shrapnel shells’ balls, the splintex shells contained flechettes. The result was the 105 mm M546 APERS-T (anti-personnel-tracer) round
Shrapnel_shell
Austrian manufacturer of firearms
Die Hard. Assault rifles AUG – bullpup assault rifle ACR – experimental flechette rifle STM556 – modular assault rifle Steyr G62 - upgraded G36 Battle rifles
Steyr_Arms
Part of the Vietnam War (1968)
Platoon armed with high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) and anti-personnel flechette ammunition were sited to support the forward machine-guns. Due to their
Battle_of_Coral–Balmoral
French cycling club
have participated in all editions of the event since 1948). The Fléchette Vélocio (fléchette means little arrow, dart) was tested by a team of ACP-members
Audax_Club_Parisien
Bullpup grenade launcher
of 51 lb (23 kg). Caliber: Low-velocity 25mm × 40 grenade Thermobaric Flechette Training High-explosive airbursting round (HEAB) Non-lethal Armor Piercing
XM25_CDTE
French poet and novelist (born 1986)
Graine Lumière Cuire (éditions Sun/Sun with the Musée Albert-Khan, coll. « Fléchette », 2024) La Semaine perpétuelle (Éditions du sous-sol, 2021). The Endless
Laura_Vazquez
Soviet 152 mm towed howitzer
incendiary. Later projectiles include bomblet, anti-personnel land mine, flechette, Krasnopol precision-guided munition (PGM), communication jammer, and
152_mm_gun-howitzer_D-20
Aerodynamic stabilization of arrows
techniques. The fins used to stabilize rockets work in a similar manner. Flechette Fletcher (surname) Hane, fletching of the Japanese arrow (ya). Worshipful
Fletching
1977 film by John Frankenheimer
attack using a bomb composed of plastique and a quarter-million steel flechettes. They plan to mount the bomb on the underside of the gondola of the Goodyear
Black_Sunday_(1977_film)
Automatic shotgun
035 oz) drag stabilized flechettes. All eight flechettes were able to hit a 4 m (4.4 yd) circle at 150 m (160 yd). The flechettes at that range had a velocity
AAI_CAWS
American 2.75-inch precision guided rocket
engagement ranged from 2–4 km using inert Mk152 high explosive and MK149 flechette warheads. The UH-1Y had the boats designated by an MH-60S. October 2013:
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
Advanced_Precision_Kill_Weapon_System
2022 massacre by Russian forces in Ukraine
that dozens of bodies had flechettes in them. Unnamed eyewitnesses in Bucha had previously reported the firing of flechette rounds by Russian artillery
Bucha_massacre
Blackout United States 2011 AAI ACR AAI Corporation 5.56×45mm sub-calibre flechette United States no 1989 AC-556 Sturm, Ruger & Co. .223 Remington United
List_of_assault_rifles
Wesson 12 gauge 20 gauge Turkey 2007 Smith & Wesson AS 12 gauge 12 gauge flechette United States 1980s Smith & Wesson Elite Series 12 gauge 20 gauge Turkey
List_of_shotguns
Anti-zeppelin weapon
during the First World War. It was an air-dropped 1 lb (450 g) explosive flechette-type of missile-shaped bomb which was 13 inches (330 mm) long and 5.9
Ranken_dart
Bunker-busting artillery shell
Roechlingranaten des Heeres". www.balsi.de. Retrieved 2016-08-03. "Premier obus flêchette". Les Canons de l'Apocalypse (in French). 30 December 2012. Retrieved
Röchling_shell
Shotgun that is intended for use in an offensive role, typically by a military force
are commonly used to discourage looters and rioters. In military use, flechette ammunition has also been used in shotguns (primarily by special forces
Combat_shotgun
Specification for ammunition
consisting of a cloth bag filled with lead pellets Lethal rounds: buckshot flechette rounds Such rounds are not considered destructive devices, but are not
37_mm_flare
Soviet/Russian air-launched military rocket
5 kg of chaff 2 to 3 km 545 m/s velocity. S-8S Flechette 1.612 m 13 kg 4.3 kg 1.2 to 3.5 km 2,000 flechettes in 5 bundles S-8TsM Target marking 1.605 m 11
S-8_(rocket)
Killing of civilians by Israeli army at Bureij
Palestine Date 16 April 2008; 18 years ago (2008-04-16) Attack type Tank shelling Weapons Flechette shell Deaths 9 Perpetrator Israel Defense Forces
Al_Bureij_killings
Type of light artillery gun
chassis. They were largely used in an anti-personnel role firing "beehive" flechette rounds. In 1970, the Ontos was removed from service and most were broken
Recoilless_rifle
Family of assault and attack helicopters
ground actions, the Mi-24 also protected convoys, using rockets with flechette warheads to drive off ambushes; performed strikes on predesignated targets;
Mil_Mi-24
Soviet and Russian tank ammunition
Projectile weight: 21.3 kg Muzzle velocity: 900 m/s Projectiles contain: 4,700 flechette weighing 1.26 g each Charge weight: 0.08 kg (A-IX-1) Entered service in
125_mm_smoothbore_ammunition
French singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)
family of two sisters and their cousins. These women became known as "Les Flêchettes" (named after "Flèche", the production label he owned) and then "Les Clodettes"
Claude_François
relief organizations, attacked civilians attempting to flee, and used flechettes and white phosphorus munitions in an antipersonnel capacity in populated
Israeli_war_crimes
Soviet four-barreled underwater dart pistol
The SPP-1 underwater pistol was made in the Soviet Union for use by Soviet frogmen as an underwater firearm. It was developed in the late 1960s and accepted
SPP-1_underwater_pistol
Projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun
cartridges List of rifle cartridges Table of handgun and rifle cartridges Flechette – Pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile Meplat – Flat or open tip on
Bullet
Object propelled through the air
javelins, to modern tapered high-velocity impactors such as bullets, flechettes, and penetrators. Typical kinetic weapons accelerate their projectiles
Projectile
Soviet underwater assault firearm firing unrifled steel flechettes
Soviet underwater assault firearm firing unrifled steel flechettes
APS_underwater_rifle
Shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively
(4): 1686–1697. doi:10.1016/j.acme.2018.06.006. Explosively Produced Flechettes; JASON report 66-121, Institute for Defense Analysis, 1966 Interview with
Explosively_formed_penetrator
Explosive with focused effect
Straus and Giroux. p. 159. ISBN 0-374-51598-0. Explosively Produced Flechettes (Report). JASON Report. Institute for Defense Analysis. 1966. "Interview
Shaped_charge
Shafted projectile that is shot with a bow
Crossbow bolt, also known as a "quarrel" Early thermal weapons Fire arrow Flechette Flu-flu arrow Signal arrow Swiss arrow The Handbook Of The SAS And Elite
Arrow
Weapons used in the Vietnam war
incendiary purposes. Smoke shells – used for screening. Leaflet shell Beehive flechette rounds – antipersonnel rounds. Improved conventional munition – antipersonnel
List of weapons of the Vietnam War
List_of_weapons_of_the_Vietnam_War
Automatic shotgun (AS-3) Semi-automatic shotgun (AS-1 and AS-2) Assault shotgun
(4.42 kg) Barrel length 18.0 in (457 mm) Cartridge 12-gauge 12-gauge flechette Action Short recoil Rate of fire Semi (AS-1) Semi & 3 round burst (AS-2)
Smith_&_Wesson_AS
Russian folding stock underwater firearm
underwater rifle – Soviet underwater assault firearm firing unrifled steel flechettes ADS amphibious rifle – Russian bullpup assault rifle for combat divers
ASM-DT_amphibious_rifle
Type of firearm action
cartridge did not lend itself to this type of operation "Flirting With Flechettes: The US Army's Search for the Ideal Rifle Projectile". Cruffler.com. May
Blowback_(firearms)
Marvel Comics character
at high velocity. Their arsenal of projectiles include steel darts ("flechettes"), gas pellets, small explosives, magnesium flares and cleaning fluid
Prowler_(Marvel_Comics)
1995 video game
between the other two classes. Additionally, certain items, such as the flechette (poison gas bomb), behave differently when collected and used by each
Hexen:_Beyond_Heretic
Fléchette) S&W AS-1 (US - Semi-Automatic Shotgun - 12 Gauge, 12 Gauge Fléchette) S&W AS-2 (US - Semi-Automatic Shotgun - 12 Gauge, 12 Gauge Fléchette)
List_of_firearms_(S)
laydown bomb. Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (USA) Matra Durandal (France) Flechette (WWI) Ranken dart (World War I British) Blockbuster bomb (World War II
List_of_aircraft_weapons
Attack helicopter series of the British Army
Hellfire (and Starstreak (proposed), Brimstone proposed) Rockets: CRV7 with Flechette (Tungsten dart) or High-Explosive Incendiary Semi-Armour Piercing (HEISAP)
AgustaWestland_Apache
1987 French TV series or program
Chances) La main dans le sac (3 Strikes) Le code barre ("The Barcode") Les fléchettes ("The Darts") Le oui ou non ("Yes or No") Le distributeur ("The ATM")
Le_Juste_Prix
Rimless, centerfire, bottlenecked rifle cartridge
load). At the same time, other researchers investigated the promising flechette rounds that were lighter but offered better penetration than even the
7.62×51mm_NATO
artillery fired shells that spread fléchettes a few days before retreating from the area at the end of March. While fléchettes are not prohibited under international
Russian attacks on civilians in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
Russian_attacks_on_civilians_in_the_Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–present)
Municipality type B in Khan Yunis, State of Palestine
Witnesses said they were used as human shields by Israeli soldiers. Flechette shells were fired on the town, a tactic criticised for endangering civilians
Khuzaʽa,_Khan_Yunis
French darts player (born 1989)
Retrieved 20 August 2025. Larcher, Christophe (12 April 2024). "La leçon de fléchettes de Thibault Tricole, meilleur Français de la discipline" [Darts lesson
Thibault_Tricole
standalone on a stock or mounted on the rifle. Grenades types: HE FRAG HEAT Flechette(used in Afghanistan; unknown if still in use) Rubber bullet Smoke grenade
List of equipment of the Royal Danish Army
List_of_equipment_of_the_Royal_Danish_Army
American skateboarder, rapper (b. 1997)
2020. "Pre-Order Armand Hammer's SHRINES now & check out ShrapKnel's Flechette". "Wiki Announces New Album Produced by Navy Blue, Shares Video for New
Sage_Elsesser
Comics character
the criminal vigilante Stiletto. Stiletto attacks Cage, using explosive flechettes to destroy the building he is in. Using many different types of knives
Stiletto_(comics)
1975 novel by American writer Thomas Harris
suicide attack using a bomb composed of plastique and a quarter million flechettes, housed on the underside of the gondola of the blimp, which they will
Black_Sunday_(novel)
Full-automatic fire only insurgency assault rifle
similarly high reliability as the LMR. Notes "The Firearm Blog » .50 BMG Flechette rifle". The Firearm Blog. 24 February 2009. Archived from the original
TRW_Low_Maintenance_Rifle
Early British jet bomber
munitions was employed on Canberra fleets around the world. Antipersonnel flechette bombs were tested successfully from the Canberra by Rhodesia, but not
English_Electric_Canberra
Grenade suitable for use with a grenade launcher
HVCC, high-velocity canister cartridge Canister shot containing several flechettes. Produces a 3 to 4 ft (0.91 to 1.2 m) wide dispersion pattern at 50 m
List_of_40_mm_grenades
FLECHETTE
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FLECHETTE
FLECHETTE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sapphire
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord Ganesh, Soldier, Many
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Traditional
God Sivan
Male
Egyptian
, a son of Rameses II.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Pelton, a place in County Durham, named from an unattested Old English personal name Pēola + tūn ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Aniruddhan | அநிரà¯à®¤à¯à®¤à®¨
Which cant be restricted, Courageous
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian, Indian, Muslim
Prince
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Destroys.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Bright
Boy/Male
Hindu
World conqueror, A moghul emperor, Akbars son
FLECHETTE
FLECHETTE
FLECHETTE
FLECHETTE
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