Reply #22: Here is the story about white phosphorus... [View All]

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/wp.htm

In the case cited, a spotter was up on a ridge looking down at our troops. His group was behind him, dug into spider holes and/or trenches. A howitzer blast of HE would not affect the insurgents in the holes/trenches. One round of WP would drive them out of the holes/trenches where a round or two of HE could wipe them out. You can find this in the article above.

More on WP: it is the coating on all tracer rounds, i.e., think aircraft gun ammo. Has the same effect on people that the wp rounds have.

Long-running argument on this right now at democrats.com.