Talbot, Frederick Arthur Ambrose, 1880- · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 180
litates marksmanship it increases thehazards. The airmen have to trust implicitly tothe fleetness of their craft and to their own nerve. THE FLECHETTE 141 Bearing in mind the vulnerability of the averageaeroplane, and the general absence of protectivearmouring against rifle fire at almost… … Fig. 9,—Section of Upper End or Tail of PYechette. when hurled against dense masses of men, is the steelarrow, or fiechette as it is called. It is afiendish projectile consisting in reality of a pencil ofsolid polished steel, 4I inches in length. The lowerend has a sharp tapering point, |ths of an…
Aeronautics, Military
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