Seemed like an 8-round burst in the video with 152 tungsten steel balls per shell.
https://www.rheinmetall.com/Rheinmet...MD062-RWMS.pdf
Applied against infantry, soft and light armor it would be almost
OK distantly similar to what the what the
SHERIDAN Canister round did to the Viet Cong and as
most vividly described in the book "
BLACK HORSE RIDERS" by Philip Keith. A true story of a rescue mission to help an Infantry Company that "stumbled" on a North Vietnamese stronghold that outnumbered them by
6:1.
The canister round carried each
10,000-dart like flechettes it was used to clear a "
road" through heavy underbrush and elephant grass etc. and of course as an anti-personal weapon. Have seen it in other books about Vietnam but this a single battle focused book that described the cannister shot as literally
picking up soldiers off the ground and pinning (Dead) against the trees in some instances. The rest I leave to your imagination.
Also, as a
side note the author provided information concerning both the
SHERIDAN and
M113 ACAV on the latter he mentions based on the experiences of the
ARVN from 1962 on (They made modifications on them as well and he noted them.) so that when the
USA modified theirs that by
1965 they all had been modified with "
Belly Armor",
.50 Cal with shielded turret (I remember this in game.) but also it carried
2 M-60s mounted internally with shields in the
left and right rear of the unit (I don't remember this
HOWEVER it's been a longtime since I played USA in that time period.)
Anyway, I'm done for tonight and back at it tomorrow.
Regards,
Pat
