no, not like the arrows you have in mind. These were as long as a pencil and ten times more deadly than conventional ones. These arrows or flechettes as their french inventors called them were considered dangerous as hell. They instilled a significant fear in the enemy ranks, despite their blatant inaccuracy, due to their ability to wreck the body from head to toe resulting in gruesome bodily mutilations.
Tidak, tidak suka anak-anak panah yang ada dalam fikiran. Ini adalah selagi pensil dan sepuluh kali lebih berbahaya daripada yang konvensional. Anak panah atau flechettes sebagai pencipta perancis mereka memanggil mereka dianggap berbahaya kerana neraka. Mereka diterapkan takut ketara dalam barisan musuh, walaupun tidak tepat terang-terangan mereka, kerana kemampuan mereka untuk menghancurkan badan dari kepala ke kaki menyebabkan mengerikan mutilations badan.
The weapon was developed during the early stages of the great war in 1915 when proper anti-personnel weapons hadn’t been developed. The flechettes were five inches long and sharpened at one end by half inches. The remaining four and a half inches were machined out so that the weapons had a cross section of an “x”. The arrows were then packed in boxes of 500 and placed in a hole in the cockpit. When the pilot wanted to release them, he simply pulled a string before a group of enemy soldiers. They could cover an area of five hundred square yards in a single delivery.
senjata ini telah dibangunkan pada peringkat awal perang besar pada tahun 1915 apabila betul anti-kakitangan senjata belum dibangunkan. The flechettes lima inci panjang dan tajam pada satu hujung separuh inci. Baki empat setengah inci telah dimesin keluar supaya senjata mempunyai keratan rentas "x". Anak panah kemudian dibungkus dalam kotak 500 dan diletakkan di dalam lubang di kokpit. Apabila juruterbang mahu melepaskan mereka, dia hanya menarik tali sebelum sekumpulan tentera musuh. Mereka boleh meliputi kawasan sebanyak lima ratus kilometer persegi di penghantaran tunggal.
a royal flying corps (royal airforce) officer e.g. Grey told the story of a test run carried out with a cow as the target. A barrage of arrows was thrown towards the cow, and about three of them struck the cow and passed through the wide body with ease onto the ground. As expected, the unfortunate cow died of her wounds in an instant. So, if the thing is sharp and heavy enough, gravity can achieve wonders in dropping bombs.
a flying corps diraja (royal airforce) pegawai eg grey memberitahu kisah larian ujian dijalankan dengan lembu sebagai sasaran. A meal panah dilemparkan ke arah lembu, dan kira-kira tiga daripada mereka melanda lembu dan melalui badan yang luas dengan mudah ke atas tanah. Seperti yang dijangka, lembu malang meninggal dunia akibat luka dia dalam sekelip mata. Jadi, jika perkara yang tajam dan berat cukup, graviti boleh mencapai keajaiban dalam menjatuhkan bom.
but, the royal flying corps refused to use the flechettes against the second reich army. The prime reason was a lack of accuracy, but several other interesting factors were also there. The corps officers believed that the weapon’s lack of explosive sound had no terror effect and this not an effective choice. In those days, air raids weren’t developed fully. Most of the bombing runs carried out from above were as necessary for causing terror and panic among the enemy forces due to their dipping sounds and ensuing explosions killing them. The falling arrows didn’t offer either of these, so the royal air force shelved efforts to use it.
Tetapi, kor terbang diraja enggan menggunakan flechettes terhadap tentera reich kedua. Sebab utama adalah kekurangan ketepatan, tetapi beberapa faktor lain yang menarik juga di sana. Pegawai-pegawai kor percaya bahawa kekurangan senjata ini bunyi letupan tidak mempunyai kesan keganasan dan ini bukan pilihan yang berkesan. Pada masa itu, serangan udara hanya dibangunkan sepenuhnya. Kebanyakan larian pengeboman dijalankan dari atas adalah seperti yang diperlukan untuk menyebabkan keganasan dan panik di kalangan kuasa-kuasa musuh kerana bunyi mencelup mereka dan berikutnya letupan membunuh mereka. Anak panah jatuh tidak menawarkan salah satu ini, jadi tentera udara diraja ditangguhkan usaha untuk menggunakannya.
A german surgeon’s paper on injuries from these bombs shows how brutal the injuries from this weapon could be. Interestingly, another german solider who had been at the receiving end of a flechette attack claimed that when they heard aircrafts making anti-personnel runs, they would lie flat on the ground instead of crouching down and covering their ears like other weapons. In this way, they would lose fewer organs if they were the victims!
kertas seseorang doktor jerman pada kecederaan daripada bom ini menunjukkan bagaimana kejam kecederaan dari senjata ini boleh. Menariknya, satu lagi solider jerman yang telah di akhir menerima serangan flechette mendakwa bahawa apabila mereka mendengar pesawat membuat anti-kakitangan berjalan, mereka akan berbaring di atas tanah dan bukannya berlutut ke bawah dan meliputi telinga mereka seperti senjata lain. Dengan cara ini, mereka akan kehilangan lebih sedikit organ jika mereka menjadi mangsa
