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Old September 24, 2000, 07:22 PM   #8
Skorzeny
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Hmmm.

I was under the impression that, contrary to popular belief, Geneva Convention did not specify FMJ ammunition for war.

I believe it was the Hague Convention that banned the use of "Dum Dum" bullets (so named because they were produced by the British in the Dum Dum Arsenal to make bullets more lethal against the NW Frontier natives).

I believe that Dum Dum bullet was nothing more than a flat-nosed soft lead bullet that tended to expand or fragment once entering the body. It was not a modern jacketed hollowpoint as we see in the commercial market today.

What is more, I believe that the US never signed and ratified the Hague Convention.

Skorzeny

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