Beehive was a Vietnam War era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. It is also known as flechette rounds or their official designation, antipersonnel-tracer (APERS-T).

M546 APERS-T rounds are intended primarily for antipersonnel use at close range. The round comes fuzed and set for muzzle action; however, it can be set for up to 100 seconds. The round is loaded with 8,000 8-grain steel flechettes. The APERS-T round is devastatingly effective against exposed infantry.

Beehive was a Vietnam war era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict. The first round actually termed "beehive" (for the 'buzzing' sound its darts made when flying through the air) was the M546 anti-personnel tracer (APERS-T), first fired in combat in 1966 [ 1 ...

The primary beehive round for this purpose was the M546 anti-personnel tracer (APERS-T) shell which projected 8000 flechettes and was direct fired from a near horizontally leveled 105 mm howitzer. [2] Beehive rounds were also created for recoilless anti-tank weapons including 90 mm, 106 mm, Ontoses [3] and M48 tanks.

The M546 was direct fired from a near horizontally leveled 105 mm howitzer and ejected 8000 flechettes during flight by a mechanical time fuze. Beehive rounds were also created for recoilless anti-tank weapons: the 90 mm and 106 mm along with the Ontoses APERS-T rounds were available for 90mm gun on M48 tanks and the 152mm gun on the M551 ...

The U.S. Army currently designates almost every type of all-up round fired from a gun, cannon, mortar, recoilless rifle, machinegun, rifle, carbine or pistol in a single numerical model sequence. The rounds are mostly listed as "Cartridge", designating fixed or semi-fixed rounds.

2024年12月3日 · Beehive was a Vietnam war era antipersonnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict and known as flechette rounds as well as by their official designation, antipersonneltracer (APERST). Beehive is named for the 'buzzing' sound

This is a percussion-primed, semi-fixed, howitzer-fired cartridge with a flechette Anti-Personnel-with-Tracer (APERS-T) projectile. The cartridge is designed for close or long-range combat …

This cartridge is designed for use against personnel in direct fire, muzzle action, and in a direct fire mission with a time setting other than muzzle action. The projectile body is an assembly of four pieces: base with sintered iron rotating band and …

Better known as “The Beehive”, The Model 546 Anti-Personnel Shell was an Artillery Round used in The Vietnam War. Deployed against Enemy Troop movements and in a tactic known as “Indirect Fire”, it’s name came from the particular “buzzing” noise made when the Shell exploded.