QUOTE(Agent. Mulder @ Feb 27 2006, 08:37 PM) [snapback]1082827[/snapback]
hmm, could be, could be. it does look like wp. except would it be able to bounce back up like that? wouldnt it just have exploded the first time.
WP, Willie P, White Phos, whatever you wanna call it. It does not explode, its used in Military Flares, you can also launch WP out of mortar tubes, time it to detonate at certain heights, thus giving friendly troops optimum light, usually it is attached to a wee little parachute causing it to fall very slowly thus lighting up the night sky for longer periods of time. But, as I've done as I'm sure lots of "mortarmen" have done, when you are at the ranges firing this stuff, and its really windy, wind will catch the parachutes and throw it into the adjecent range, pissing off everyone next door who is now dodging WP. So you set the timer (for the nose and fin to fall off) to explode after the shell has hit the ground, keeps from sending balls of fire floating to who knows where. Its even more fun when the parachute doesnt open at all....and it falls....sometimes bouncing, and eventually blowing into pieces....good stuff....WP is not an "illegal" chemicle substance used against troops, its used all the time, when WP comes down if you don't have enough sense to get out of the way, then you deserve to get burnt.