Editing Flechette (section)

==Air-dropped==
{{see also|Lazy Dog (bomb)}}
The weapons were designed to be dropped from an aircraft. They contained no explosive charge but as they fell they developed significant kinetic energy making them lethal and able to easily penetrate soft cover such as jungle canopy, several inches of sand or light armor.{{sfn|Eades|Powers|1964|loc=passim}}{{sfn|Pursglove|1962}}
[[File:Image-Flechettes, probably French, c1914, Royal Armouries, Leeds.jpg|thumb|left|World War I air dropped flechettes, most likely French]]
During World War I, flechettes were dropped from aircraft to attack infantry and were able to pierce helmets.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://av8rblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/dropping-darts-from-an-aeroplane/ |title=Dropping Darts From An Aeroplane |date=12 September 2014 |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/03/03/the-flechettes/ |title=WWI Flechettes – The troop piercing arrows dropped from planes onto German trenches |date=3 March 2018}}</ref>

Also during World War II, a version of the flechette with feathers was dropped, and now resides in the Imperial War Museum.<ref>{{Cite web |title=feathered flechette |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30000305 |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=Imperial War Museums |language=en}}</ref>

[[Image:Lazy dog bombs.jpg|thumb|Two designs of the Lazy Dog bomb. (Top: early forged steel design; Bottom: later lathe-turned steel design)]]
Later the U.S. used [[Lazy Dog (bomb)|Lazy Dog bombs]], which are small, unguided [[kinetic projectile]]s typically about {{cvt|1.75|in}} in length, {{cvt|0.5|in|mm}} in diameter, and weighing about {{cvt|0.7|oz}}.{{sfn|Karmes|2014|p={{pn|date=January 2025}}}} Lazy Dog munitions were simple and cheap; they could be dropped in huge numbers in a pass.{{sfn|Pursglove|1962}} Though their effects were often no less indiscriminate than other projectiles,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} they did not leave [[unexploded ordnance]] (UXO) that could be active years after a conflict ended. Lazy Dog projectiles were used primarily during the [[Korean War|Korean]] and [[Vietnam War]]s.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}