Editing Flechette (section)

==Rocket and artillery use==
Smaller flechettes were used in special [[artillery]] shells called "[[Beehive anti-personnel round|beehive]]" rounds (so named after the very distinctive whistling buzz made by thousands of flechettes flying downrange at supersonic speeds) and intended for use against troops in the open – a ballistic shell packed with flechettes was fired and set off by a mechanical time fuse, scattering flechettes in an expanding cone.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

During the Vietnam War 105&nbsp;mm howitzer batteries and tanks (90&nbsp;mm guns) used flechette rounds to defend themselves against massed infantry attacks. The ubiquitous [[M40 recoilless rifle|105&nbsp;mm M40 recoilless rifle]] was primarily used as an [[anti-tank]] [[weapon]]. However, it could also be used in an [[antipersonnel|anti-personnel]] role with the use of flechette rounds. The widely used [[Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle]] also uses an Area Defence Munition designed as a close-range anti-personnel round. It fires 1,100 flechettes over a wide area.<ref name="LocalSE">{{cite web |title=Peace group slams sale of Swedish 'meat grinder' ammunition |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20110306/32424 |website=www.thelocal.se|date=6 March 2011 }}</ref> The US Air Force used {{cvt|2.75|in}} rockets with WDU-4/A flechette warheads.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The 70&nbsp;mm [[Hydra 70]] rocket currently in service with the US Armed forces can be fitted with an anti-personnel (APERS) warhead containing 1,179 flechettes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/hydra-70-rocket-system-us/ |title=Hydra-70 Rocket System - Army Technology |work=Army Technology|access-date=2018-07-03 |language=en-GB}}</ref> They are carried by attack helicopters such as the [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|AH-64 Apache]] and the [[Bell AH-1 Cobra|AH-1 Cobra]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

===Israel-Palestine conflict===
Israeli authorities have reportedly used flechettes in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] since at least 2001.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Dart bombs 'killed four Palestinians' |language=en-UK |work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2225706.stm |access-date=12 January 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Israel using flechette shells in Gaza |language=en-UK |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/israel-using-flechette-shells-in-gaza |access-date=12 January 2024 }}</ref>  In 2001, Israeli officials stated that "The Israeli military obtained these weapons from the USA after the 1973 war and we have thousands of old shells in warehouses." <ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rodan |first=Steve |date=22 May 2001 |title=Israel's military debates use of flechette round |magazine=Jane's Defence Weekly |location=UK |publisher=	Janes Information Services}}</ref>

=== Russo-Ukrainian war ===
[[File:Russian flechettes in Sumy Oblast, 30 May 2022 (1).jpg|thumb|Flechettes found in [[Sumy Oblast]] after Russian shelling on 30 May 2022]]
Flechettes have been used during the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], where samples of the projectiles were recovered in the mass graves in [[Bucha, Kyiv Oblast|Bucha]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dozens of Bucha civilians were killed by metal darts from Russian artillery |language=en-UK |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/24/dozens-bucha-civilians-killed-flechettes-metal-darts-russian-artillery |access-date=24 April 2022 }}</ref> A witness described munitions bursting overhead and littering the area with 3&nbsp;cm flechettes. A British munitions expert reviewed photographs of the flechettes and concluded that they likely came from a 122 mm 3Sh1 artillery round. A speaker for the [[Ukrainian Ground Forces]] stated that Ukraine's military does not use shells with flechettes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Lethal darts were fired into a Ukrainian neighborhood by the thousands |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/flechette-projectile-ukraine-russia/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220418140942/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/18/flechette-projectile-ukraine-russia/ |archive-date=18 April 2022}}</ref>