Satchels

A player recently reported that he was surprosed that his satchel placed at his feet wasn;t killiong him. This is probably an oddity thogh a long standing one but the truth is that they are shaped charges and we don;t really do very well with concussive or shrapnel deflection from other object. I illustrated thusly...

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