I don’t recall which of the handheld smart munitions guns it was, but one (possible many) had a glaring problem, every shot fired from it is a warcrime.
Exploding bullets below 400g are illegal since 1868. According to the treaty it doesn’t matter what you shoot at but it’s customary to only be illegal against humans and allowed against vehicles and aircraft.
The actual ICRC statement on customary practice is that rounds under that size which are designed to explode on contact with people are considered a problem.
I don’t think the OICW program was ever afraid of legal consequences. The combination weapon concept was simply impractical. Once it was split into two programs, the size of the grenades went up for practical reasons.
I don’t recall which of the handheld smart munitions guns it was, but one (possible many) had a glaring problem, every shot fired from it is a warcrime.
Exploding bullets below 400g are illegal since 1868. According to the treaty it doesn’t matter what you shoot at but it’s customary to only be illegal against humans and allowed against vehicles and aircraft.
It’s not an exploding bullet, it’s actually a very small mortar.
The actual ICRC statement on customary practice is that rounds under that size which are designed to explode on contact with people are considered a problem.
I don’t think the OICW program was ever afraid of legal consequences. The combination weapon concept was simply impractical. Once it was split into two programs, the size of the grenades went up for practical reasons.