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These vehicles were originally designed as anti-tank guns for use in Europe, but they would become known for their service in Vietnam. Armed with six recoilless rifles, they were terrifyingly effective against an enemy using the jungle for cover. A particularly fearsome round fired by the M50 was the M581, which contained 9,600 fléchettes (small dart-like projectiles) that would spread out toward the enemy like a super-sized shotgun. A six-gun barrage of these rounds from a single Ontos launched 58,000 projectiles at the enemy. https://tankhistoria.com/cold-war/m50-ontos/