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HYERES: The investigation into the February murder of French legislator and anticrime crusader Yann Piat near this southern city took a new twist last week. Shortly after her murder by two motorcycle-riding gunmen, police had collared two thugs who worked as musclemen for Piat's political rivals. A probe of the local political milieu then resulted in charges of corruption against several officials. Last week police dropped murder charges against the original suspects and arrested Lucien Ferri, 22, who has confessed to firing the fatal shots, and Marco Di Caro, 21, who admitted driving the motorcycle. This opens...
Last week the gadget came off the secret list. It is the Piat (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank) and it fires a 2.75-lb. bomb which explodes on impact with a violence sufficient to penetrate four inches of tempered armor plate. But the Piat does not employ the bazooka's rocket principle. Its projectile, like a mortar shell, is propelled by the explosion of a cartridge in the base. Rear half of the tube houses a powerful steel spring which takes up the recoil, re-cocks itself and operates the firing pin for the next shot. In combat...
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