what is a flechette
A flechette /flÉËÊÉt/ fleh-SHET is a pointed steel projectile, with a vaned tail for stable flight.The name comes from French flechette, flÃ©chette little arrow  or , dart and sometimes retains the grave accent In: english. flechette flÃ©chette number of prototype flechette-firing weapons were developed as part of the long-running Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) project. Some of these showed up as entries in the Advanced Combat Rifle project as well.