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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* Used by [[Knife Nut|Asakura]] in the [[In Medias Res|prologue extension]] chapter of ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero (Fanfic)|Kyon Big Damn Hero]]''.
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* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series has the cactuars and their 1000 Needles [[Fixed Damage Attack]]. Also the 10,000 Needles attack -- often a [[One-Hit Kill]].
** Also the Gil Toss ability and [[Final Fantasy VI|Setzer]]'s razor-sharp [[Death Dealer|cards]].
* [[Ninja Maid|Sakuya Izayoi]] from ''[[Touhou]]'' uses this in combination with [[Time Stands Still|her stopping time]], in a [[Shout
** Her predecessor from the PC-98 era, Yumeko, also a [[Ninja Maid]], does this minus the timestopping. [[Brother Chuck|Too bad no one remembers her]].
*** Truthfully, Yumeko is supposed to use [[Storm of Blades|swords.]]
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* During World War I, finger-length flechettes would be dropped from airplanes, balloons, and Zepplins over enemy infantry, and by the bucketload. Accelerated only by gravity, they would achieve momentum equivalent to bullets before hitting the ground. The combination of lethality and sheer numbers made them especially effective against massed infantry without sufficient cover.
* There are canisters that when detonated, scatter flechettes over a wide area. The flechettes were designed to attack infantry in the open and light armored vehicles. The modern variant of this uses a modern cluster bomb [
* There is a round for Artillery called a "beehive round" for the buzzing sound masses of flechettes make as they fly through the air. The original round was fired from a leveled 105mm Howitzer. Some recoilless rifles also fire this shell. Isralie tanks can carry Flechette shells.
* In the U.S. you can purchase flechette rounds for shotguns. They're made by replacing the buckshot pellets with little razor sharp steel needles. They're remarkably effective in their stated purpose.
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