Anti-war protesters laid limbs and body parts outside a weapons parts factory yesterday in a bid to shock its employees.

Protester Chris Osmond, 26, said some of the workers at the EDO MBM defence systems factory in Home Farm Road, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, appeared upset when they were faced with the visual horrors of war as they left the factory.

The Smash EDO group were campaigning against the electrical weapons components the factory makes which the group claims are being used in the Israeli Hellfire Missile currently being used in Gaza and Lebanon.

Yesterday at 4pm 40 to 50 artists and protesters displayed their shocking art and broadcast sounds of air raids.

Banners were hung on the factory's fence.

Ruth Hopkins, one of the artists who has spent time as a peace activist in the occupied territories, said: "We cannot show the true horror of the consequences of EDO MBM's lethal weaponry but we hope to galvanise those who work in the factory to consider what happens with the weapons they produce."

Mr Osmond said: "The workers could not do anything apart from feel slightly sad about the images that people were bringing up. They looked upset.

"The point was to impress on them what they are doing. At other times when they have left the factory they have been able to ignore us but today we could not be ignored."

On Monday, protesters chained themselves to the gates of the factory and three campaigners caused a blockade when they chained themselves to concrete barrels.

A handful of demonstrators barricaded entrances by putting their arms in pipes which were then sealed inside the barrels.

Staff were forced to park elsewhere and walk to work.

Sarah Johnson, spokeswoman for Smash EDO said: "In the last weeks Israel has engaged in an illegal assault on the civilian population of Gaza and has now invaded Lebanon, killing hundreds of Lebanese civilians. We should not tolerate EDO MBM's continued presence in Brighton and Hove, a UN peace messenger city."

The campaign against EDO MBM started in August 2004 with a peace camp. There have been numerous protests by Smash EDO including a protest outside the factory every Wednesday.