shrapnel

  1. Bombardier

    Photos Artillery shells & shrapnel

    Artillery shell before and after it’s been blasted into 7,000 pieces of shrapnel, circa 1908
  2. air-burst

    air-burst

    filling shrapnel shell with bullets at Royal Laboratory, Woolwich. Lots more images scroll down to see lots of links to images.
  3. Shells

    Shells

    155 Shrapnel Round
  4. Shells

    Shells

    Shrapnel shell for QF 18-pr field gun introduced in 1904 and declared obsolete in 1935
  5. Shells

    Shells

    Shrapnel shell for RML guns. The studs were designed to engage in the rifling
  6. Shells

    Shells

    Shrapnel shell for Armstrong RBL 12-pr field gun
  7. Shells

    Shells

    Boxer's second modification to shrapnel. The diaphragm separating balls and burster was introduced in 1853
  8. Shells

    Shells

    Boxer's first modification to shrapnel. The powder burster is in a separate metal container. The wooden bottom keeps the fuze facing the muzzle while the projectile is in the bore
  9. Shells

    Shells

    Shrapnel Vs Shell Splinters/fragments
  10. Shells

    Shells

    Shrapnel's original projectile showing balls mixed with the powder burster. Friction between the two caused prematures. Invented by Shrapnel in 1784 and finally approved for service in 1803.
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