shell

A shell, in a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell, but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. A shell can hold a tracer.

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artillery ammunition; artillery shell; cannon shell
ammunition, bullet, 

3.7 cm HE, 8.8 cm PzGr, Aerial Target, anti-concrete, armour-piercing capped ballistic cap, armour-piercing discarding sabot, armour-piercing high explosive, armour-piercing, Bofors 155 Bonus, Breda Model 40, brisant, bullet, cannon-launched guided projectile, Disc projectile, GMM 120, grenade, hand grenade, Hesyt-1, high explosive, high-explosive fragmentation, illumination ammunition, LU 111, M107 projectile, M2000, M426 8-inch, M687, M864, Mark 80, Mark 91, NGD-93, nuclear artillery, OG-7V, Rökhandgranat m/56, Sanshiki, shrapnel, weapon functional class, XM-736 8-inch projectile, 

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  3.7 cm HE ⓘ
  anti-aircraft gun ammunition used by the 3.7 cm FlaK 43

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  8.8 cm PzGr ⓘ
  artillery ammunition

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  Aerial Target ⓘ
  British anti-aircraft guided projectile

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  anti-concrete shell ⓘ
  

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  armour-piercing capped ballistic cap ⓘ
  ammunition shell type

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  armour-piercing shell ⓘ
  type of ammunition designed to penetrate armour

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  Bofors 155 Bonus ⓘ
  155 mm artillery cluster round

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  Breda Model 40 ⓘ
  

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  brisant shell ⓘ
  

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  cannon-launched guided projectile ⓘ
  type of munition

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  Disc projectile ⓘ
  

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  GMM 120 ⓘ
  type of GPS-guided and/or laser-guided mortar shell

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  grenade ⓘ
  small bomb thrown by hand or launched mechanically

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  hand grenade ⓘ
  small explosive weapon that can be thrown by hand

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  Hesyt-1 ⓘ
  Polish cluster artillery shell

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  high explosive shell ⓘ
  ammunition shell type

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  high-explosive fragmentation shell ⓘ
  type of ammunition

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  illumination ammunition ⓘ
  Munition for battlefield illumination. Exist as airborne munition with parachute, such as artillery shell (star shell) and aerial bomb (illumination bomb), but also as ground munition, such as flare (illumination flare).

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  LU 111 ⓘ
  French high explosive grenade

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  M107 projectile ⓘ
  High explosive artillery round

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  M2000 ⓘ
  High-explosive grenade

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  M426 8-inch shell ⓘ
  chemical artillery shell

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  M687 ⓘ
  155 mm binary sarin chemical weapon artillery shell

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  M864 ⓘ
  artillery shell

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  Mark 80 ⓘ
  127 mm high explosive artillery shell

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  Mark 91 ⓘ
  127 mm illumination projectile

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  NGD-93 ⓘ
  Polish rifle grenade

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  nuclear artillery shell ⓘ
  

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  OG-7V ⓘ
  

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  Rökhandgranat m/56 ⓘ
  

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  Sanshiki ⓘ
  Japanese anti-aircraft shell

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  shrapnel shell ⓘ
  anti-personnel artillery shell which carried a large number of individual bullets

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  XM-736 8-inch projectile ⓘ
  binary howitzer round that was designed to carry the nerve agent VX

Frameless

MUNITIONS PRODUCTION ON THE HOME FRONT, 1914-1918 Q110269

MUNITIONS PRODUCTION ON THE HOME FRONT, 1914-1918 Q110270

QF 6 pdr common shell 1891 closeup

Koger - Sjöhistoriska museet - O 05193

FC6

Munitions Production on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30038

Industry during the First World War Q54648

Guns in front of the Imperial War Museum

Batterie d'honneur de l'artillerie française - Investiture présidentielle du 15 mai 2012 - 033

Lilac bouquet 2015 G1

• ВЭ / Зажигательные снаряды - encyclopedic article, Russian, 2019
• Nucleus Accumbens Shell Orexin-1 Receptors Are Critical Mediators of Binge Intake in Excessive-Drinking Individuals - scientific article published on 13 February 2019, Q1860
• ВЭ / Граната - encyclopedic article, Russian, 2016
• МЭСБЕ / Граната - encyclopedic article, Russian, 2019
• Positive or negative? The shell alters the relationship among behavioral defense strategy, energy metabolic levels and antioxidant capacity in freshwater turtles - scientific article published in 2019, Q1860
• МЭСБЕ / Снаряды - encyclopedic article, Russian
• MKL1888:Granaten - , German
• Surface Coating of Nanoparticles Reduces Background Inflammatory Activity while Increasing Particle Uptake and Delivery - scientific article published on December 2016, Q1860
• Role of temperature and carbonate system variability on a host-parasite system: Implications for the gigantism hypothesis - scholarly article published by M R García-Huidobro in 2019, Q1860
• A review of Aulacospira Möllendorff, 1890 and Pseudostreptaxis Möllendorff, 1890 in the Philippines (Gastropoda, Pupilloidea, Hypselostomatidae) - scientific article published on 07 May 2019, Q1860
• ЭСБЕ / Снаряды артиллерийские - encyclopedic article, Russian
• ЭСБЕ / Снаряд - encyclopedic article, Russian
• ЭСБЕ / Граната - encyclopedic article, Russian
• ТСД2 / Граната - , Russian
• НЭСГ/Снаряды - entry in Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		3.7 cm HE	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		8.8 cm PzGr	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Aerial Target	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		anti-concrete shell	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		armour-piercing capped ballistic cap	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		armour-piercing shell	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Bofors 155 Bonus	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Breda Model 40	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		brisant shell	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		cannon-launched guided projectile	precision-guided munition, shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Disc projectile	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		GMM 120	GPS-guided bomb, shell, laser-guided bomb	Wikidata
class	weapon		grenade	shell, bomb	Wikidata
class	weapon		hand grenade	throwing weapon, shell, grenade	Wikidata
class	weapon		Hesyt-1	cluster munition, shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		high explosive shell	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		high-explosive fragmentation shell	shell, ammunition	Wikidata
class	weapon		illumination ammunition	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		LU 111	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		M107 projectile	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		M2000	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		M426 8-inch shell	chemical weapon, shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		M687	chemical weapon, shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		M864	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mark 80	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Mark 91	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		NGD-93	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		nuclear artillery shell	shell, nuclear weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		OG-7V	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Rökhandgranat m/56	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		Sanshiki	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		shrapnel shell	shell	Wikidata
class	weapon		XM-736 8-inch projectile	chemical weapon, shell	Wikidata
link	page		Statens historiska museers samlingar page@		Wikidata
commons	image		MUNITIONS PRODUCTION ON THE HOME FRONT, 1914-1918 Q110269		Commons
commons	image		MUNITIONS PRODUCTION ON THE HOME FRONT, 1914-1918 Q110270		Commons
commons	image		QF 6 pdr common shell 1891 closeup		Commons
commons	image		Koger - Sjöhistoriska museet - O 05193		Commons
commons	image		FC6		Commons
commons	image		Munitions Production on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Q30038		Commons
commons	image		Industry during the First World War Q54648		Commons
commons	image		Guns in front of the Imperial War Museum		Commons
commons	image		Batterie d'honneur de l'artillerie française - Investiture présidentielle du 15 mai 2012 - 033		Commons
commons	image		Lilac bouquet 2015 G1		Commons