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Shrapnel shell
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Shrapnel shells were anti-personnel artillery munitions that carried many individual bullets close to a target area and then ejected them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and str
Setting a time fuse (left) and loading a shell into a gun
Setting a time fuse (left) and loading a shell into a gun
This engraving shows a 12-pounder U.S. shrapnel shell c. 1865. It is fitted with a Borman fuse. In the cutaway view, the dark grey is the wall of the
This engraving shows a 12-pounder U.S. shrapnel shell c. 1865. It is fitted with a Borman fuse. In the cutaway view, the dark grey is the wall of the shell, the medium grey is sulphur resin, the light grey are the musket balls, and the black is the bursting charge.
Original Shrapnel design (left), and Boxer design of May 1852 which avoided premature explosions (right).
Original Shrapnel design (left), and Boxer design of May 1852 which avoided premature explosions (right).
1870s cast-iron RML 16-pounder "Boxer" shrapnel shell showing limited space for bullets.
1870s cast-iron RML 16-pounder "Boxer" shrapnel shell showing limited space for bullets.
Fragmentation (weaponry)
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Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, autocannon shell, rocket, missi
Shrapnel shell
…shells superseded it for that role. The functioning and principles behind shrapnel shells are fundamentally different from high-explosive shell fragmentation. Shrapnel is named after Lieutenant-General Henry Shrapnel, a Royal Artillery officer, whose experiments, initially conducted on his own time and at…
Grooved body of a Second World War-era U.S. Mk 2 grenade. The grooves covering the exterior of the grenade are used to aid in the gripping of the gren
Grooved body of a Second World War-era U.S. Mk 2 grenade. The grooves covering the exterior of the grenade are used to aid in the gripping of the grenade when throwing. The grooves were also intended to aid in fragmentation but studies showed this was ineffective.
Internals of a AGM-114 Hellfire missile, showing its pre-cut fragmentation sleeve around a hollow shaped charge
Internals of a AGM-114 Hellfire missile, showing its pre-cut fragmentation sleeve around a hollow shaped charge
An illustration of a fragmentation bomb from the 14th century Ming Dynasty text Huolongjing. The black dots represent iron pellets.
An illustration of a fragmentation bomb from the 14th century Ming Dynasty text Huolongjing. The black dots represent iron pellets.
Artillery shell fragment from the Gulf War
Artillery shell fragment from the Gulf War