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Bookmark or Share- Artillery - National WWI Museum and Memorial60% of the battlefield casualties in WWI were caused by artillery shells exploding. Shrapnel wounds were particularly brutal for soldiers. The word ‘shrapnel’ comes from the small lead balls placed in an artillery shell that would spread out over the battlefield when exploded.
- Military Surplus Ordnance and Artillery ShellsShop high-quality artillery shells for sale including howitzer Shells & military ordnance. Find a range of dummy bombs & grenades to 85mm artillery shells.
- Artillery - Ammunition, Shells, Projectiles | BritannicaArtillery - Ammunition, Shells, Projectiles: In 1850, round solid shot and black powder were standard ammunition for guns, while howitzers fired hollow powder-filled shells ignited by wooden fuzes filled with slow-burning powder.
- Shell | Types, Calibers, Uses | Britannica - Encyclopedia BritannicaShell, variously, an artillery projectile, a cartridge case, or a shotgun cartridge. The artillery shell was in use by the 15th century, at first as a simple container for metal or stone shot, which was dispersed by the bursting of the container after leaving the gun.
- 155 mm caliber - Wikipedia155 mm (6.1 in) is a NATO-standard artillery shell caliber that is used in many field guns, howitzers, and gun-howitzers. It is defined in AOP-29 part 1 with reference to STANAG 4425.
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