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or mortar projectile in some European languages. Shells are usually large-caliber projectiles fired by artillery, armoured fighting vehicles (e.g. tanks...

assembled gun weighed nearly 1,350 tonnes (1,490 short tons), and could fire shells weighing 7 t (7.7 short tons) to a range of 47 km (29 mi). The gun was...

called shot, fired through a smoothbore barrel with a tapered constriction at the muzzle to regulate the extent of scattering. A shell can sometimes...

Look up shell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shell may refer to: Shell (structure), a thin structure Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually...

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London...

allowed the shell to carry far more bullets, it had the disadvantage that the bursting charge separated the bullets from the shell casing by firing the case...

has largely meant cannon, and in contemporary usage, usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, and mortars (collectively called barrel artillery, cannon...

be fired from the same gun as standard shells of comparable power, if it uses a recoil operated or advanced primer ignition mechanism. Mine shells are...

with shell-shock symptoms had not been exposed to artillery fire. Since the symptoms appeared in men who had no proximity to an exploding shell, the physical...

rounds began to use a smaller but dense penetrating body within a larger shell, firing at very high muzzle velocity. Modern penetrators are long rods of dense...

The W9 was an American nuclear artillery shell fired from a special 280 mm howitzer. It was produced starting in 1952 and all were retired by 1957, being...

refrained from firing rockets toward Israel for 14 months in accordance with the February ceasefire agreement, until IDF naval shelling hit a Gaza beach...

Mallet's Mortar was a 19th-century British shell-firing mortar built for the Crimean War, but was never used in combat. The mortar was designed by Robert...

shellburst was small for the shell's size. The thickness of the shell casing, to withstand the forces of firing, meant that shells would explode into a comparatively...

explosive shells (technically called bombs) in high-arching ballistic trajectories. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons for close fire support...

In military usage, a barrage is massed sustained artillery fire (shelling) aimed at a series of points along a line. In addition to attacking any enemy...

Hezbollah, taking advantage of the Israel–Hamas war, fired guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms. Israel...

shows, in a bid to appeal to conservative viewers. On April 23, 2023, Shell was fired from NBCUniversal after an investigation into sexual harassment, which...

first dodging and then absorbing heavy shell fire and in downing attacking kamikaze planes. When Yamato opened fire at 06:59 at an estimated range of 17 nmi...

2014, mortar shells fired from Ukrainian territory landed in the courtyard of a private home in the border town of Donetsk. The shelling killed one civilian...