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Payload-carrying projectile
A shell, in a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called
Shell_(projectile)
Ammunition type designed to penetrate armour
of the complete projectile; when this is used, the projectile is called a shell, not a shot. The high-explosive filling of the shell, whether fuzed or
Armour-piercing_ammunition
Type of shell construction
mine shell is that, as explosives are less dense than metal, the projectiles weigh less, giving them higher muzzle velocity than heavier shells and generating
Mine_shell
High velocity projectile alignment device
propellant gases behind a projectile, and also keep the projectile centered in the barrel, when the outer shell of the projectile is only slightly smaller
Sabot_(firearms)
Cancelled Raytheon 127mm naval round
Guided Munition was a precision guided rocket-assisted 5-inch (127 mm) shell (projectile) development by Raytheon for the U.S. Navy. The program was cancelled
Extended Range Guided Munition
Extended_Range_Guided_Munition
Chemical Weapon projectile
reaction. When the shell was fired the force of the acceleration would cause the disk between them to breach and the spinning of the projectile facilitated mixing
M687_155_mm_projectile
Pre-assembled firearm ammunition
arms. In other cases, the artillery shell is separate from the propellant charge. A cartridge without a projectile is called a blank; one that is completely
Cartridge_(firearms)
Topics referred to by the same term
up shelling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shelling may refer to: Shell (projectile), explosive used in wars Searching for seashells Shelling (topology)
Shelling
Topics referred to by the same term
Shell, Wyoming, United States Shell Lake (disambiguation), several places Shell (projectile), an explosive device fired from artillery Shotgun shell,
Shell
Ammunition incorporating rocket propulsion
independent propulsion. This gives the projectile greater speed and range than a non-assisted ballistic shell, which is propelled only by the gun's exploding
Rocket-assisted_projectile
Chemical artillery shell
The M110 155 mm projectile is an artillery shell used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The M110 was originally designed as a chemical artillery
M110_155_mm_projectile
Topics referred to by the same term
bombshell in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bombshell may refer to: Shell (projectile), originally called bombshell Bombshell (slang), a sexually attractive
Bombshell
High explosive artillery round
a development of the M102 155 mm shell that was developed in the 1930s from the French Schneider 155 mm projectile for the Model 1917 Howitzer. The body
M107_projectile
Object propelled through the air
Many projectiles, e.g. shells, may carry an explosive charge or another chemical or biological substance. Aside from explosive payload, a projectile can
Projectile
Cancelled American artillery shell
The Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) is a canceled precision guided 155 mm (6.1 in) naval artillery shell for the U.S. Navy's Advanced Gun System
Long Range Land Attack Projectile
Long_Range_Land_Attack_Projectile
Artillery shell
The M121/A1 155 mm projectile was a chemical artillery shell designed for use by the U.S. Army. It was designed to be used with approximately 6.5 lb (2
M121_155_mm_projectile
Ammunition shell type
Ballistic caps are used on a great variety of projectiles other than APCBC shells and exist to allow the projectile or cap underneath to have a less aerodynamic
Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell
Armour-piercing,_capped,_ballistic_capped_shell
155 mm guided artillery shell
allows the shell to make its final approach at an angle; demonstrated in August 2018 and deployed shortly thereafter. Increment II "Smart" projectile for moving
M982_Excalibur
Early British armour-piercing artillery projectile
with grooves to impart spin to the projectile. Britain also deployed Palliser shells in the 1870s–1880s. In the shell the cavity was slightly larger than
Palliser_shot_and_shell
Artillery warhead
careful "soft touch" disassembly fully intact D563 shell casings from M483-series 155-mm projectiles were being refilled with explosives, recycling them
Dual-purpose improved conventional munition
Dual-purpose_improved_conventional_munition
20 mm autocannon aircraft armament
high-explosive "mine shell" that featured a projectile with thinner walls that allowed increased explosive charge. This projectile was lighter and thus
MG_FF_cannon
Anti-personnel artillery munitions
effect, as the pieces of the shell were very large and sparse in number. Shrapnel's innovation was to combine the multi-projectile shotgun effect of canister
Shrapnel_shell
Light 47 mm naval gun introduced in 1886
traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately 3 pounds (1.4 kg). Campbell 1985, p. 66. Friedman
QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss
SI unit of length
and WWII". NavWeaps. "Field Artillery Journal – Sep 1927 | PDF | Shell (Projectile) | Howitzer". Scribd. "The Sinking Of The Scharnhorst | Proceedings
Hectometre
Chemical artillery shell
The M104 155 mm projectile is a chemical artillery shell designed for use by the U.S. Army. It was specifically designed to carry about 11.7 pounds (5
M104_155_mm_projectile
Firearm loaded with a cartridge of pellets
wadding inside the shell and scatter upon leaving the barrel, which is usually choked at the muzzle end to control the projectile scatter. This means
Shotgun
Velocity of projectile the moment it leaves the gun barrel
Muzzle velocity is the speed of a projectile (bullet, pellet, slug, ball/shots or shell) at the moment it leaves the end of a gun's barrel (i.e. the muzzle)
Muzzle_velocity
Topics referred to by the same term
systems; see earthing system Common Pointed with Cap, artillery shell; see Shell (projectile) § Common pointed Complete blood count Compound parabolic concentrator
CPC
Anti-tank gun
800 metres (5,906 ft) Indirect range: 7,678 metres (25,190 ft) (HE shell) Projectile weight: 3.18 to 6.8 kg (7 lb 0.2 oz to 14 lb 15.9 oz) Panzergranate
7.5_cm_Pak_40
Common type of artillery calibre
defines a standard 155 mm projectile with a 23 litre combustion chamber volume. NATO is now pushing from standardised artillery shell to sharable ammunition
155_mm_caliber
German railway supergun
could fire a heavy concrete-piercing shell and a lighter high-explosive shell. An extremely-long-range rocket projectile was also planned with a range of
Schwerer_Gustav
Shrapnel, Royal Artillery, Great Britain). Shell An explosive anti-materiel and counter-battery projectile, of iron with a cavity packed with a high explosive
List_of_cannon_projectiles
Pyrotechnic light source
ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics may be
Flare
Dual Purpose Gun
the shell after an adjustable time interval has elapsed since firing. Base detonating fuze A base impact fuze screwed into the rear of a projectile to
5-inch/38-caliber_gun
Mortar
modèle 1916 on a cast aluminium baseplate. The first type of the shell (projectile type A) had an aerodynamic teardrop body with flat stabilizers (called
Brandt_Mle_27/31
Type of bullet with a harder outer shell
jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding
Full metal jacket (ammunition)
Full_metal_jacket_(ammunition)
Artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles
cylindrical unstabilised projectile. A modified version of the mortar, which fired a modern fin-stabilised streamlined projectile and had a booster charge
Mortar_(weapon)
Material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from a weapon or weapon system
inappropriately. A round is a single cartridge containing a projectile, propellant, primer and casing. A shell is a form of ammunition that is fired by a large caliber
Ammunition
Type of ammunition used mainly in hunting medium and large game
A shotgun slug is a heavy projectile (a slug) made of lead, copper, or other material and fired from a shotgun. Slugs are designed for hunting large game
Shotgun_slug
155 mm rocket-assisted projectile
The U.S. Army is developing the XM1113 rocket-assisted projectile to replace the M549A1 shell. The XM1113 increases range from 30 to 40 km (19 to 25 mi)
M549
Bunker-busting artillery shell
Röchling shells were bunker-busting artillery shells, developed by German engineer August Cönders during World War II, based on the theory of increasing
Röchling_shell
German World War II large-caliber artillery
bypassed the projectile due to faulty obturation and prematurely ignited the subsidiary charges before the shell passed them, slowing the shell down. The
V-3_cannon
Type of ammunition consisting of multiple small balls
number of smaller projectiles loosely packaged in a tin or brass container, possibly guided by a wooden sabot. The later shrapnel shell contained similarly
Grapeshot
American guided 155 mm howitzer projectile
155 mm caliber cannon-launched guided projectile. It is a fin-stabilized, terminally laser guided, explosive shell intended to engage hard point targets
M712_Copperhead
High density non-explosive projectile
using a projectile with a low mass and large base area in the gun barrel. Firing a small-diameter projectile wrapped in a lightweight outer shell, called
Kinetic_energy_penetrator
Soviet/Russian guided 152/155 mm artillery shell
guided shell is fired. The firing unit uses their 1A35K command device to send a signal via a communications link confirming the firing of the projectile to
Krasnopol_(weapon_system)
American 155 mm high explosive howitzer projectile
The M795 155 mm projectile is the US Army and US Marine Corps' standard 155 mm High Explosive (HE) projectile for howitzers. It is a bursting round with
M795_projectile
separately loaded shells, and quick-firing QF guns which used self-sealing brass cartridge cases, and which usually had the propellant and projectile fixed together
Glossary of British ordnance terms
Glossary_of_British_ordnance_terms
Type of Cannon Ammunition
03 in (0.76 mm) web and gives the projectile the prescribed muzzle velocity of 2,000 ft/s (610 m/s). The M54 used a shell-destroying tracer in addition to
37×145mmR
406 mm naval gun
breech. They fired projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 lb (860 to 1,220 kg) at different muzzle velocities, depending on the projectile. When firing armor-piercing
16-inch/50-caliber_Mark_7_gun
Long-ranged guns for land warfare
English-speaking armies use "gun" and "mortar". The projectiles fired are typically either "shot" (if solid) or "shell" (if not solid). Historically, variants of
Artillery
Early form of incendiary bomb or shell
A carcass was an early form of incendiary bomb or shell, intended to set targets on fire. It comprised an external casing, usually of cast iron, filled
Carcass_(projectile)
Device that launches projectiles
cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). Solid projectiles may be free-flying (as with bullets and artillery shells) or tethered (as with Tasers, spearguns and
Gun
Short range anti-aircraft rocket, developed for the Royal Navy
The Unrotated Projectile (UP) was a British anti-aircraft and ground-bombardment rocket of the Second World War. The original 7-inch version was developed
Unrotated_Projectile
Tactical nuclear weapons fired from the ground
artillery shell. About 2,000 of these warheads were produced from 1957 to 1965. Each XM422 projectile was 940 mm (37 in) long, it had a projectile weight
Nuclear_artillery
Class of ammunition used by artillery
fewer but larger projectiles than were contained within canister or shrapnel shells. Case shot broadly describes any multi-projectile artillery ammunition
Canister_shot
Soviet and Russian tank ammunition
1962. The projectile is Maraging steel.[citation needed] Country of origin: Soviet Union Projectile dimension: 410 mm 10: 1 L/d Projectile weight (including
125_mm_smoothbore_ammunition
Naval artillery gun
but roughly twice that of standard naval gun projectiles. Although more expensive than unguided shells, HVPs were projected to be significantly less
5-inch/54-caliber_Mark_45_gun
Method of increasing artillery range
rocket-assisted projectiles. It is now a fairly common option. Most (50–60%) of the drag on an artillery shell derives from the nose portion of the shell. Artillery
Base_bleed
155 mm base bleed artillery round
The M1128 "Insensitive Munition High Explosive Base Burn Projectile" is a 155 mm boosted artillery round designed to achieve a maximum range of 30–40 kilometres
M1128_projectile
Firearm caliber
(PELE) Target practice - inert projectile (i.e., PGU-27A/B) Used for training (TP) Target practice tracer - inert projectile with tracer material in base
20_mm_caliber
Grooves in a weapon barrel for accuracy
internal surface of a firearm's barrel for imparting a spin to the fired projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy. It is also the term
Rifling
Grenade suitable for use with a grenade launcher
casings, propellants, and projectiles, the 7P39 integrates all components into a single unit, eliminating the need for ejected shell casings. This design is
List_of_40_mm_grenades
Metal combat helmet
designed to protect the wearer's head and shoulders from shrapnel shell projectiles bursting from above the trenches. The design allowed the use of relatively
Brodie_helmet
Artillery shell part
the projectile and stabilize its flight. The shell is stabilized for yaw in the barrel by a smaller bourrelet band near the front of the projectile. This
Driving_band
American nuclear artillery shell
nuclear artillery shell designed for use in the 8-inch (203 mm) M110 howitzer and M115 howitzer. A total of 2,000 W33 projectiles were produced, with
W33_(nuclear_warhead)
Main battle tank
autoloading compartment, the shells could be quite long at around 1400mm in length (for APFSDS shells, the shell's projectile was 1300mm long). Mounted on
Obiekt_490
High-Capacity Artillery Projectile (HICAP), a 155 mm two-piece artillery shell, was developed by the U.S. Army from 1992 to 1996. HICAP was part of a major
High-Capacity Artillery Projectile
High-Capacity_Artillery_Projectile
American pack howitzer
the powder charge was different, this gun fired the same types of shell projectiles as used in the 75 mm tank guns of WWII, which were themselves derived
M116_howitzer
Non-spherical projectile designed to be shot from an air gun
A pellet is a non-spherical projectile designed to be fired from an air gun, and an airgun that fires such pellets is commonly known as a pellet gun. Air
Pellet_(air_gun)
Electromagnetic projectile launcher
to launch high-velocity projectiles. The projectile normally does not contain explosives, instead relying on the projectile's high kinetic energy to inflict
Railgun
Towed field gun
ammunition – when it is prepared for firing, the projectile is fitted into the top of the cartridge case and the shell loaded into the gun as a complete round
L118_light_gun
American 155 mm base-bleed DPICM artillery projectile
made 155 mm artillery shell. It carries a DPICM warhead and incorporates base bleed technology to increase its range. The projectile is capable of delivering
M864
Ammunition type
causes a projectile to spin, thereby allowing longer projectiles to be used, while at the same time improving accuracy. This also may make a HESH shell more
High-explosive_squash_head
Behavior of projectiles in flight
artillery shells must deal with their CP being in front of their CM, which destabilizes these projectiles during flight. To stabilize such projectiles the projectile
External_ballistics
Precision-guided artillery munition
Cannon-launched guided projectiles (CLGP) are precision-guided munitions launched by howitzers, mortars, tank guns, and naval guns. Those projectile main propulsion
Cannon-launched guided projectile
Cannon-launched_guided_projectile
Topics referred to by the same term
beginning with Bomb All pages with titles containing Bomb Explosion Shell (projectile) Yarn bombing Baum (surname) BOM (disambiguation), including Bom This
Bomb_(disambiguation)
Type of anti-aircraft gun and anti-tank gun (M1, M2) and tank gun (M3)
HE – 23.29 lb (10.56 kg) (projectile) M77 AP – 23.40 lb (10.61 kg) (projectile) M82 APC – 24.11 lb (10.94 kg) (projectile) An unsuccessful anti-tank
90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3
common in spherical shell, it was applied to specific rifled projectiles as well. Spherical shell used time fuses, while rifled shell could use timed fuse
Field artillery in the American Civil War
Field_artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War
Nuclear artillery
had been solved. By August the length of the projectile had increased 2 inches (51 mm) to improve the shell's ballistic characteristics and the weight increased
W48
Nuclear artillery
The W79 Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile (AFAP), also known as XM753 (Atomic RA), was an American nuclear artillery shell, capable of being fired from
W79 Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile
W79_Artillery-Fired_Atomic_Projectile
Pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile
or fléchette (/fleɪˈʃɛt/ flay-SHET) is a pointed, fin-stabilized steel projectile. The name comes from French fléchette (from flèche), meaning "little arrow"
Flechette
American 155 mm towed howitzer
vehicle. XM454 AFAP (artillery fired atomic projectile) (W48) The XM454 AFAP (W48) nuclear artillery shell had a 155mm caliber and an explosive yield of
M198_howitzer
American nuclear artillery shell (1952–1957)
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
W9_(nuclear_warhead)
Guided anti-aircraft artillery shell
guided missile technology. Development of the Gun Launched Guided Projectile - Arrow Shell was initiated by the U.S. Navy's Naval ordnance Laboratory (NOL)
SAM-N-8_Zeus
Mario franchise species
out of their shell prior to their defeat. After defeat, their shells often remain, and can be grabbed, thrown, or bumped as a projectile to attack other
Koopa_Troopa
German super heavy field gun of World War I
(234 lb) shell to a range of 130 kilometres (81 mi) and a maximum altitude of 42.3 km (26.3 mi)—the greatest height reached by a human-made projectile until
Paris_Gun
Illuminated pyrotechnic ammunition visible in daylight and darkness
Tracer ammunition, or tracers, are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. When fired, the
Tracer_ammunition
Ancient artillery technique
replacement of solid-iron shot with exploding shells gave artillery a far more destructive projectile that could be fired immediately without preparation
Heated_shot
Type of light artillery gun
as a thinner-walled barrel, and thus the launch of a relatively large projectile from a platform that would not be capable of handling the weight or recoil
Recoilless_rifle
Pyrotechnics Annexe (MEP) – Manufactured Explosive, Incendiary and Smoke shell projectile fillings. Ordnance Factory Maribyrnong (MO or OFM) – Maribyrnong; Melbourne
Small_Arms_Ammunition_Factory
Tank gun
on various AP projectiles tested by the Americans from the Canadian AFV Technical Situation Report No. 34, showing some well-known shell in service during
155_mm_gun_T7
Unguided air-to-surface rocket
The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British air-to-ground rocket projectile introduced during the Second World War. The "3 inch" designation
RP-3
Towed field cannon
vertical arc of fire from 0° to 65° (for comparison, GPF had only 35°), a projectile not exceeding 100 lb (45 kg) and the capability to be installed on a mount
155_mm_gun_M1
Rifled tank/antitank gun
high-explosive projectile, with the ballistic-capped BR-412B and BR-412D ammunition becoming available in the late 1940s. There was also a D-412 smoke shell. In
D-10_tank_gun
Measure of the size of a gun barrel
projectile until it exits the muzzle. If the pressure behind the projectile drops sufficiently before the projectile exits the bore, the projectile can
Caliber_(artillery)
the base of a studded projectile of rifled muzzle-loading ("RML") artillery, sealing the escape of gas between the projectile and the barrel. 1 2 3 RML
Attached_gas-check
Anti-tank projectile
(APDS) is a type of spin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile for anti-armor warfare. Each projectile consists of a sub-caliber round fitted with a sabot
Armour-piercing discarding sabot
Armour-piercing_discarding_sabot
Swedish-French 155 mm artillery round
The BONUS (Bofors Nutating Shell) or ACED (Anti-Char à Effet Dirigé) is a 155 mm guided artillery cluster round co-developed and manufactured by Bofors
Bofors/Nexter_Bonus
Rifled cannon
cannon, the ammunition was designed to expand the shell so that there was no windage between the projectile and the gun barrel. This meant that a smaller
10-pounder_Parrott_rifle
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