File:Shrapnel (PSF).png

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English: Line art diagram of typical shrapnel round as used in World War I.
  1. Small gunpowder bursting charge - fires bullets forward out of shell case.
  2. Shrapnel bullets (balls).
  3. Time Fuze.
  4. Central tube to carry detonator flash from fuze to bursting charge.
  5. Resin to hold bullets steady in position. Burns when shell bursts, giving off smoke which shows the gunner where his shells are bursting.
  6. Thin steel shell wall.
  7. Metal cartridge case.
  8. Shell propellant, typically cordite or nitrocellulose.
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Archives of Pearson Scott Foresman, donated to the Wikimedia Foundation

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