About 10 results for ‘Shell (projectile)’
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Shell (projectile)
A shell is a payload-carrying projectile which, as opposed to shot, contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage sometimes includes large solid projectiles properly termed shot (AP, APCR, APCNR, APDS, APFSDS and proof shot). Solid shot may contain a pyrotechnic compound if a tracer or spotting charge is used. Originally called "bombshell", but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military context. "Bombshell" is still used figuratively to refer to a shockingly unexpected happening or revelation. All explosive and incendiary filled projectiles, particularly for mortars, were originally called grenades, derived from the pomegranate due to its seeds being similar to grains of powder. Words cognate to grenade are still used for an artillery or mortar projectile in some European languages. Shells are usually large calibre projectiles fired by artillery and combat vehicles, and warships. Shells usually have the shape of a cylinder topped by an ogive-shaped nose for good aerodynamic performance, possibly with a tapering base; but some specialized types are quite different.
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Le dernier coup de canon aux Invalides, le jour de la sig...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bench (furniture)
- Cannon
- Facade
- Flag
- French people
- House
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- Date:
- 20th century
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ON NE PASSE PAS
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bayonet
- Field (agriculture)
- Gas mask
- Helmet
- Serviceman
- Shell (projectile)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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La grande guerre 1914-1915 - Obus allemand non éclaté
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Germans
- Shell (projectile)
- Soissons
- World War I
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Designation:
- plaque de verre photographique
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Kepi
- Man
- Serviceman
- Shell (projectile)
- Street light
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Alfred Krupp
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- Portrayed subject:
- Caricature
- Industry
- Man
- Portrait
- Satire
- Shell (projectile)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Draner
C'est pas encore eux qui affameront c'te grosse ... Fifin...
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Franco-Prussian War
- Man
- Paris
- Sailor
- Shell (projectile)
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Etampes - Entonnoir produit par le bombardement d'un zepp...
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Family
- Shell (projectile)
- World War I
- Étampes-sur-Marne
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Château-Thierry - Train de munitions abandonné par les Bo...
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- Field(s):
- Photography
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- Portrayed subject:
- Château-Thierry
- Shell (projectile)
- Tree
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Designation:
- maquette ; monument aux morts
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- Portrayed subject:
- India
- Sand
- Serviceman
- Shell (projectile)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fabrication
- Factory
- Laborer
- Shell (projectile)
- Wall
- Woman
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Imprimerie nationale
Victoire Emprunt (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Militaria
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- Portrayed subject:
- French people
- Germans
- Helmet
- Plank (wood)
- Serviceman
- Shell (projectile)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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