artillery shell

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Noun1.artillery shell - a shell fired by artilleryartillery shell - a shell fired by artillery    
shell - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
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The first incident occurred when a 125mm artillery shell exploded on Saturday morning, killing a blacksmith and injuring his four-year-old grandson in Tbong Khmum province's Pich Thmor commune.
UXO kills man in Tbong Khmum, another dies in excavation accident
An artillery shell was found on the administrative territory of the Gazakh branch of Baku State University, reads the message of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA).
Artillery shell found on territory of Baku State University's branch
Mustafa Abu Azzum, 17, succumbed to the wounds he sustained when he was hit with an Israeli artillery shell earlier in the day to the East of Rafah, WAFA reported.
Palestinian Shot by Israeli Gunfire Succumbs to Wounds in Gaza
THE West Midlands was rocked by a SECOND bomb scare in just four days - after a pensioner dug up a Second World War artillery shell as she was gardening.
Now pensioner digs up WW2 bomb in Dudley!
The device was a hoax but just two hours later the team was dispatched again to deal with a corroded artillery shell.
THIS IS SCARIEST JOB IN IRELAND
An artillery shell, which is fired with an explosive, is much harder to fit with chemicals than a bomb, which is simply dropped from a plane.
US finds Iran artillery shells in Libya
DETECTIVES are trying to trace the owner of a stolen ornamental artillery shell.
Search for shell owner
I believe this is an artillery shell and it belonged to my grandfather.
what's it worth?
Rockwell Coffins and the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency have successfully completed trials of a Global Positioning System (GPS) contained in an experimental 155-mm artillery shell. The trials concluded a two-year development and test program that demonstrated the ability of a GPS system to acquire and track satellite signals while mounted in a spin-stabilized shell.
Artillery Shell Direct Y-code GPS Receiver Trials Successfully Completed
To an aerodynamics expert watching the play, the real surprise is that, unlike a bullet, artillery shell, or unguided missile, a football doesn't naturally drift to one side when it flies a long distance.
Long pass: pigskin in wobbly flight
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