Sentence examples for explosive shell from inspiring English sources

This is a clever: a blank cartridge, not typically of use in wartime, serving as a primer for an explosive shell.

Which is why, on a sunny afternoon in Sarajevo this past January, a Serb gunner fired a high explosive shell into a group of children sledding.

(The word cannon became dominant only gradually, and the modern use of the term to describe a gun large enough to fire an explosive shell did not emerge until the 20th century).

A change in light intensity on the photocell caused by light reflected from a nearby airplane (projected on the cell by means of a lens) triggered the explosive shell.

From the middle of the century, the solid shot and canister that had long formed the principal types of ammunition were replaced by explosive shell, leading to another great increase in lethality and sheer destructive power.

There is an inexplicably lovely choral ode to the bomb's thirty-two-pointed explosive shell, with unison female voices floating above lush string-and-wind chords and glitterings of chimes and celesta.

The use of larger guns with more penetrating power and explosive shells made armour plating imperative.

It added that the explosive shells were fired "at military targets within the battle zone".

These guns not only had several times the effective range and accuracy of their predecessors, but they were also capable of firing explosive shells.

As for how the arts complement this, consider the beauty of the gunlance: a lance that can fire explosive shells, or burst them all out at once.

Especially dangerous were chemical rounds, which were largely indistinguishable from explosive shells; their contents retained their toxicity over time, and they were prone to leak when discovered and handled.