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  1. Mine shell (projectile), Mine shell, Mine shell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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noun:  A mine shell (from , "mine shot") or high-explosive, high-capacity in British military nomenclature, is a military explosive shell type characterized by thin (usually steel) shell walls and a correspondingly high quantity of explosives, much higher than the traditional high-explosive shell type per caliber, meaning that mine shells trade fragmentation effect (due to the thinner shell walls) for a higher pressure wave effect when comparing to traditional high-explosive shells.


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