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To: Aarchaeus; Portcall24
"Wow!! The SHELL went three miles! No telling how far the projectile went!"

Technically speaking, artillery projectiles are correctly referred to as, "shells."

29 posted on 06/26/2014 12:59:04 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Hence the terms “being shelled” or “shelling”.

What others are calling shells are actually casings.


62 posted on 06/26/2014 1:31:52 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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