David Filsell Posted 20 February , 2020 Share Posted 20 February , 2020 (edited) In the obituary today of the well known actor John Shrapnel The Daily Telegraph noted: "An ancestor, Lt General Henry Shrapnel (1761 - 1842), invented the Shrapnel artillery shell - designed to explode on impact - giving his name to the metal fragments produced." Discuss Edited 21 February , 2020 by David Filsell Link to post Share on other sites
Coldstreamer Posted 20 February , 2020 Share Posted 20 February , 2020 (edited) Ive seen a thread on here before about how shrapnel got its name from him but you need to explain the relevance to ww1 or feel wrath of a mod Edited 20 February , 2020 by Coldstreamer Link to post Share on other sites
Moonraker Posted 20 February , 2020 Share Posted 20 February , 2020 6 minutes ago, Coldstreamer said: Ive seen a thread on here before about how shrapnel got its name from him but you need to explain the relevance to ww1 or feel wrath of a mod Enough threads connecting WWI with shrapnel for David not to have explain the relevance? But perhaps we have already discussed? Take your pick: Shrapnel wounds - Other Great War Chat - Great War Shrapnel shells, how do they work? - Other Equipment shrapnel balls - The Western Front German Shrapnel Shells - Other Equipment WW1 Shrapnel Shells - Other Equipment More results from www.greatwarforum.org Link to post Share on other sites
Coldstreamer Posted 20 February , 2020 Share Posted 20 February , 2020 (edited) I didnt think it was to discuss shrapnel sorry but a topic regarding people who lived at a time period we dont cover that gave their name to something that was ww1 related ? Ill go back into skindles bar me thinks..."SVEN...nuts!" Edited 20 February , 2020 by Coldstreamer Link to post Share on other sites
David Filsell Posted 21 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 21 February , 2020 It was posted simply to highlight very careless journalism. Link to post Share on other sites
BullerTurner Posted 14 April , 2020 Share Posted 14 April , 2020 On 20/02/2020 at 16:54, David Filsell said: In the obituary today of the well known actor John Shrapnel The Daily Telegraph noted: "An ancestor, Lt General Henry Shrapnel (1761 - 1842), invented the Shrapnel artillery shell - designed to explode on impact - giving his name to the metal fragments produced." Discuss Balls. i mean of course that Shrapnel’s shell contained shrapnel bullets, rather than fragments of the case to deliver lethal effects. 😉 Link to post Share on other sites
Neill Gilhooley Posted 15 April , 2020 Share Posted 15 April , 2020 ...and time fuzed to explode in the air, not impact... Link to post Share on other sites
BullerTurner Posted 20 April , 2020 Share Posted 20 April , 2020 On 15/04/2020 at 07:58, Neill Gilhooley said: ...and time fuzed to explode in the air, not impact... Quite. Link to post Share on other sites
14276265 Posted 20 April , 2020 Share Posted 20 April , 2020 Except when used as percussion shrapnel in the bombardment of villages, houses, woods, etc. Fuzes for shrapnel shell are T and P, with the P facility admittedly removed for anti-aircraft purposes. Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel Posted 20 April , 2020 Share Posted 20 April , 2020 Used also with the 106 fuse on barbed wire. Link to post Share on other sites
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