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A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by…

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  1. A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.
  2. A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner wallsand a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about130 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended toeffect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slightresistance. It is used chiefly in 12-inch mortars.